Posted on June 19, 2020

Florida Band to Stop Using ‘Gator Bait’ Chant Due to ‘Historic Racist Imagery’

Steve DelVecchio, Larry Brown Sports, June 18, 2020

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{snip} University of Florida president W. Kent Fuchs outlined a number of changes the school will be making in response to the social justice movement. One of them is to no longer have the Florida band lead the “Gator Bait” chant at sporting events. While Fuchs said he is confident the chant was never meant to be racist, the cheer is being nixed due to the “horrific historic racist imagery” associated with it.

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