>>>http://www.uniformvelocity.com/2009/02/as-atheist-i-prefer-hockey.html
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>>Not very tolerant is he? If a player prays, that is his personal choice and his right. If the entire team chose to pray together, that is their choice. It is not the football league supporting one religion (or no religion) over another or forcing religion down anyone's throat. It is free expression. His post seems extremely intolerant to me.
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>>On the other side, here is an interesting post from a hockey player's perspective:
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>>http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/prayingfields/2008/12/what_does_god_think_about_hock.html
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>If it was just personal choice I wouldn't have a problem with it. I do have a problem with players ostentatiously praying for the cameras. That's proselytizing. And you can't say it doesn't effect the team. Some teams, notably the Jacksonville Jaguars, have been riven by schisms between the Jesus freaks and their teammates.
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>I have absolutely no problem with anyone's religious beliefs. It's when they want to wave them like a flag that I begin to have a problem.

Can you give a single good reason why they have to pray in front of the crowd? Don't they also pray in the locker room? How often must they pray, and in front of how many people before God notices?