Florida State president John Thrasher announced today in a statement that he has designated athletic director David Coburn to explore options for renaming FSU’s Doak Campbell Stadium:
This is not the university’s first go-around with removing names determined to hold a dark past — the school has moved on from several racist and insensitive portrayals of Seminoles in the past, as well as President John Thrasher removing the names of Francis Eppes and B.K. Roberts from campus following the establishment of a board (formed in the aftermath of the Charlottesville white supremacist rally) intended “to examine and make recommendations on current university policies concerning campus names and markers, including statues and other recognitions.