A member of the Notre Dame women’s basketball team told ESPN Saturday that the team came up with the idea of wearing Eric Garner-inspired “I Can’t Breathe” warmup gear after students at the university conducted a die-in on campus this week. We’re guessing it’s also possible someone on the team managed to catch Derrick Rose, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant or any number of NBA players making the same statement.
https://twitter.com/2UGT/status/543926415708536832
That’s certainly a legitimate concern.
Notre Dame women wearing "I can't breathe" shirts during warm ups. pic.twitter.com/rtv1IMIgko
— Jim Johnston (@JJohnstonWTHR) December 13, 2014
Notre Dame warming up wearing "I Can't Breathe" shirts pic.twitter.com/AjHbix5caI
— Minh Doan (@_minhdoan) December 13, 2014
Notre Dame women pic.twitter.com/Gq0RRi2H2p
— ? Jonny ? Cool ? (@1neNOnly) December 13, 2014
Notre Dame women wear #ICantBreathe T-shirts http://t.co/TJvCWJsrta #ncaaw pic.twitter.com/T6iZwm0gzl
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) December 13, 2014
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick told ESPN the players made and paid for the shirts themselves.
#ICantEven RT @AmyKNelson guessing this image will be shared more than any other today. #millionmarchnyc #notredame http://t.co/9KSTQOO7DR
— Rob GobbleGobble (@RobGeorge) December 14, 2014
@RobGeorge @AmyKNelson Why is it the morons wearing these shirts don't get the irony that it's in Comic Sans?
— Patrick H. (@trogdor8768) December 14, 2014
@Suntimes Comic Sans?
— Thomas Matta (@TomMattaBigBand) December 13, 2014
What’s wrong with immortalizing Eric Garner’s last words in Comic Sans?
@AmyKNelson @YourAnonNews nothing says social justice like Comic Sans.
— okmixu (@okmixu) December 14, 2014
@1neNOnly @GeekGodd mistake number 1: comic sans
— Jesse Pugh (@Turbo_Sportsnet) December 13, 2014
@itspughlikehugh @1neNOnly @GeekGodd I was thinking that.. Such a great message, such a shitty font
— Dylan Goble (@dylangoble_) December 13, 2014
Can anyone make T-Shirts w/ a different font?? I mean comic sans, cmon?!? Notre Dame women in #ICantBreathe shirts pic.twitter.com/cgiZIvwdv3
— LilEsBella ?? (@LilEsBella) December 14, 2014
Props to the Notre Dame women's basketball team for wearing "I Can't Breathe" shirts, but — Comic Sans, really? #BlackLivesMatter
— Ian Conway (@IanConway) December 13, 2014
It looks like U.C. Berkeley is getting in on the act as well, but after the discovery of lynched effigies on the campus this morning, the team decided there was no time to have shirts printed.
The Berkeley women's hoops team will be wearing shirts like this tonight. #BlackLivesMatter #TamirRice pic.twitter.com/oqMc645Yks
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) December 13, 2014
It's only right ! #GameDay pic.twitter.com/xCDbM3s4Xj
— Brittany Boyd (@adifferent1five) December 13, 2014
Planned to wear shirts at home next wk.After today's events in Berkeley,entire team came 2my hotel room&said we need to act 2day. #WeAreCal
— Lindsay Gottlieb (@CoachLindsayG) December 13, 2014
Proud to coach a group with a social & moral consciousness.They proactively seek ways to find their voice and use their platform.
— Lindsay Gottlieb (@CoachLindsayG) December 13, 2014
Update: Here are the “emergency” protest shirts on the court.
Cal Berkeley women's bball team WASN'T wearing #ICantBreathe shirts. Their shirts had names of those killed by police pic.twitter.com/K96TWUFYHs
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) December 14, 2014
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