The late Joe Jamail’s three sons are who suggested that the Texas Longhorns opt to rename their field at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium after a couple Texas legends, ESPN reports. The root of their decision to bring up the suggestion, ESPN notes, is based around the national unrest following George Floyd’s murder and President Donald Trump’s tenure.
“As I told Ricky [Williams] earlier, I was watching that sickening video of George Floyd getting murdered. I just wept,” Jamail told ESPN earlier this week. “I was just thinking, how did we fall so low, to have a leaderless country, to have a president who supports white supremacists, this great-people-on-both-sides horses-shit?