University of Texas president Jay Hartzell responded on Tuesday to a report in the Texas Tribune featuring emails sent to the school by boosters angry that football players were refusing to follow tradition by singing "The Eyes of Texas" after games.
The Tribune said that of more than 300 emails sent to Hartzell between June and October, 70 percent demanded the school keep playing the song, and about 75 included threats of financial retribution by donors if players didn't support the tradition.
"My wife and I have given an endowment in excess of $1 million to athletics," read one, by a booster whose name was redacted.