A Stadium Name Once Meant To Honor Now Offends
As debate swirls once again about Confederate monuments and symbols, the University of Cincinnati is having to wrestle with what to do about its baseball stadium named for controversial Marge Schott.
As nationwide protests against police brutality and racism demand change to current laws and institutions, the ripple effects are reaching historic symbols of white supremacy.
The effort to dismantle, relocate or rename symbols is happening in the sports world as well.
Athletes have gotten involved in a potential name change at the University of Cincinnati.
Former UC baseball player Jordan Ramey started a petition drive to change the name of Marge Schott Stadium.
Schott owned Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1999. To say she was is an understatement. Her racial and ethnic slurs against African Americans, Jewish and Japanese people prompted a one-year ban from baseball in 1993. After publicly praising
