Possible protests at D1 Track Regionals

I am anxious to see how this plays out. Hey letsrun can you check with NCAA to see if they have any statement BEFORE the meet begins? This would be a bigger story if you can get some statements BEFORE any protests begin.

Also how will this change how USATF deals with the marathon Olympic trials scheduled for Orlando?

Do athletes realize how much goes into hosting a regional meet?

you can’t just change the venue last minute. you literally have hundreds of flights, thousands of hotel rooms, timing, officials etc. this is a massive event.

i get the sentiment but this is dumb.

they had a week to change it the statement was issued on the 20th I believe

naacp.org

NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida

The mission of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination.

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Do you have a link to a story about this? I have not heard of a protest of read anything about it.

I also get the sentiment if, indeed, this is real. Somehow I doubt that the protest will come to fruition, though. Logistically it is too difficult to move the meet and I doubt that athletes will want to give up the chance to qualify to the championship in the name of a protest.

I have a place on Santa Rosa Island in the upper panhandle. It's a vacation property that has is paid and we only use it about 4-6 weeks out of the year. It is a rental when not used by family or friends and is a great source of income for us. DeSantis is a clown and Florida is a cesspool politically but I am not willing to sell my property in the name of a protest. The athletes, upon further reflection, will feel the same.

If you’re black, statistically St Louis is far more dangerous

These schools sure didn't have an issue going to any of the multiple meets hosted by Florida Universities over the past few months.

For those unaware, this looks to start tomorrow so not a lot of time to relocate.

I can't fault athletes not wanting to go where they're not welcome or respected.

If all the athletes do show up, I hope we see lots of BLM and Rainbow singlets/patches/hats

I don't think Florida need help being exposed as a bunch of backwards thinking white losers..... but good for the athletes taking a stand!

This is a classic post coming from one proud to be from a city where blacks are killed by the thousands,

Why do people keep moving to Florida then?

So many.....

Sigh. Why does everything have to be political? Including half the posts on this site.

The bigotry is in the OP. Many schools competing are from Florida; many athletes competing are from Florida high schools; a State cannot be racist; you are generalizing and stereotyping. Desantis doesn't speak for Cuban-Americans or any other demographic in Florida.

The head of the NAACP has a home in Florida, and Florida's black test scores are higher in both math and reading than Maryland. I'm not sure how it compares if you remove Baltimore and only look at normal (i.e. middle class and up) blacks though.

Good thing it’s not in Chicago or Baltimore.

Fake news! They issued a travel advisory. They do not have the authority to enact a ban.

Not a travel ban, a travel advisory that's politically motivated from an organization pushing a CRT agenda. They're just mad DeSanctimonious isn't letting them teach queer theory and CRT as part of AP African American Studies. In reality Florida is one of the nicest states in the country for all people, including black Americans. I imagine this has to anger black people from Florida who have never experienced real racism.

Yes! Division is what we need more of in this country!

True but- Florida (and Texas and now Kentucky and Tennessee) have been unworthy of hosting this meet for over a year.

Certainly the antics in Florida have earned them losing any NCAA events and the decline has been for a long time.

Any state with open carry firearm laws should not host major events because they're putting college kids in immediate danger.

You can't have alcohol at an NCAA event but can you have your AR-15?

Clearly you've never been to Chicago- there is literally one area (the South Side) that is dangerous. The universities that would host this event are in a safe part of the city.

I've been there often and I feel very safe.

I was recently in Savannah, Georgia and knowing that anyone could legally have any gun they want and no one could do anything about it until they open fire made me feel unsafe in public places.