Without these changes, Texas players say they won’t participate in recruiting incoming players or other alumni events.
, who had tweeted on June 3 that he was"not going to play another snap knowing what's going on in our society due to color and the system being broken. Let's look at the bigger picture.""I am always willing to have meaningful conversations regarding any concerns our student-athletes have," Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte said in a statement."We will do the same in this situation and look forward to having those discussions.
According to the Texas State Historical Association, the University of Texas board of regents reaffirmed"The Eyes of Texas" as the university's official song to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its first performance. It was performed by the Longhorn Marching Band at the funerals of Royal, the coach for whom Texas' stadium is named, and former first lady Lady Bird Johnson. A copy of the original lyrics was taken to the moon in 1969 by university alumnus Alan L. Bean.
The players requested the renaming of Robert Lee Moore Hall, Painter Hall, Littlefield Hall and the James Hogg Auditorium, along with the removal of a statue of Hogg, which had been removed from the university's south mall in August 2017 before being reinstalled in December 2018. Moore, a mathematics teacher at Texas from 1920 to 1969, was a segregationist who refused to allow black students to take his classes for many years.
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