The fan was sitting in the BYU student section but was not a student, and has been banned from all athletic venues on campus, the statement said.
"We will not tolerate behavior of this kind. Specifically, the use of a racial slur at any of our athletic events is absolutely unacceptable and BYU Athletics holds a zero-tolerance approach to this behavior,". "We wholeheartedly apologize to Duke University and especially its student-athlete competing last night for what they experienced. We want BYU athletic events to provide a safe environment for all, and there is no place for behaviors like this in our venues.
The player, Rachel Richardson, who is the only Black starter on the team, was called a racial slur "every time she served," Richardson’s godmother, Lesa Pamplin,"For far too long, individuals have been subjected to racist slurs, taunts, and threats like the unfortunate incident that happened to my goddaughter, Rachel Richardson, at BYU.
Pamplin tweeted that Richardson "was threatened by a white male that told her to watch her back going to the team bus. A police officer had to be put by their bench."Duke said its match Saturday against Rider was moved from BYU’s Smith Fieldhouse to a different venue in Provo.Duke athletic director Nina King said in a statement
. "They should always have the opportunity to compete in an inclusive, anti-racist environment which promotes equality and fair play. Following extremely unfortunate circumstances at Friday night’s match at BYU, we are compelled to shift today’s match against Rider to a different location to afford both teams the safest atmosphere for competition."
Duke and BYU are playing in a four-team, round-robin invitational along with Rider and Washington State. BYU beat Duke 3-1 on Friday.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
A BYU fan repeatedly called Duke volleyball player a racial slur during match in Utah, family saysBYU says it has banned a fan from its athletic venues for repeatedly directing a racial slur at a Duke volleyball player on Friday night, but the player's father says the university did not immediately kick the fan out of the event.
Read more »
BYU Athletics Department bans non-student fan for using racial slurs at volleyball game vs. DukeThe BYU Athletics Department said it banned a fan from all athletic venues after the individual — who was not a student — shouted racial slurs during a volleyball game Friday night.
Read more »
LGBTQ groups say BYU trashed their resource pamphlets after agreeing to give them to freshmen.The_RaYnbow Collective and other LGBTQ groups say they paid $200 to BYU to put the pamphlets in a welcome bag for new students. The pamphlets, which cost the groups $2,000 to print, were removed without notifying them.
Read more »
Gordon Monson: The Big 3 quarterbacks — at BYU, Utah and Utah State — are exactly what you’d hope them to beGordon Monson: It's a common football simplification to say that a team is only as good as its quarterback. If that is even partially true, then college football teams in the state of Utah are in luck.
Read more »
A BYU fan repeatedly called Duke volleyball player a racial slur during match in Utah, family saysBYU says it has banned a fan from its athletic venues for repeatedly directing a racial slur at a Duke volleyball player on Friday night, but the player's father says the university did not immediately kick the fan out of the event.
Read more »
BYU Athletics Department bans non-student fan for using racial slurs at volleyball game vs. DukeThe BYU Athletics Department said it banned a fan from all athletic venues after the individual — who was not a student — shouted racial slurs during a volleyball game Friday night.
Read more »