Colorado State athletics director Joe Parker announced in a statement Friday that all football-related activities would be indefinitely paused, effective immediately, as the school launches an expanded investigation into allegations of racism and verbal abuse within the university's athletic program, and particularly the football program.
“Today we learned of some extremely troubling allegations of racism and verbal abuse from CSU’s athletic administration generally and in the football program specifically," the statement read. "Colorado State University is committed to being an anti-racist university, and we will not tolerate any behavior or climate that goes against that core value.