“Those publicity seeking athletes ought to rethink the forum in which they chose to issue their personal views at the expense of everyone else."

Reacting to those comments and others, Regents Chairman Kent Schroeder of Kearney, a former Nebraska Air National Guard member and pilot, said any proposal to limit students' free speech -- even on the playing field -- "will not see the light of day."

If anyone was going to speak with the players about it, Schroeder said, it would be football coach Mike Riley or athletic director Shawn Eichorst.

"I understand their perspective and their point of view," Schroeder said of the players' actions. "I would hope that they would recognize their ability to do what they did was paid for by many people who aren't here anymore, but I applaud what they did."

It was not Riley's scheduled day to speak to the media after Tuesday's practice, but the Husker coach did stop briefly to answer a question on Daub's comments.

"It's kind of like the reaction that I had in answer to what I thought about our players. And it's everybody's right to have an opinion. And that's what makes America what it is," said Riley, who walked off the field alongside Rose-Ivey.