SEC commissioner to lawmakers: Lose Confederate emblem from state flag, or lose championship events.
Greg Sankey, commissioner of the Southeastern Conference, said in a statement on Thursday evening that the conference would consider banning championship events in Mississippi until the state changes its state flag, which contains the Confederate battle emblem.
As protests regarding racial equities and Confederate iconography rage across the state and nation, lawmakers have discussed changing the state flag the past two weeks — one of the most earnest discussions of changing the state flag since 2001, when Mississippi voters decided nearly 2-to-1 to keep the current flag.
Both Ole Miss and Mississippi State University are members of the SEC.
“It is past time for change to be made to the flag of the state of Mississippi,” Sankey said in the statement. “Our students deserve an opportunity to learn and compete in environments that are inclusive and welcoming to all.”
Read more: https://mississippitoday.org/2020/06/18/sec-commissioner-to-lawmakers-lose-confederate-emblem-from-state-flag-or-lose-championship-events/
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