(Photo: Glenn Hartong)
The University of Cincinnati Board of Trustees announced Thursday it will discuss removing former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott's name from the UC baseball stadium at its June 23 board meeting.
The statement comes as a petition created by former University of Cincinnati baseball player Jordan Ramey asked the university to change the baseball stadium from Marge Schott Stadium to a new name, citing Schott’s history of racially insensitive conduct and anti-Semitism.
Marge & Charles Schott Foundation also released a statement Thursday as criticism of Schott's repeated use of racial slurs and the appearance of her name on buildings throughout Cincinnati mounts.