Players on the Kentucky football team decided to skip practice Thursday in support of recent social justice protests, a UK spokesperson told the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Instead of practice, the players chose to meet and "discuss more ways to promote their influence and be a part of effective change," per a UK spokesperson.
The school said in a post shared on social media that, "We stand together as a UK football family."
"United to promote influence to the public, to learn, understand, and embrace our racial, cultural and spiritual differences and similarities," the school said in a statement.