No slur can be heard over the broadcast, though USC defender Isabel Rolley walked to the sideline to speak with then-head coach Keidane McAlpine after the anthem. Video of the match, which was carried by BYUtv and featured the Trojans wearing T-shirts that read "Black Lives Still Matter" during pregame warmups, shows all of the USC starters kneeling during the national anthem. I think when multiple teammates come up and they're talking about it, I don't think they would make that up." "I know it was definitely said," White said. Other players told USA Today they heard "stand up!" from BYU fans in the crowd, and others heard booing at the players who knelt. Hannah White, a senior forward who took a knee at BYU, said she didn't hear fans use a racial slur but that "four of her teammates told her they did," according to USA Today. ZaX23lLXxY- West Coast Conference September 13, 2022 But several players, as well as sources granted anonymity by the outlet, told the national newspaper that the Trojans revealed the encounter to match officials and the BYU coaching staff in the moment. McBride could not confirm a report from USA Today saying that the University of Southern California was the team that alleged the slur was used. "Additionally, as we have stated, BYU will not tolerate racism in any form." We are not aware of any additional concerns being brought up during the game or any time thereafter. "A public announcement, similar to one made earlier, reminding fans to be respectful was repeated, and the game proceeded. "The night of the match, which occurred over a year ago, BYU responded to a concern from a visiting coach about fan reaction when the visiting players knelt during the national anthem," McBride said, making few changes to a similar statement released to the Guardian. Neither the newspaper nor the university revealed the names or school of the players who spoke of the incident.īYU associate athletic director for communications and media strategy Jon McBride told KSL.com that the first time university officials heard of the specific concern was from the Guardian's inquiry, saying that the concern was handled by the coaching staff when a visiting coach brought it up during the match. "And when brought to the attention of the BYU coaching staff there was no real response or sense of, like, alarm." "I felt disappointed that there was, like, a consistent chant of 'stand up, N-words' during the anthem and right after," one player said, according to the publication. The players had knelt for the national anthem to protest racial and social injustice when they said they heard the shouts from the crowd, the newspaper reported. PROVO - Another claim of racial abuse has put a target on fans of Brigham Young University.įive women's soccer players contacted British newspaper The Guardian last week claiming they heard racial slurs being directed at them and their teammates from the crowd during a women's soccer game during the 2021 season.
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