The NCAA's Southeastern Conference has told the state of Mississippi it could miss out on SEC championship games if it doesn't change its state flag, which includes a Confederate symbol.
The call for change received support from the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, both members of the SEC.
"Mississippi needs a flag that represents the qualities about our state that unite us, not those that still divide us," said University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce and athletics Vice Chancellor Keith Carter in aMississippi State President Mark E. Keenum said he wrote to the state's top leaders on Friday urging them to change the flag.
"Since 2015, our Student Association, Robert Holland Faculty Senate and university administration have been firmly on record in support of changing the state flag," he said in a statement."I have reiterated that view to our state's leaders on multiple occasions, including during face-to-face discussions in recent days and hours."
The state has been under pressure to change the flag for years, but the demands have ramped up in the wake of the death of while in Minneapolis police custody and the wide-ranging calls for an end to systemic racism that have followed., who fought to preserve slavery during the Civil War under the Confederate symbol that is prominently featured on the Mississippi flag.
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