No action was taken against Brigham Young...
No action was taken against Brigham Young University football players after officials concluded an investigation into charges that members of the BYU team made racial slurs against San Diego State players in Saturday night’s game.
BYU Athletic Director Glen Tuckett said he spoke with several team members and that Coach LaVell Edwards spoke with the entire team. Tuckett said no further action is planned.
Tuckett would not say whether the players admitted to making racial slurs, but he said BYU players claimed the SDSU players “provoked” them.
“There are two sides to every story,” Tuckett said.
SDSU Athletic Director Fred Miller said he talked with Tuckett and is satisfied.
“In the heat of battle, things are said (by both sides) that shouldn’t be,” Miller said.
After Saturday’s Western Athletic Conference game--won by the Aztecs, 27-15--SDSU players said members of BYU’s team directed racial epithets at SDSU players on the field.
“They were yelling all kinds of racial stuff at our black players throughout the game,” center Kevin Wells, a white member of the SDSU team, said Saturday night.
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