Investigations by both Army and Navy have concluded that students were playing a game and were not intending to make racist hand gestures during the Dec. 14 broadcast of ESPN’s “College GameDay.”
The investigations started after at least four cadets and midshipmen were seen in the background of the broadcast flashing the “OK” symbol with their hands. The hand symbol has been co-opted by white supremacist groups in recent years as members of the alt-right have flashed it in photos and videos.
A Cubs fan was banned from Wrigley Field after he flashed the sign in the background of a report by former MLB player turned broadcaster Doug Glanville during a telecast of a Cubs game in May because of its white supremacy associations.