FSU football: Reaction to team led Unity Walk in Tallahassee

FSU football continues to be at the forefront of change as their student-athletes helped organize a Unity Walk through Tallahassee Saturday.

It’s great to see the FSU football program doing more than just talking about making a change. The situation earlier in the week where a team meeting was called seems to have brought this program closer together.

The meeting was fruitful, as a plan of action was laid out moving forward to help be the change needed in the world.

One thing that came about was a team led Unity Walk that took place Saturday.

However, the good thing about the walk is they were able to unify the community into coming out and supporting the movement.

Check out some photos and video of the event below:

Thoughts on the event

I thought it was great to see the team and the community come together on such short notice considering everything still going on with the pandemic. Mike Norvell spoke before the walk and was his usual fiery approach and thanked the players and everyone for coming out.

His message before Saturday has mostly been about equality for all people, but Saturday was more decisive in his mention of the importance of Black Lives Matter. After all, the majority of the FSU football program consists of Black players.

FSU defensive tackle Cory Durden spoke before the walk and was thankful for everyone coming out and being supportive. He made it clear FSU student-athletes are serious about using their platform for more than just playing football.

I’m sure other programs around the country are participating in the movement, but it seems FSU who was under the microscope earlier in the week with the Mike Norvell and Marvin Wilson situation.

Now, it looks as though FSU football is at the forefront when it comes to a plan of action in the fight for equality.