Southeastern Conference student-athletes will wear pre-event warm-up shirts that display “TOGETHER. It Just Means More.” on the first day of competition in all sports during the 2020-21 athletic year, the league announced Friday morning.
According to the release, the TOGETHER theme was first introduced by the SEC in 2017 when it celebrated the 50th anniversary of the integration of Southeastern Conference athletics in 1967. The SEC honored trailblazing individuals in public and private celebrations and recognized them with public messaging under the theme “TOGETHER. It Just Means More.”
“The integration of SEC athletics represented a significant moment of change and now, as we experience another period of important change in race relations, the SEC continues to recognize the opportunity for athletics to have a positive influence on our society,” said SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.