WILLIS, Texas — Six players kicked off the Willis High School varsity football team after giving blood have been reinstated, but they lost their starting positions, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday. Â
The football players said head coach Mack Malone kicked them off the team after he saw them giving blood at a school blood drive right before practice on Monday.
Malone, who has refused to comment, apologized to the players and their parents on Tuesday but issued a punishment to the players for missing Monday’s practice.
