Trending Now: Basketball Coach From Texas Tech Gets Suspended For Quoting The BIBLE, Chances Are He “Will Never Coach Another Game”

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In the racially charged environment in which we live, a reference to a Bible verse is now being called an “inappropriate, unacceptable, and racially insensitive comment.”

Texas Tech basketball coach Mark Adams was suspended last week for a comment he made when speaking with one of his players on how to be a coachable player and member of society. 

Adams explained to Stadium, the digital television and internet sports network, that the message he was conveying to his player came from the Bible. 

He referenced a Bible verse explaining there is “always a master and a servant.”

“I was quoting the scripture. It was a private conversation about coaching and when you have a job, and being coachable.”

“I said that in the Bible that Jesus talks about how we all have bosses, and we all are servants.”

Not the Bee reports that “Mark Adams made reference to the Apostle Paul’s instruction to slaves and masters in the ancient Roman Empire when encouraging a player to have the proper attitude on the team, but things spiraled out of control when the PC police at the university reprimanded the coach for making ‘racially insensitive’ remarks.”

According to Stadium, the Texas Tech athletic director, Kirby Hocutt, was “made aware of an incident regarding a coaching session between Adams and a member of the men’s basketball team.”

Hocutt spoke with Adams about the incident and suspended the coach “effective immediately in order to conduct a more thorough inquiry of Adams’ interactions with his players and staff.”

Jeff Goodman of Stadium said, “According to my sources, there’s a good chance Mark Adams will never coach another game in Lubbock.”

Texas Tech issued a statement: 

“On Friday, Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt was made aware of an incident regarding a coaching session between Adams and a member of the men’s basketball team. Adams was encouraging the student-athlete to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters. Adams immediately addressed this with the team and apologized.”

“Upon learning of the incident, Hocutt addressed this matter with Adams and issued him a written reprimand,” the statement continued. “Hocutt subsequently made the decision to suspend Adams effective immediately in order to conduct a more thorough inquiry of Adams’ interactions with his players and staff.”

Adams said when he heard from one of the coaches that his words bothered the player, he explained the situation but did not apologize.

Why would he need to apologize for quoting scripture? An explanation of his choice of words should have sufficed.

Adams resigned yesterday following his suspension. In a statement, Adams said,

“My lifelong goal was to help and be a positive influence on my players, and to be a part of the Texas Tech men’s basketball team, however, both the University and I believe this incident has become a distraction for the Texas Tech men’s basketball team and the University, which I care about so deeply…”

It’s unfortunate that the university for which he cared so deeply didn’t stand up for him in the face of these baseless accusations. Cancel culture is a cancer in our society.