Free Speech Group Says West Virginia Football Coach’s Ban on TikTok Dances Violates First Amendment 

‘Because student-athletes are students first, their right tofree expression off the field must be commensurate to other students on campus,’ insists the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

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West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez. AP/Jeff Gentner

A football coach at West Virginia University who banned his team’s members from posting dancing videos on TikTok is being targeted by a free speech advocacy group who claims that his Footloose-esque mandate violates his players’ constitutionally-ordained rights. 

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