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FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2016, file photo, former New Orleans Saints and University of Mississippi running back Deuce McAllister leaves Orleans Parish Criminal District Court after the verdict in the Cardell Hayes murder trial in New Orleans. McAllister was part of group of student-athletes in the late 1990s who helped push administrators into largely eliminating the Confederate flag from Ole Miss football games. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman, File)
College athletes using platform to address social issues

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Former Texas football player Brian Orakpo, background left, visits the Frank Denius Family University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, in Austin, Texas. Displays honor all 55 of Texas' National Championship teams, 599 conference team titles, hundreds of individual national champions, 171 Olympians at 21 Olympiads, academic All-Americans and other scholastic honorees, as well as the traditions and tales that encompass the history of Longhorns. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
University of Texas opens new Hall of Fame

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