Quote Originally Posted by MikeJones View Post
Why try to make a statement at practice? The coach let him wear them during the game. The coach didn't make a fuss from what I got. The coach asked him to take them off. He didn't listen to the coach and he got disciplined. Plenty of other ways the kid could have showed support for breast cancer if he really wanted to. Disobeying his coach isn't that great of a way.
but that doesnt explain anything. if there was a problem with different cleats, a uniform policy like Stripes said, then fine, he deserves to be punished. But there obviously was not, because the article stated he wore tons of different cleats. The issue only became a problem when he wore pink, "girly colored" cleats. If the kid had not been allowed to wear different cleats, I have no problem with it. But the coach let him wear different cleats before.

Let me ask you this; why was it okay for him to wear all sorts of different cleats during games but not pink cleats during practice?