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Texas head coach Tom Herman spoke out against the"double standard" some sports fans have when it comes to their support for black athletes.Texas head coach Tom Herman spoke out against the"double standard" some sports fans have when it comes to their support for black athletes.
In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, on Memorial Day in Minneapolis and the nationwide protests that have followed, Herman says the average fan simply does not and cannot know what it's like to be a black Longhorns athlete. Herman conducted a three-hour virtual meeting with his team on Monday and said that it was emotional.
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