SEC college athletes showed power in spurring Mississippi flag change

The state flag of Mississippi,(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SEC college athletes were among the strongest voices to bring about a change in the State of Mississippi’s controversial flag.

The change in the state flag of Mississippi was about more than just the two flagship SEC schools, but the direct impact of what the old flag was about to do, and what a change in that flag means to them is unmistakably huge.

There was an oncoming athletic tsunami headed in the direction of Mississippi. The SEC and NCAA had all at once dropped the hammer and said that no athletic championships or tournaments would be held at any school within the state while the state flag containing a Confederate…