Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren issued a statement on the death of George Floyd and several other victims of racial injustice in an open letter on Monday evening.
In that letter, Warren also announced the creation of the Big Ten Conference Anti-Hate and Anti-Racism Coalition and invited student-athletes, coaches, athletic directors, chancellors, presidents and others to join him.
Later in the letter, Warren announced that he and his wife, Greta, have decided to donate $100,000 to the National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, based in Washington, D.C.
Warren, who is the first and only African-American commissioner across the NCAA’s Power-Five conferences, previously lived in the Minneapolis area for 15 years when he worked as an executive with the Minnesota Vikings.