College soccer player got benched for not kneeling for BLM--now she's getting big bucks

Kiersten Henig, former VA Tech soccer player refused to kneel along with her teammates, in support of Black Lives Matter and now she's collecting a decent wad of cash because the school benched her and hassled her over her First Amendment rights.

In a report by The Roanoke Times, Ms. Henig agreed to a $100,000 settlement to drop her lawsuit against the school. This was also confirmed by her lawyer, Cameron Norris who explained that neither party had to admit to any wrongdoing, but if you are reading this post, you know who is in the wrong.

Kiersten was a starter on the team in her freshman and sophomore seasons but said she was benched after she chose not to kneel during a pregame ceremony that was planned to honor the racist and violent organization soon after the death of the thug known as George Floyd. [This is not to say that Floyd deserved to die for trying to pass a counterfeit twenty dollar bill or hold a loaded gun on a pregnant woman while his cohorts robbed her home, not exonerate the cop who held him down with his knee on Floyd's neck. But Floyd was not a model citizen and BLM tried to make him out to be godlike.]

Henig blamed the women's head soccer coach, Charles “Chugger” Adair, saying that he had scolded her during halftime at that game. After the no-kneel event, he limited her playing time and she said she was punished for exercising her First Amendment rights. 

Since she was not getting any real playing time and was allegedly targeted by Adair in a “campaign of abuse and retaliation” against her, she quit the team.

The suit was filed in March of 2021. It asked that Henig be put back on the team and also be awarded an undisclosed amount in damages, but Henig had graduated by the time the suit was filed and she doesn't plan to finish out her eligibility. 

The lawsuit stated that Henig supported social justice initiative [everybody gets the same grades, a trophy and a cookie] but added that she does not support BLM as an organization because of its “tactics and core tenets of its mission statement, including defunding the police.”

"Chugger" [big beer drinker?] is still head coach for Virginia Tech's women's soccer and he released a statement after the settlement. He claimed to be vindicated and adding, “I am pleased the case against me has been closed and I am free to move forward clear of any wrongdoing … It’s unfortunate, but this ordeal was about a disappointment and disagreement about playing time. Today, we have clarity that this case lacked any standing, and without evidence, the truth has prevailed.”

If you believe Adair that this case was about playing time, you might also believe that Joe Biden founded Mensa.

Meanwhile, the  settlement is not final until state officials and officials at Virginia Tech have reviewed and approved it.

But hey, it's Virginia Tech--at least nobody got shot. And let's face it--all lives matter.

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