He is disobeying Jesus, and the people he works for who told him to knock it off along with the group pregame prayers, also against the teachings of Jesus.
Luke 9:18
18 Once when Jesus was praying in private
and his disciples were with him, he asked them, “Who do the crowds say I am?”
Luke 9:28
About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray.
Luke 22:39
Jesus Prays on the Mount of
39 Jesus went out as to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.
Acts 1:14
They all joined together constantly in prayer along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers