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Florida discontinues use of popular 'Gator Bait' at sporting events due to racial imagery
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:44 pm
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Florida will discontinue the popular "Gator Bait" cheer at school-sanctioned sporting events, school president Kent Fuchs announced on Thursday. The song is commonly played at Gators sporting events as fans do the famous "Gator Chomp" gesture.
The move is part of a larger plan announced by Fuchs for the University of Florida to take steps toward positive change against racism.
"While I know of no evidence of racism associated with our "Gator Bait" cheer at UF sporting events, there is horrific historic racist imagery associated with the phrase," he wrote in a press release. "Accordingly University Athletics and the Gator Band will discontinue the use of the cheer."
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Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
quote:
"While I know of no evidence of racism associated with our "Gator Bait" cheer at UF sporting events, there is horrific historic racist imagery associated with the phrase,"
Explain the outrage to me like I'm 5.......
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:46 pm to RLDSC FAN
gator bait is racist?
will tiger bait be next?
will tiger bait be next?
This post was edited on 6/18/20 at 12:47 pm
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
This is past due, it’s very offensive to the crocodile and caiman population
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
I mean I fricking hate Florida but what is this bullshite 
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
But why
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:47 pm to RLDSC FAN
What the frick is racist about gator bait?
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:48 pm to RLDSC FAN
Let’s just cancel everything, because if you worm around long enough you can find a weak link to something that at one time happened to a black person (even if it happened to other color people too).
These people deserve every bad thing that happens to them.
These people deserve every bad thing that happens to them.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:48 pm to LSUcdro
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I mean I fricking hate Florida but what is this bull shite
This
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:48 pm to MorbidTheClown
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gator bait is racist?
Apparently Amos Moses was black.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:48 pm to RLDSC FAN
For every human death at the jaws of an alligator, it has to be at least a 100:1 ratio of white victims to black
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:49 pm to RLDSC FAN
Is this like LSU "not allowing" Neck?
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:49 pm to RLDSC FAN
We have completely lost our collective minds.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:49 pm to TDsngumbo
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What the frick is racist about gator bait?
I guess I'm not creative enough to come up with a way to make that racist. WTF are people outraged about?
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:49 pm to LegendInMyMind
but, whatever you do, don't do horns down. 
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:50 pm to RLDSC FAN
I'd say what a bunch of pussies, but I'm sure LSU will be right behind them doing the same bullshite. Historians will look back at these days and laugh.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:50 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Florida will discontinue the popular "Gator Bait" cheer at school-sanctioned sporting events, school president Kent Fuchs announced on Thursday.
For Fuchs sake.
Posted on 6/18/20 at 12:50 pm to RLDSC FAN
Is this the jaws theme they do? Or is it different?
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