Navy Football Drops Motto Amid Rash of Gun Violence

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The Naval Academy Midshipmen will not take the football field this season under the motto selected by senior members of the team.

Navy announced that it will not use "Load the Clip" as the team's 2019-20 motto, citing sensitivity to the victims of gun violence — in particular the 2018 mass shooting that killed five employees of The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Md., as well as a separate shooting that year that killed three at a Rite Aid drug store 60 miles from Annapolis. The team's replacement motto is "Win the Day," selected by team members who met to discuss the "Load the Clip" criticism.

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