Seperation of Church and Football

There is an interesting article on the front page of the New York Times this morning (Sunday Oct 30, 2005), about the increasing role that prayer and religion have at major college football programs around the country. Many coaches are cited claiming the benefits of encouraging their players to believe. Every coach quoted made it clear that participation was completely voluntary on behalf of the players and that there were no repercussions for not participating. The article then mentioned that many people from outside of the teams, ie school administrators fear a first amendment law suit. I am interested in what people think. Please comment. Here is a link to the article, you may have to log in to the nytimes site.

Increasingly, Football's Playbooks Call for Prayer