New Mexico Athletics has issued the following statement from Director of Athletics Eddie Nuñez and its 13 head coaches:
UNM Athletics and The University of New Mexico are committed to the well-being of our student athletes. Before we commit to their success on their respective fields of play, in the classroom and in our community; we commit to their safety as human beings, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters and as parents.
That safety includes feeling respected, valued and accepted.
For generations, our black communities have experienced inhumane acts of racism, most recently on a street in Minneapolis but before that in Louisville and in Georgia and in too many other places.