Some things are more important than football.
, was for Auburn's football players to be isolated together for the first week they were back on campus due to concern over COVID-19.
But some things are more important than football. That's why Malzahn, wife Kristi, many of his assistant coaches and a host of players — at least more than half the roster — attended the Black Lives Matter protest that took place Sunday evening in downtown Auburn.
The message:"Enough is enough," after the police killings of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky; George Floyd in Minneapolis, and too many others. That black lives matter. That it's time to listen, condemn racism and hold people accountable. Senior linebacker Chandler Wooten held a sign that read"Don't support us on the field and kill us off the ."
Among the other Auburn athletics representatives in attendance were athletics director Allen Greene and his family; men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl and his staff ; and baseball coach Butch Thompson.
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