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Thomas Broich might be entering what will likely be his last A-League season as a player, but his influence on Australian football could be only just beginning.Arguably the competitions greatest import, Broich is strongly considering taking up coaching when he hangs up his boots.The 35-year-old German is in the final year of his marquee deal with Brisbane Roar and, while unsure if he will seek another contract extension, hes already started thinking about life after retirement.Nothing is set in stone just yet but Broich is serious about returning to the Roar one day and exploring the art of coaching.The teaching element of it is just beautiful, Broich told AAP.When you see guys taking it on and becoming better players, or us becoming a better team, that is a really rewarding and fulfilling feeling.I could certainly see myself in a role like that. It might be as an academy coach, assistant coach, it might even be as a head coach.I dont know exactly if that is what I want from life - obviously it puts you under a lot of pressure. Its more seeing what suits my style, what feels right, that kind of approach.Not all great players make good coaches but Broich shapes as a gem of an addition to the national ranks if he can make a successful transition.He is also in the early stages of applying for Australian citizenship, which he qualifies for, having been in the country since joining the Roar in May 2010.In an added bonus, that could give coach John Aloisi an extra foreign slot later in the season.Brisbane is and will always be such an important part of my life, it really turned life around for me and Ill feel just forever grateful for what Ive experienced here, Broich said.Ive got the opportunity now to actually become a part of Australia and I think Im going to seize this opportunity.Im kind of thinking after my career, I want to spend a little bit of time in Australia just to really experience and travel the country for once - spend more than just three days in Sydney or Melbourne, actually go to Alice Springs, Western Australia, sailing in the Whitsundays, that kind of stuff.But then I want to go back to Europe, catch up with friends and family, look after my mum a little bit, might even do my coaching badges over there.Theres a part of me that dreams of coming back to Brisbane in a different role one day.The Roar is, of course, where the former German youth international rediscovered his passion for the game.Then-coach Ange Postecoglou famously drove nine hours across Europe to meet with a burnt-out Broich - frustrated with life in the Bundesliga and cynical of footballs business side, as captured in the documentary Tom Meets Zizou - to convince him to move to the A-League.Broich has mesmerised domestic audiences ever since, winning three championships and becoming one of only four players to have won the Johnny Warren medal twice, putting him in the esteemed company of Socceroos greats Mark Viduka, Scott Chipperfield and Damien Mori.Time is catching up, however, and Broichs powers appeared to be on the wane in the A-League last season as he struggled to make his usual imprint on the competition.With a rejuvinated Tommy Oar expected to take his starting position on the left wing, a bench spot likely beckons - but hes confident he can still be a key contributor as his glittering career winds down.There are moments where you have to admit the younger guys are just faster and quicker, Broich said.But then theres an upside to it. 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NEW YORK -- Liberty guard Brittany Boyd sat on the bench with her head bowed in prayer during the national anthem before a WNBA playoff game.Hours earlier, college football players for Michigan and Michigan State, along with a group of students at North Carolina, raised their fists during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner on Saturday.Since 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the anthem before NFL preseason games, citing racial injustice and police brutality, his movement has slowly spread across fields and courts in the U.S. On Saturday, college and professional athletes joined together to follow his lead after a week punctuated by riots in Charlotte, North Carolina , and the killing of an unarmed black man in Tulsa, Oklahoma .This wasnt the first time Boyd sat during the anthem. She said she also did it at the last few games.I dont want to stand up. I choose not to stand up and I sit down and pray, the second-year guard said. Colin and his message about social injustice going on in this country today is something I believe needs change.The Berkeley, California, native had a Kaepernick jersey hanging in her locker and wore it to the arena Saturday night.Her New York teammates stood, arms locked with their heads bowed before their WNBA playoff game with Phoenix. Mercury players Mistie Bass and Kelsey Bone kneeled, just as they had done during their first-round playoff game. Bass was inspired that younger athletes were joining an effort that until this weekend had been mostly led by the pros.I think it shows that the younger generations are about this and they did it together, she said. They are understanding what is going on in our society. Its perfect because they are so caught up in their phones. To see them standing up for social injustices and wanting things to be right in their communities I think is awesome.Three Michigan State players -- Delton Williams, Kenney Lyke and Gabe Sherrod -- held their right fists in the air while standing on the sideline before the No. 8 Spartans hosted No. 11 Wisconsin.Whether somebody salutes, puts the hand over their heart or does something else, everybody has a choice to make, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio added after the Spartans 30-6 loss. Our young people are in college, and I can promise you one thing, that when the flag is presented in some respect, I guess it becomes much more important now. Its not just, oh by the way, well just stand for `The Star-Spangled Banner.All I can do is try and lead the best way I can, and be positive and accepting to our football team and our players, the coach added.Several players for No. 4 Michigan also had their fists up before facing Penn State in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Among themm were Khalid Hill, Mike McCray, Devin Bush, Elysee Mbem-Bosse and Jourdan Lewis.ddddddddddddMost college conferences play the anthem before the teams take the field. The Big Ten is among the exceptions.The University of Michigan is 6 miles from Eastern Michigan University, where chanting students marched on the field Friday night after the schools 27-24 victory over Wyoming. The students were protesting racist graffiti on the campus earlier in the week.We have great respect for our students engaged in the constructive efforts underway to address the issues we face, Eastern Michigan President James Smith said in a statement.Before North Carolina hosted Pittsburgh, students wearing black shirts remained seated with fists raised. Roughly 100 black and white students wearing the shirts participated, as well as at least two UNC band members who took a knee, one while raising a fist. Chapel Hill is about 140 miles northeast of Charlotte.Nebraska players Michael Rose-Ivey, Daishon Neal and Mohamed Barry also kneeled before the No. 20 Cornhuskers game at Northwestern.Not everyone has supported the protests. The 49ers quarterback and some of the other athletes have gotten some backlash from fans and Kaepernick said he even got some death threats .Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh was Kaepernicks coach for four seasons in San Francisco. Last month, Harbaugh said he supported Kaepernicks motivation to speak out but took exception to his method.After Saturdays game, Harbaugh said he had been thinking a lot about the issue the past couple of weeks and that he supports his players.This is something thats not going away. Its going to keep happening, Harbaugh said after the Wolverines 49-10 victory. Its not something thats going to keep them out of heaven. So Im not going to worry about it. As long as it doesnt keep them out of heaven for supporting their minds, I support it.Kaepernick was at a high school football game on Friday night. He spoke to players from Castlemont High School and joined them on the sideline before the game. A photo by former NFL linebacker Kirk Morrison on Twitter shows Kaepernick kneeling while the rest of the team laid on their backs with their hands up during the anthem.Saturdays gestures came a day after it was announced that Tommie Smith and John Carlos will join the U.S. Olympic team at the White House for a meeting with President Barack Obama. The raised-fist salutes by the American sprinters on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics became a political flash point.---AP Sports Writers Joe Reedy, Noah Trister and Aaron Beard contributed to this story. ' ' '