looks like perfect time to free up some scholarships for better players
I knew MU was bad, but all players of color quit??
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That will get Mizzou back in the national news. I doubt if MU will replace its president so it will be interesting whether the black players stick to their guns. Lost scholarships, game revenue - when $$$$ is involved who knows what will happen.
I've read the recent account on the Columbia Tribune. I know nothing more now of the issue than before I read it.
http://www.columbiatribune.com/spor...cle_16b68283-9f8a-5862-a174-ca082874f942.html
http://www.columbiatribune.com/spor...cle_16b68283-9f8a-5862-a174-ca082874f942.html
If you didn't know what's going on at MU, this is a better account.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/n...cle_0c96f986-84c6-11e5-a38f-2bd0aab0bf74.html
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/n...cle_0c96f986-84c6-11e5-a38f-2bd0aab0bf74.html
This was a good move.
Members of Concerned Student 1950 planned to hold the protest after Missouri’s football game Thursday night. Nearly 100 protesters gathered in the basement of the MU Student Center that night, but decided the circumstances — mixing with “drunk white people” after the Tigers’ loss — could lead to an unsafe protest. Details about Monday's protest have not been announced.
Some people will dismiss or minimize these concerns as simply reflecting the realities of black students’ disproportionately bad behavior. But research shows that this view does not hold true. The problem is that characterizing behavior as bad always introduces a level of subjectivity.
The concerned students 1950 have a list of demands that begin with the Missouri president acknowledging his white privilege and resigning. Then demands like increasing minority faculty hiring to 10% and other moves in order to increase diversity.
I don't doubt there are some redneck bigots in Columbia just like there are pretty much everywhere in the country but this is not about a few alleged racial slurs by people who might not even be students at Missouri. That is a total red herring. This is political fight and some of the student leaders convinced at least some of the football players that they should get involved.
I predict before the end of the day that the team as a whole will come together in support of the football players stand in principle and most if not all the AA players that are threatening to boycott will play.
That's not to say If Missouri mishandles this that they can't quickly become a national embarrassment.
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mishandle it, or handle it, do something, everyone feels that their entitled to something, like you can go out and smoke the ganja and not get in trouble if your caught,
The president could have gotten out of his car, bent over and kissed their a***es. Or as my dad used to say " they want me to suck s*** through a rag and tell them it tastes good".
Looks like we have a full blown strike now as GP is showing support for the team.
Does anyone else find it funny that a group against racism is demanding race-based hiring?
Does anyone else find it funny that a group against racism is demanding race-based hiring?
(what I posted here had nothing to do with the topic at hand [i decided this after reading all of the articles], so I deleted it; I'm not ashamed in the least about what I said though, and will gladly share if anyone wants me to repost...)
(...no one told me or pressured me to take my post down, just FYI)
(...no one told me or pressured me to take my post down, just FYI)
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Wolfe has handled this horribly. He's had many chances to head this off at the pass and he's not done much of anything. His statement today again reinforces the fact that he doesn't get how serious this is. He should be relieved of his duties, not because of his "white privilege," but because he's he's bungled this all the way around.
Maybe they just suck so bad they don't want to finish the season so they find something to itch about. Holding a college hostage to your demands is nothing new, had it all the time in the 60's, but there is a time and a place for everything and this is neither.
I have to ask the question. Would the football team be threatening this action if they were in the hunt for the SEC East again this year?
I think Pinkel & the players are hypocritical. Do you think if they were fighting for a SEC Championship or a national championship they would touch this issue with a ten foot pole?
The football players both black and white are privileged over both black and white regular students.
The football players both black and white are privileged over both black and white regular students.
I love how we have so many experts on this board who give their opinion about something they know nothing about. You don't really know all of the events, nor how the administration responded. You base everything on conjecture, rumor, and your own biases. Typical.
We only know what we've read. There are many news sources available to read about this topic. I found 4 this morning. As one poster wrote this year, opinion, inaccuracy, conjecture and rumor are the basis of message boards.
Rock Hard Horn Frog wrote his point of view. I suggest you read that post. I agree with him.
So an uber liberal college prez is being called racist by even loonier leftist...pass the popcorn.
Are the players giving up all the perks of being a player while on strike?
Are the players giving up all the perks of being a player while on strike?
If he is a black student at Mizzou or an administrator his opinion is relevant. Otherwise he, like all other posters on this board are making judgments based on grossly incomplete information. You people have just enough information to be dangerous. Stupidity kills.
You are a sad little boy. I will pray that no one has to depend on your judgment in this life.
