The discussions that have been taking place across our country and more specifically within the Hawkeye football program in the last week triggered an emotional response from Iowa athletic director Gary Barta on Monday afternoon.
Barta spoke with the media about the separation agreement that Iowa reached with long time strength coach Chris Doyle and retaining a firm out of Kansas City to conduct an investigation of the Iowa football program.
At times, Barta became emotional discussing issues of race and apologized to all current and former players who felt slighted in their experience at Iowa. He discussed if he had seen things in the past that gave him pause, if he had spoken to players about the issues, and if he had confidence that Kirk Ferentz could continue to lead the Iowa program moving forward.
Watch our videos and read a rough transcript of Barta's comments at the link below.
