{"id":270061,"date":"2020-06-18T03:10:40","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/unlv-legend-isaiah-rider-says-hey-reb-statue-had-to-go-i-didnt-like-it"},"modified":"2020-06-18T03:10:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T08:10:52","slug":"unlv-legend-isaiah-rider-says-hey-reb-statue-had-to-go-i-didnt-like-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/unlv-legend-isaiah-rider-says-hey-reb-statue-had-to-go-i-didnt-like-it","title":{"rendered":"UNLV Legend Isaiah Rider Says &#039;Hey Reb!&#039; Statue Had To Go, I Didn&#039;t Like It!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-164759\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">    \t\t<!-- .entry-meta --><br \/>\n    \t<\/header>\n<p><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"30.5909291061\">\n\t\t<!-- adman_adcode_beginning --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"90.0987506007\">\n<section id=\"cb-cc72ef60a2dcedb90523b5fdf12c00db\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"w-100\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive-item\">\n<div id=\"video-player-4d8c43c4-5492-5953-af0a-9b3619d44749-801620960-image-holder\" class=\"video-block-image-holder\">\n    <button class=\"embed-responsive-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-4d8c43c4-5492-5953-af0a-9b3619d44749-801620960-play-btn\"><br \/><span class=\"sr-only\">Play video content<\/span><br \/><\/button><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Beauregard\" alt=\"Beauregard\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/UNLV-Legend-Isaiah-Rider-Says-039Hey-Reb039-Statue-Had-To-Go-I-Didn039t-Like-It.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"media-swipe video-block__media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-25dcef9d3f8c5524da59cb0aa0c8b73e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"27.9425287356\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/isaiah-rider\/\"><strong>Isaiah \u201cJ.R.\u201d Rider<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>says UNLV\u2019s \u2018Hey Reb!\u2019 statue \u2014 with ties to the Confederacy \u2014 had to be removed \u2026 telling <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> he\u2019s proud his alma mater \u201cdid the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-baf12ad24848254242591a5bc2a5ccc9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>Rider was an absolute beast at University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the early \u201990s\u2026 and was named an All-American in 1993. J.R. was the 5th overall pick in the NBA Draft.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-a71e4332b461f977c6e3c9338b9e218b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28.6338028169\">\n<p>We asked the former superstar hooper how he felt about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/06\/17\/unlv-removes-mascot-statue-over-confederate-ties-school-nickname-next\/\"><strong>UNLV yanking<\/strong><\/a> the popular giant bronze statue from the place it sat for years on campus.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f359979fda5dc0d8914945daae074474\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"41\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud. I think it\u2019s the right thing to do personally,\u201d Rider tells us, continuing \u2026 \u201cI think it was well done, on time, no need to delay, no need to think about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-73a8fb66c1840d4fcb6175dd5db96222\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n     <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Change.org\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/UNLV-Removes-Mascot-Statue-Over-Confederate-Ties-School-Nickname-Next.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Change.org\"\/><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d090ceb9fdd3085633391615130ca6c0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>The former UNLV star kept it real when asked how he felt about the statue (and Runnin\u2019 Rebel mascot) when he was playing ball for the university \u2026 saying he didn\u2019t know about all the baggage associated with the Rebel.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-66ea50909d19b2c9d8135f0ef52b0307\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"39\">\n<p>\u201cHonestly, in school, I wasn\u2019t aware. I wasn\u2019t as conscious as I am now, as woke as I am now, as well-read as I am now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8d18c9d42502ad65f6a9d012d7dea05c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"33\">\n<p>But, Rider says after school he became educated on the issue \u2026 and realized the name and statue were offensive.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-56a6839341e597889dd79f5daebc982e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"41\">\n<p>\u201cAt the time at UNLV, no it didn\u2019t bother me at all. I was a \u2018Runnin\u2019 Rebel.\u2019 It didn\u2019t bother me at all but later in life, as I learned certain things, like the Redskins mascot, I started to have a problem with that for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-01e0789b610f3fb7564e22e468359770\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"37\">\n<p>FYI, the \u201cRebel\u201d was originally named after a Confederate general named Beauregard \u2026 who ordered the Civil War\u2019s first gunshots, according to a Change.org petition demanding UNLV change the current mascot.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-8ae3245867ca81b179b140a6c76be255\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>We also asked Rider what he\u2019d say to UNLV fans who have lived-and-died with the \u201cRunnin\u2019 Rebels\u201d teams for years \u2026 and are kinda bummed to see the school lose that identity.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-95dd9739e6df1fdb13141ea02e6c6d2f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"41\">\n<p>\u201cI would say to my people, my \u2018Runnin\u2019 Rebels\u2019 out there, that look, we\u2019re UNLV for life. When we talk, I always say UNLV. I never say \u2018Runnin\u2019 Rebel.\u2019 Not only because I don\u2019t really like it but I\u2019m UNLV and we are UNLV for life and that doesn\u2019t change.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f05d4993cb2c8756980f3d906861b84e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"31\">\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re UNLV Runnin\u2019, we\u2019re gonna drop the last part!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-93e10a3b1b118de2c91018791a41248b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default canvas-block-is-last \"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/06\/18\/isaiah-jr-rider-unlv-runnin-rebels-hey-reb-statue-removal-basketball\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- adman_adcode_after --><\/p>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\">Sharing is caring!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gasd_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/about-me\" rel=\"author\" title=\"Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson\">Profile for Dalelorenzo Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\"><span class=\"cat-links\">Posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/category\/categorized\/news\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a><\/span>\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- .entry-footer --><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/etrafficlane.com\/newline\/unlv-legend-isaiah-rider-says-hey-reb-statue-had-to-go-i-didnt-like-it\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play video contentExclusive TMZSports.com Isaiah \u201cJ.R.\u201d Rider says UNLV\u2019s \u2018Hey Reb!\u2019 statue \u2014 with ties to the Confederacy \u2014 had to be removed \u2026 telling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}