Oklahoma States Mike Gundy apologizes for wearing OAN shirt: Black Lives Matter to me

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Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy apologized on Tuesday after a picture surfaced on the Internet of him wearing a shirt promoting One America News Network, a right-wing station.I had a great meeting with our team today. Our players expressed their feelings as individuals and as team members. They helped me see through their eyes how the T-shirt affected their hearts, Gundy said. Once I learned how that network felt about Black Lives Matter, I was disgusted and knew it was completely unacceptable to me. I want to apologize to all members of our team, former players and their families for the pain and discomfort that has been caused over the last two days.Black Lives Matter to me. Our players matter to me, Gundy added. These meetings with our team have been eye-opening, and will result in positive changes for Oklahoma State football. I sincerely hope the Oklahoma State family, near and far, will accept my humble apology as we move forward.Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard, a Heisman Trophy award candidate, threatened to sit out of all team activities after seeing the photo of his head coach on Monday.”I will not stand for this.. This is completely insensitive to everything going on in society, and its unacceptable, Hubbard wrote on Twitter. I will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE.Later on Monday, Hubbard posted a video of himself with Gundy, and a caption that read: Change is coming I promise you that.OKLAHOMA STATES CHUBA HUBBARD DEFENDS COMMENTS ABOUT MIKE GUNDY OVER OAN SHIRT, BUT REGRETS TWEETOn Tuesday, Hubbard addressed the controversy and released a longer statement on the issue.I will start by saying this; I was never wrong for saying what I said. I am a man, and I realized I should have went to him as a man face to face rather than on Twitter. Thats my opinion. But I had to hold him accountable either way. I am glad things happened the way they did because

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