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'The UConn women's basketball team was one of the first collegiate sports programs to issue a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in May. Since then, basketball players have hinted on several occasions that they are planning something beyond just uniform patches when and if the season begins."
ONO Quoted:
"I believe as athletes that we have this platform, especially here, we have a platform and a voice and we should use it, especially on topics like this that have been going on for hundreds of years," UConn center Olivia Nelson-Ododa said last month. "And so the ability to speak out about it and advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement is very important to me, and I know for the rest of my team as well."
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'The UConn women's basketball team was one of the first collegiate sports programs to issue a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd in May. Since then, basketball players have hinted on several occasions that they are planning something beyond just uniform patches when and if the season begins."
ONO Quoted:
"I believe as athletes that we have this platform, especially here, we have a platform and a voice and we should use it, especially on topics like this that have been going on for hundreds of years," UConn center Olivia Nelson-Ododa said last month. "And so the ability to speak out about it and advocating for the Black Lives Matter movement is very important to me, and I know for the rest of my team as well."
UConn may go beyond patches in support of BLM
University of Connecticut officials have discussed creating helmet stickers and warm-up T-shirts and altering athletic uniforms in other ways to show support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
