Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney was taking some heat after a picture surfaced on social media that appears to show him wearing a “Football Matters” T-shirt amid protests across the U.S. against racial injustice and police brutality. “Football matters,” he said during a 2017 speech at the South Carolina State House. Football matters. They don’t get it in a lot of other areas, but in the game of football, it’s still hard work.”Tigers quarterback Trevor Lawrence was among those defending Swinney. “Coach Swinney’s shirt, in any way, is not mocking the Black Lives Matter movement,” he said in a tweet.

Source: Fox News June 08, 2020 11:37 UTC