FAMU lifts football pause amidst rap video probe

Jul 24, 2023, 04:52 PM ET TALLAHASSEE, Fla.– Florida A&M athletic director Tiffani-Dawn Sykes said Monday the football group will be permitted to resume using its centers while the university examines the unapproved shooting of a rap video, including some Rattlers players, in the group’s locker room.All group activities were suspended Friday night by Coach Willie Simmons after a video by Tallahassee, Florida, rapper Real Boston Richey was published on social media last week showing him carrying out in the FAMU locker room, with a few of the players and team gear.The players were not identified by the school.Editor’s Picks Genuine Boston Richey, whose genuine name is Jalen Foster, performed at FAMU’s homecoming game

last year.Simmons said Saturday the group center, weight room and access to the arena field were off-limits to all players till he and the administration might figure out who was involved in the video shoot. A team meeting was set up for Monday.”We’ll figure out at that point if more extreme penalties need to be bied far,” Simmons told The Associated Press on Saturday.Sykes published on Twitter that the team would be cleared

to go back to football activities on Tuesday. She said the university’s office of compliance and principles was examining. “I will make myself offered for comment at the conclusion of the investigation,”she said.The Southwestern Athletic Conference will hold its football media day for its 12 members on Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama, and Florida A&M planned to attend. Simmons along with quarterback Jeremy Moussa and defensive back Javan Morgan were anticipated to take part.The Rattlers are arranged to have their very first practice on Aug. 4. They open the season at home versus Jackson State on Sept. 3. Simmons has actually published a 33-12 record given that taking control of in December 2017, consisting of 3 straight nine-win seasons.