Mississippi State athletic director Scott Stricklin and adidas issued apologies on Thursday for a profane message for Ole Miss hidden in the Bulldogs’ “Stark Vegas” baseball warmup shirts, which were pretty profane themselves.
The shirts were dotted with seemingly innocuous marquee-style lights, but when flipped upside down some of the lights spelled out “F—k the school up north.”
The official university-approved baseball team shirt says “F—K THE SCHOOL UP NORTH” #CLANGA pic.twitter.com/Kp7CbhQIiE
— Bunkie Perkins (@BunkiePerkins) April 16, 2015
(1/3)This afternoon it came to my attention that a shirt provided to our baseball team by adidas has an inappropriate phrase written on it …
— Scott Stricklin (@stricklinMSU) April 16, 2015
(2/3) … This is completely unacceptable and does not reflect the standards and values of Mississippi State University or its athletic dept …
— Scott Stricklin (@stricklinMSU) April 16, 2015
(3/3) … For anyone who was offended by this shirt, as I was, please accept our apologies and rest assured that this has been rectified.