Letters: Keep religion out of USC football

So USC football coach Will Muschamp says his team’s faith is Christian (“Muschamp discusses plan for satellite camps, talks draft,” April 29). I thought USC and the football program were secular organizations. Why is faith even entering the picture in a public manner?

I did not realize you had to profess any faith to be a good football player. Hard work and attention to the basics will make a good player; neither prayer nor wishful thinking will help.

The players are free to believe anything they wish to believe. Stressing one religion over another in any aspect of student life implies a requirement to get on board with one over the others — or suffer the consequences.

Pretty soon there will be prayer meetings and baptisms on the field. Keep religion in the churches — or in private — where it belongs.

It appears Coach Boom is pandering to the religious right in this state regarding something that is not even an issue.

This story was originally published May 15, 2016 at 5:33 PM with the headline "Letters: Keep religion out of USC football."