November 8, 201510 yr African-American Missouri Football Players Announce They Will Not Play Again Until University President Resigns | The Big Lead About 30 will boycott until the school president is replaced.
November 8, 201510 yr How (if at all) would this affect their scholarships? Seems like to me they wouldn't be fulfilling their part of the deal.
November 8, 201510 yr The article is pretty vague as to why the players want him out so bad. What is the story??
November 8, 201510 yr Seems like to me they wouldn't be fulfilling their part of the deal. That was my first thought.
November 8, 201510 yr Other things that would be good to know: Why are NO white players joining with their teammates? How many black players are not joining these guys? This is the kind of thing that can tear a team apart as players take side in the locker room.
November 8, 201510 yr The article is pretty vague as to why the players want him out so bad. What is the story?? Evidently there have been a lot of race-related campus incidents and several students think the President has not handled them well.
November 8, 201510 yr Here is a timeline of the issues... Racial climate at MU: A timeline of incidents to date this fall | Higher Education | columbiamissourian.com
November 8, 201510 yr I say good for them. Sounds like the president is trying to stick his head in the sand and hope the problems go away. Not so fast...
November 8, 201510 yr I wonder how much, if any of the issues are stemming from the past year in the state of Missouri.
November 8, 201510 yr Author I wonder how much' date=' if any of the issues are stemming from the past year in the state of Missouri.[/quote'] Partly but not limited to that or limited to the state.
November 8, 201510 yr Maybe it's just a coincidence. I worry about our country when I start reading comments on the articles when I see so much hatred. People make comments about killing off each other's race. It's just insane.
November 8, 201510 yr Washington Post ran a story yesterday on what's going on in Columbia, Mo. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/06/black-grad-student-on-hunger-strike-in-mo-after-swastika-drawn-with-human-feces/?tid=pm_pop_b
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