How College Sports Helped Change Mississippi's Flag
The Lead
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🗓️ 1 July 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
There was some historic news out of Mississippi yesterday, as governor Tate Reeves signed a bill removing the Confederate emblem from the state flag. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s David Ubben to discuss the role that college sports played in the change, from SEC head coaches Lane Kiffin and Mike Leach to Mississippi State's star running back Kylin Hill.
Read David Ubben’s column about Kylin Hill and the Mississippi flag: https://theathletic.com/1897593/2020/06/28/kylin-hill-mississippi-state-flag-kansas-state-football-player-protest/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | There are some historic news out of Mississippi yesterday. |
| 0:10.2 | Breaking news for you, Mississippi governor, Tate Rees has just signed a bill to remove |
| 0:13.8 | the Confederate battle emblem from their state's flag. |
| 0:16.6 | An only form commission will lead the charge to redesign it. |
| 0:19.5 | I think this is one of the most significant moments in the history of not only Mississippi, |
| 0:25.2 | but in relation to the South and intercollegiate athletics. |
| 0:29.8 | This is a landmark moment. |
| 0:31.8 | Today we're joined by the athletics David Ubbin to discuss the role that college sports |
| 0:36.8 | and in particular one college athlete played in the change. |
| 0:41.1 | And when you have people with that much fame and that much notoriety and that much influence |
| 0:45.4 | and power saying we got to change it, it changes in our area. |
| 0:52.0 | From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 0:54.4 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 0:55.4 | It's Wednesday, July 1st, and this is The Lead. |
| 0:59.8 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:03.0 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the verse from the verse. |
| 1:08.3 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this now. |
| 1:11.1 | You can't pay. |
| 1:11.9 | I've never seen anything like that. |
| 1:13.3 | That's not good news. |
| 1:14.2 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. |
| 1:18.4 | It stays with you. |
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