The voices are ringing out across the sporting landscape. From Austin to Iowa City, from Clemson to Columbus, the cries for change are pleading to be heard.
College athletes are demanding equality and creating kinetic and dynamic change. In the wake of George Floyd’s homicide by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, the sports world has been indelibly altered in just a few short weeks. And the most promising part is that this feels like the beginning.
Should we start at Clemson? President Jim Clements announced on Friday morning that the board of trustees passed a ruling to rename an honors college and requested a building on campus be renamed because both namesakes had direct links to slavery.