A sign stands at the main entrance to the campus of Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. (Photo by George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images) PROVO, Utah (AP) - BYU banned a fan who yelled a racial slur at a Black player on the Duke volleyball team during a match Friday night, the university said in a statement Saturday.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," the statement said. "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, said in a tweet."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.
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