Up the administrative ladder at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, rage boiled from one specific leader. That anger mirrored a large section of Cornhusker fans after three players knelt and protested in September prior to the team facing Northwestern.

Emails obtained by SB Nation last week show that Regent Hal Daub had correspondence with President Hank Bounds and explained that he was disgusted with the way Michael Rose-Ivey, Mohamed Barry, and DaiShon Neal protested. He made it clear that the football field was not a “forum for personal, ethnic or racial grievances.”

These emails provide a timeline, from the moment Daub is informed a protest happened, to his early criticisms of it in private, to hours prior to his comments denouncing the players and their protest on public record. Two days before he publicly criticized three Nebraska players’ peaceful protests, Daub received an email.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 9:28 a.m.

To: Daub, Hal

Sorry to bother you but the only reason I’m emailing you is because you’re kind enough to reply back. Does the University of Nebraska athletic department have a public email address so I can email them over my concerns of the Husker players kneeling during the anthem? The players want to kneel during the anthem then I will kneel over Husker football!!! My family will boycott husker athletics as a whole not just football. I will no longer attend games and I will no longer be [in] any apparel.

Thanks

Daniel

On Sept. 25, a Cornhuskers fan named Daniel was seeking a public email address to express his dismay regarding protests and reached out to Daub. He said he knew Daub usually replied back to emails and that he will “kneel over Husker football” boycotting Nebraska’s athletic programs. Daub responded by saying “I object to this conduct and thank you for your loyalty.”

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