College basketball coach cancels series with brigham young university due to racial slurs

by CEDRIC 'BIG CED' THORNTON September 7, 2022 ------------------------- South Carolina Women’s Basketball Coach DAWN STALEY went on record about the racist event that influenced

her decision to cancel the home-and-home series scheduled with Brigham Young University. > “As a head coach, my job is to do what’s best for my players and > staff. The incident at BYU

 has led me to reevaluate our > home-and-home, and I don’t feel that this is the right time for us > to engage in this series.” – @dawnstaleyhttps://t.co/sEdC2ApkIW > 

pic.twitter.com/LZqpOGRrl9 >  > — South Carolina Women’s Basketball (@GamecockWBB) September 2, > 2022 According to _ESPN_, the NCAA championship coach did not want to expose her

basketball players to potential verbal abuse by BYU fans based on their race during a recent incident at a BYU volleyball game. Duke University volleyball player RACHEL RICHARDSON reportedly

heard someone in the BYU stands utter a racial slur to her. After hearing about that, Staley opted out of facing BYU again in an effort to avoid a repeat. Richardson, the only Black starter

on Duke’s volleyball team reportedly was called a racial slur while competing against BYU. Due to the racial event, BYU banned the guilty party from attending any more events in the

school’s athletic buildings. Staley went over the situation and stated, “I slept on it a few nights, I woke up with the same gut feeling I should not put our players in that situation,” as

she made the decision. The Gamecocks, who won this past season’s championship in April, were supposed to start the upcoming season with a home game against BYU on Nov. 7. The next game was

going to be at BYU’s campus in Utah to complete the home-and-home series. Since the series has been scrapped, Staley stated she is discussing alternate plans with other schools to fill the

void in their schedule. Staley mentioned that the decision was all hers and she never discussed it with her players. “This was a selfish decision,” she said. “I was only thinking about South

Carolina women’s basketball.” BYU offered a response to Staley’s decision. > We are extremely disappointed in South Carolina’s decision to > cancel our series and ask for patience 

with the on-going > investigation. We believe the solution is to work together to root > out racism and not to separate from one another. #LoveOneAnother >  > 🔗 

https://t.co/gWka5vuPIj >  > — BYU Women’s Hoops (@byuwbb) September 3, 2022