Duke volleyball game in Utah moved after 人種差別主義者 乱用 投げつけるd at 黒人／ボイコット player
By David Shepardson
Aug 27 (Reuters) - Duke University women's volleyball match on Saturday was moved to an 補欠／交替の／交替する 場所 in Provo, Utah, after racial 中傷するs were 投げつけるd at a 黒人／ボイコット player from the （人が）群がる during Friday's match with BYU, school 公式の／役人s said.
The 出来事/事件 誘発するd BYU to わびる and 禁止（する） a fan identified as the 悪党／犯人.
Lesa Pamplin, godmother of the 黒人／ボイコット Duke player, wrote on Twitter that while playing her 19-year-old goddaughter, Rachel Richardson, had been 支配するd to 人種差別主義者 中傷するs every time she served.
"She was 脅すd by a white male that told her to watch her 支援する going to the team bus. A police officer had to be put by their （法廷の）裁判," Pamplin tweeted. She 確認するd the account in an interview with Reuters.
"Many adults failed my goddaughter," Pamplin said in 声明. "Every American should be enraged that a young lady was 支配するd to hateful, deameaning language."
Duke 副大統領 and Director of 運動競技のs Nina King said in a 声明 that the "極端に unfortunate circumstances" had compelled it to change the 発生地 for Saturday's game against Rider "to afford both teams the safest atmosphere for 競争." She said players should always be able to 完全にする in an "inclusive, anti-人種差別主義者 環境."
In a 声明, BYU said it was 完全に committed to やじ out 人種差別主義, and had banned a fan identified by Duke from all BYU 運動競技の 発生地s.
In a その後の email to Reuters, BYU said that after the game 公式の／役人s spent hours reviewing ビデオ of the event, and speaking with event 管理／経営 and 安全 staff.
BYU said that when "last night's 行為 was 最初 報告（する）／憶測d by Duke, there was no individual pointed out and にもかかわらず BYU 安全 and event 管理／経営's 成果／努力s, they were not able to identify a 悪党／犯人 of racial 中傷するs."
After the game, BYU said, "an individual was identified by Duke who they believed were uttering the 中傷するs and 展示（する）ing problematic 行為s. That is the individual who has been banned."
The school said the 悪党／犯人 was sitting in the BYU student section but was not a BYU student.
BYU said Duke players "felt 危険な and 傷つける, and we were unable to 演説（する）／住所 that during the game in a manner that was 十分な. For that, we truly do わびる, and we are 診察するing our 過程s and practices to do everything in our 力／強力にする to make sure something like this doesn't happen again."
The 出来事/事件 drew 激しい非難 on social マスコミ. Los Angeles Lakers 星／主役にする LeBron James tweeted in support https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1563663546524876801?s=20&t=BPrWI44fhGnbGB8ZyaXKAw of Richardson: "We have her 支援する. This is not sports."
Duke did not すぐに 答える／応じる to requests for 付加 comment about the 出来事/事件. The BYU Police Department did not すぐに 答える／応じる to requests for comment.
Duke won the game Saturday against Rider https://goduke.com/news/2022/8/27/volleyball-duke-安全な・保証するs-first-victory-of-2022-against-rider.aspx 3-1, its first 勝利，勝つ of the season. Richardson led the team with three エースs. (報告（する）／憶測ing by David Shepardson; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
