Football Players of the world Unite!
The President of the University of Missouri has resigned. The football team had threatened to sit out Saturday's game against BYU. It was possible that the school would need to forfeit more than just the game. The school had guaranteed more than $1 million dollars to their opponent. And who knows what the alumni would think if their Saturday Afternoon was disrupted.
Maybe the lawyers would have been able to figure out a way around that penalty, and put the screws to the players on the football team, but the most expedient thing happened, the university president resigned.
I am unable to comment on the status of racist speech or racism at Missouri or or any other school. I am almost positive that colleges and universities experience stuff that most folks would consider racist. Colleges and universities are small cities and when a diverse group of folks are put together both good and bad things can happen.
It would be really interesting to see NFL players exercise a little bit of indignation, regarding the injuries players experience, or the of the behavior of some of its union members.
Whether the football team's actions will change behavior it Mizzou is to be seen, but a little student activism these days is welcome. Trustees everywhere are probably looking at the playbook a little more closely.
Maybe the lawyers would have been able to figure out a way around that penalty, and put the screws to the players on the football team, but the most expedient thing happened, the university president resigned.
I am unable to comment on the status of racist speech or racism at Missouri or or any other school. I am almost positive that colleges and universities experience stuff that most folks would consider racist. Colleges and universities are small cities and when a diverse group of folks are put together both good and bad things can happen.
It would be really interesting to see NFL players exercise a little bit of indignation, regarding the injuries players experience, or the of the behavior of some of its union members.
Whether the football team's actions will change behavior it Mizzou is to be seen, but a little student activism these days is welcome. Trustees everywhere are probably looking at the playbook a little more closely.
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