Florida and Ole Miss take a knee to come together in a moment of unity (Video)

The Florida Gators and Ole Miss Rebels joined in a moment of unity to support social justice efforts.

The first SEC football game of the year began like so many other sporting events have begun in recent weeks and months, with the players coming together in a moment of unity.

Ole Miss and Florida released a joint statement via the Florida football Twitter account to express the reasoning, saying it is to acknowledge the unrest in the country surrounding the treatment of African Americans and want to amplify and support social justice efforts.

“As members of the Florida and Ole Miss football teams, we recognize the impact of our personal platforms and are choosing to amplify the issues that directly impact us.

Together we have chosen to take the opening series of today’s competition to acknowledge the unrest in our country surrounding the treatment of African Americans. We will continue to support social justice efforts and members of the Southeastern Conference and members of our respective communities.”

Florida and Ole Miss come together for a common goal

The issue of players taking a knee has been a hot-button topic for years with both sides digging in on their side and seemingly unwilling to change their stance or viewpoints. One side says it’s to support social justice efforts and protest police brutality while the other side says to keep politics out of sports and that it’s disrespectful to the military.

All you have to do is look at the top replies to the tweet above to see how many people are saying they are not going to watch or they are done with college football. They will continue to watch, but they will not stop complaining about athletes using their platform to amplify social justice unrest.

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