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Texas linebacker: 'I do not feel comfortable' playing for Longhorns after speaking out on race
Sporting News ^ | June 18, 2020 | Dan Bernstein

Posted on 06/18/2020 12:45:34 PM PDT by C19fan

Texas linebacker Juwan Mitchell wanted to feel supported by the Longhorns football community when he joined his teammates protesting police brutality and asked the administration to change the alma mater and rename campus buildings due to their references to racist culture.

Instead, Mitchell received backlash from some fans who considered the requests inappropriate. His opinion of Texas has changed because of that reception.

Now, Mitchell wants to play elsewhere. He wrote in a Twitter post that he considers the reaction to the team's desires indicative of a culture in which supporters only care about on-field success and not the individual wishes of student-athletes.

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To: MrChips

They won’t change the names of all the buildings on campus to suit his particular tastes in order for him to grace the University of Texas with his presence on the field.


41 posted on 06/18/2020 2:04:42 PM PDT by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Feel free to sit out a year and transfer kid.


42 posted on 06/18/2020 2:07:28 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: C19fan
Texas linebacker: 'I do not feel comfortable' playing for Longhorns after speaking out on race

Does he feel uncomfortable enough to give back his scholarship?

43 posted on 06/18/2020 2:10:12 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: C19fan

Man up or leave. None of us care.


44 posted on 06/18/2020 2:16:40 PM PDT by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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To: Trillian
The left is making it so people will never want to watch professional sports ever again.

Everything the dark, evil DemoncRATic Party members touch or get involved with crumbles into waste.

They destroy everything and want to kill all babies too.

45 posted on 06/18/2020 2:20:42 PM PDT by timestax
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To: 53veerpass

Obviously written about slaves being watched.

/s


46 posted on 06/18/2020 2:21:16 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: dfwgator

The Angel Gabriel is considered the most important of all the angels in Islam. In the Quran, the angel is called Jibreel or the Holy Spirit.


47 posted on 06/18/2020 2:23:50 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: C19fan

Explain to me what is racist about Longhorns. ??


48 posted on 06/18/2020 2:24:13 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Bookshelf

I stand corrected. Ok, so Atheists will be offended.


49 posted on 06/18/2020 2:24:59 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Middletown, NJ. comes south and decides he doesn’t like it.
Well well. I think the roads are still open for travel back
from whence he came. I doubt seriously he’ll have a good
feeling there now.


50 posted on 06/18/2020 2:28:55 PM PDT by deport
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To: C19fan

Well go on Juwan.

Have a nice day.

5.56mm


51 posted on 06/18/2020 2:33:07 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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To: C19fan

Buh-bye.

Learn to code.


52 posted on 06/18/2020 2:34:16 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: TexasM1A
So he doesn’t get 100% acceptance to his thoughts, now he doesn’t “feel” safe.

I'm seeing this mentality at the office among some.

They're stunned people may have an opinion other than theirs.

53 posted on 06/18/2020 3:06:01 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: C19fan

Maybe Grambling needs an LB? He might feel ‘safer’ there. Not a top-tier program? If he’s any good, the pro’s will find him, regardless of where he played...


54 posted on 06/19/2020 3:36:14 AM PDT by Thunder 6
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