On Tuesday, a former Virginia Tech soccer player who had filed a lawsuit against her former coach was successful, scoring a spectacular victory off the field. After experiencing discrimination based on sincerely held political and personal values, this brave person sought justice.
In September 2020, Virginia Tech soccer player Kiersten Hening garnered media attention as she spoke eloquently during a stirring protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Except for one player, the team had come together under the leadership of coach Charles “Chugger” Adair to take part in this historic protest against racial injustice. Hening maintained her stance and demonstrated bravery while adopting an uncommon stance on social justice issues, even though her peers had already knelt before the match started.
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After an outstanding performance on the court, the coach of this athlete abruptly started belittling her in front of all of her teammates, completely destroying any chance she had to shine and demoting her to an unwelcome seat on the sidelines.
She found the harshness of Adair’s alleged mistreatment of Hening to be so intolerable that she was forced to leave the team.
Not only was the atmosphere around the women’s soccer team stifling, but it had also turned into a dangerous place for its members to be.
In March 2021, a woman went to court to fight for justice against Adair. He agreed to an astounding $100K compensation deal without making any admissions of guilt in response to her claim that he had violated her First Amendment rights.
76 passionate Virginia Tech women’s soccer players formed a unified front and vehemently refuted the unfounded accusations made against their former coach. According to the statement issued on their behalf, such accusations painted an erroneous picture of what actually happened.
On Monday, a tweet was sent out to the entire world that caused a commotion. The fascinating assertion emphasized a crucial message about an impending novelty and excitement.
“As current and former players, we understand women’s collegiate soccer is demanding both physically and mentally, as well as exceptionally competitive. In this regard, we all believe that [Adair’s] behavior, both past and present, has consistently been of the highest professional caliber. We believe that Coach Adair has and will continue to the best of his ability put the team in situations to compete at the highest level.
Finally, we understand that a lawsuit may be settled for a host of different reasons, none of which may be related to guilt or innocence. We firmly believe that these allegations are nothing more than a distorted representation of the facts.
[…] We stand by Coach Adair and Virginia Tech, and what we believe is the truth.”
In a statement earlier this month, Coach Adair added: “I am pleased the case against me has been closed and I am free to move forward clear of any wrongdoing.”
“Today, we have the clarity that this case lacked any standing, and without evidence, the truth has prevailed,” he added.
Adair shown a remarkable capacity for optimism even in the face of defeat, persuading himself that his expensive trial failure was in fact proof of his innocence. Adair couldn’t have hoped for more positive outcomes from what could’ve been much worse—a $100,000 out-of-court settlement and no admission of guilt.
Following Hening’s recent court triumph, there was a global outpouring of solidarity. She revealed her tale and gave an explanation of why she steadfastly refused to kneel for Black Lives Matter last year during an interview on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”
“Personally, I didn’t feel like I needed to kneel in order to support something,” Hening said. “Personally, I felt like I could stand and be in support of something.”
Hening added that she felt the kneeling “was very synonymous with the Colin Kaepernick movement and BLM movement, and I didn’t feel like I needed to.”
“It’s unfortunate the political climate that was made in college sports – and not even college sports, but just everywhere, you know , putting this pressure on athletes who – personally, I don’t believe in politics having any place in sports,” said Hening.
