Iowa State athletic director Jamie Pollard apologized on social media late Thursday night for a “Three Amigos”-based Cinco de Mayo image put together by the Iowa State football staff.
The picture, tweeted out by football coach Matt Campbell and several staffers, said ‘Happy Cinco de Mayo’ and had the faces of quarterback Joel Lanning, wide receiver Allen Lazard and running back Mike Warren superimposed on the characters from the “Three Amigos” movie. The Twitter posts were later removed by the football staff.
“Our department issued a tweet today that was culturally insensitive,” Pollard tweeted. “By no means did we intend to offend anyone.