Fourth Muslim Football Player to be Added to Suit Over Religion

Mar 2, 2007

A former football player at New Mexico State University wants to join a lawsuit brought by three other former players, who allege that head football coach Hal Mumme removed them from the team in 2005 because of their religious beliefs.   The American Civil Liberties Union filed the original suit on behalf of the three players -- Mu'Ammar Ali and brothers Anthony and Vincent Thompson – last August. Seeking to join that suit is Jacob Wallace, a running back with the Aggies from 2002 through
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