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Black football players at Missouri: We'll sit out until system president resigns
CNN ^ | November 8, 2015 | By Michael Pearson, Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton

Posted on 11/08/2015 4:24:03 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

(CNN)Black football players at the University of Missouri have joined calls demanding the ouster of the president of the state's four-campus university system over alleged inaction against racism on campus.

About 30 players made their thoughts known Saturday night in a tweet posted by Missouri's Legion of Black Collegians.

"The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe "Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere," read the tweet. "We will no longer participate in any football related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students' experience."

The players' move is the latest salvo in a spiraling debate over the experiences of African-American students at Missouri, who have complained of inaction on the part of school leaders in dealing with racism on the overwhelmingly white campus.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: affirmativeaction; diversity; football; jonathanbutler; missouri; multicuturalism; paytonhead; thugocracy; timwolfe; uofmissouri
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To: MinorityRepublican

Breach of contract. Scholarship cancelled.


41 posted on 11/08/2015 5:02:52 PM PST by Yashcheritsiy (It's time to repeal and replace the GOP)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Arrogant, entitle football players with low IQs, the ones least qualified, want to be the ones deciding on who should be the university president. If the university does cave, then there will be no end to their demands. They also want to set the percentage of black faculty, etc.


42 posted on 11/08/2015 5:03:43 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: MinorityRepublican

I hope they enjoy taking real classes. I’ve heard that Chemistry and Calculus are a bit more challenging than “Ginger or Mary Ann; The Sociological Implications Gilligan’s Island.”


43 posted on 11/08/2015 5:05:51 PM PST by JoeDetweiler
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To: MinorityRepublican

They will cave, they always do.


44 posted on 11/08/2015 5:06:44 PM PST by Husker24
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To: JoeDetweiler

A real catch 22 for Libs, good luck with that. BUUUUUUWAAAAAHAHAHAH!!!


45 posted on 11/08/2015 5:08:01 PM PST by DAC21 (.z)
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To: MinorityRepublican

All of this is orchestrated by the WH and by the BLM. Universities and colleges are the next target, and black athletes are going to demand they get paid for playing.


46 posted on 11/08/2015 5:08:28 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (I am going to get those guns out of peoples hands. - Hillary Clinton 10/05/2015)
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To: DoodleDawg

Short term problem.

Missouri has been around a long time before this coach and current
agitators. And Missouri will be around long after this coach and agitators
are gone.

Fire the coach. Cancel the agitators contract. And start over. Then file
civil action against the coach and agitators for recoupment of expenses
Missouri has paid for housing, feeding and tuition of thes agitators.

You cannot allow the inmates run the prison. Especially since the President
had no involvement.


47 posted on 11/08/2015 5:09:45 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Heh heh heh.


48 posted on 11/08/2015 5:10:29 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have you ever noticed that we don't have a "Battle Hymm of the Democracy"?)
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To: OKSooner

Excellent suggestion.


49 posted on 11/08/2015 5:10:30 PM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

CRA = Critical Race Theory...mistyped the first time


50 posted on 11/08/2015 5:11:18 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: OKSooner

I agree. Good advice.


51 posted on 11/08/2015 5:11:23 PM PST by apocalypto
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To: Flycatcher

That would hurt the women’s programs equally. Title 9 requires parity in the number of scholarships offered. A football team is by far the largest single distributor of athletic scholarships on a campus. If the school lost football, they would likely have to disband four or five women’s teams to comply with Totle 9.


52 posted on 11/08/2015 5:11:55 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Or maybe Title 9


53 posted on 11/08/2015 5:12:29 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ok bye. Coach can pack up too.


54 posted on 11/08/2015 5:14:03 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: tennmountainman
You cannot allow the inmates run the prison. Especially since the President had no involvement.

We're not talking right or wrong, we're talking big business. The tens of millions of dollars the football program brings in. The millions that alumni donate to the university. The consequences of walking away from the SEC and Division I sports. When the inmates bring in that kind of green then they're going to win every time.

55 posted on 11/08/2015 5:15:18 PM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: choctaw man

If I was the President I would make them aware of the fact that their scholarships constitute around $35,000 a year in tuition room and board and they lose them the day they decide not to play football. The coach would be fired yesterday when he sided with students over administration.

Not one of them is irreplaceable at least 25% are replaced every year. I am certain that those that didn’t make the team and are not benefiting from scholarships would be happy to replace those that are for the remainder of this losing season.


56 posted on 11/08/2015 5:15:42 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

They could offer the scholarships to male students in other sports.


57 posted on 11/08/2015 5:16:50 PM PST by Tax-chick (You have 20 days to get ready for the Advent Kitteh!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

I think this could be turned into something fun. Replace every player with Illegal Alien Mexicans.

At the first game, offer free tacos to everyone. Heck, taco ingredients are inexpensive and the labor to make them would be cheap too.

Put up signs everywhere at the stadium forbidding fried chicken and watermelon.

All of this cry me a river attention seeking racist crap needs to stop....one way or the other.


58 posted on 11/08/2015 5:17:26 PM PST by Gator113 (~~Cruz, OR LOSE~~ Ted Cruz REMAINS the only true Conservative in this race. ~~ just livin' life~~)
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To: kalee

I would certainly send them and their families a full bill for this semesters tuition the very first practice that they missed.


59 posted on 11/08/2015 5:18:00 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: DoodleDawg
Do you have any idea how much the University makes off of them

14 million dollars per year....which quickly won't seem worth it

60 posted on 11/08/2015 5:20:19 PM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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