Posted on 11/09/2015 7:13:10 AM PST by TroutStalker
A Missouri Tigers player said Sunday night that the entire team is not united over the decision to stop practicing until grad student Jonathan Butler ends his hunger strike.
"As much as we want to say everyone is united, half the team and coaches -- black and white -- are pissed," the player, who wished to remain anonymous, told ESPN. "If we were 9-0, this wouldn't be happening."
One day after black players threatened to boycott football activities in the wake of racial unrest at the school, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel tweeted, "We are united."
The player, who is white, spoke on the condition of anonymity because coaches told the team not to talk to the media as they thought the situation "would blow over eventually."
Butler began a hunger strike last Monday, saying University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe should step down after failing to respond to student concerns about racial tension in the wake of several on-campus incidents.
On Sunday, coach Gary Pinkel and athletic director Mack Rhoades issued a statement that Missouri did not practice Sunday and indicated "it was clear" the Tigers "do not plan to return to practice until Jonathan resumes eating."
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Damn straight.
They’ve lost their last four, and isn’t his the university of Michael Sam?
Yes it is.
And Missouri plays in the SEC East which is awful this year. Even I, a Florida fan, realize that Florida winning the SEC East this year isn’t that big of a deal, it’s a lousy division, about at the same level of the MAC.
Chances are excellent that the “racial incidents” were perpetrated by Black activists, as is usually the case. After all, you can’t be an activist unless there is a grievance. Just ask J. Jackson and A. Sharpton. They’ve made tax-free millions that way.
It would be interesting if they just told the team that Monday evening was the last point where they had a chance to show up and do practice....failure to do so, means walk-on’s get a shot on Tuesday morning, and the scholarship crowd gets removed from free-housing and their deal as of Tuesday morning. Over a thousand guys would show up on Tuesday and it’d make Saturday’s game kinda interesting. Imagine if they won it with scrubs.
Lock them out of the training facilities, cancel their athlete dining room ID cards and for those on scholarship, send them a bill for tuition and books. And tell them if they were 9-0 you wouldn’t have done the above.
Maybe they should investigate those incidents before jumping to conclusions. Of course they never do. Blacks making claims of racial discrimination never lie.
What are the players going to do? Get the students who attend their classes and take their tests on their behalf attend their practices and play their games on their behalf?
Fire both their butts right now.
How about you assistant coaches, what do you think?
Fire Pinkel today for insubordination. Have practice with whoever shows up. Cancel benefits to all who don't show up.
The whole BLM movement was planned by all the outsiders who used Ferguson as a training ground.
They should have never sent out that photo claiming the team is united. The coaches should have said we will practice Monday and if you are there, you play Saturday. Now by trying to please the radicals, they have pissed off the level headed players and no one wins. Very bad situation.
It’s like when the Miami Heat posed in Hoodies for Trayvon.
Between being the home of Faggot Football and this, recruiting ought to be going really good this fall.
Either way, the stupid slobs who wear their jerseys and cheer on “their” team will be at the stadium next game. Find a hobby, middle age American.
Other than the feces Swaztika, I’ve not found any information on the other incidents?
What a dumpster fire in Columbia. My Huskers should go after all of their recruits.
Something not being mentioned much is the financial cost if they follow through and don’t show up for the home game with BYU this Saturday. All ticket holders would probably be due a refund and BYU would have a case to be made whole for lost TV revenue and any other revenue they were due under their agreement with Missouri.
Carried on to later games the cost could easily run into the millions. And all this based on only three incidents that have been mentioned, on a campus with 35,000 students. In a sane society, these ‘protesters’ would be slapped down instantly and their scholarships ended if they continued a boycott.
I’m getting that way more with football in general, I was probably one of the few here in Dallas who chose to watch FC Dallas’ win over Seattle in the MLS playoffs. These guys aren’t millionaires or thugs, they play more for the love of the game. And the fans there were much more enthusiastic than the Cowboy fans who probably shelved out a couple hundred bucks to watch women-beaters like Greg Hardy.
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