Auburn basketball is hosting two camps this week, and head coach Bruce Pearl shared a video on Thursday showing he opens his camps every day by playing the national anthem.
The camps, one for ages 4-6 and the other for ages 6-12, consist "of three days of daily skill development, two to three full games each day, fundamental instruction, contests, lectures, video analysis and station work taught by current AU players, high school coaches, college coaches and staff members for a fun filled experience, according to the camp's website.
Watch:
This is how we start our Auburn Basketball Camps! pic.twitter.com/HKqV3Itl2z
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) June 27, 2024
This is not the first time the Auburn basketball coach has shown support for the national anthem.
At another camp earlier this month, Pearl shared a message to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day in which campers sang "God Bless America" and the "Star-Spangled Banner" with hands over their hearts.
This morning our basketball camp sang GOD BLESS AMERICA. We then stood at attention, with our right hands over our hearts and our left arms behind our back, for the playing of our national anthem. We taught our children in honor of the Hero's of June 6, 1944! @AuburnU pic.twitter.com/SGN6BnEAvc
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) June 6, 2024
In 2016, Pearl criticized former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick for kneeling in protest of the national anthem.
Generating conversation on the topic is positive, sitting for our anthem is not! #leadership @POTUS https://t.co/w2uIUb5Ny1
— Bruce Pearl (@coachbrucepearl) September 5, 2016
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