Vanderbilt Parents Got Hit with Racial Slurs During College World Series

The College World Series is here, and the news coming from the three game series between Vanderbilt and Mississippi State has turned racial. According to a report from ESPN’s Clinton Yates, parents of Vanderbilt players were subjected to racial slurs. “Vandy parents at the stadium tonight were subjected to racial slurs during the game and no one was hurt but the incident was obviously unacceptable and inappropriate,” he wrote on Twitter.

DEVELOPING: Vandy parents at the stadium tonight were subjected to racial slurs during the game and no one was hurt but the incident was obviously unacceptable and inappropriate.

— fun fact: (@clintonyates) June 29, 2021

Yates continued to detail more about the incident:

I know this bc I’ve quite literally seen it with my own eyes. Short version: a bunch of drunk Miss State fans decided that when the game was out of hand that the n-bomb needed to fly. Authorities got involved and everyone is okay, but yeah nah. That Cant Happen. It did.

— fun fact: (@clintonyates) June 29, 2021

Vanderbilt athletic director  issued a statement following the alleged incident:

I am deeply troubled that some of our student-athlete parents were subjected to racist slurs during last night's game. This is absolutely unacceptable and disgraceful behavior, and such hateful language has no place anywhere in our society.

— Candice Storey Lee (@VandyAD) June 29, 2021

“To the family members who were impacted, please know that you have my full support,” she continued. “And you absolutely have the wholehearted support of not only Vanderbilt Athletics but all of Commodore Nation.”

Vanderbilt beat Mississippi State in Game 1 8-2.

Game 2 is tonight, hopefully there won’t be any more incidents.

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