Damit es nicht im SEC-Thread untergeht, diese Meldung ist IMO einen eigenen Thread wert: Das Mizzou-Football-Team ist in den Streik getreten. Seit einiger Zeit gibt es Vorwürfe, dass der President der Universität nichts gegen aufkommenden Rassismus am College unternimmt. Daher fordern die afro-amerikanischen Studenten den sofortigen Rücktritt von Tim Wolfe:
Zitat"The athletes of color on the University of Missouri football team truly believe 'Injustice Anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere,'" the tweet read. "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' experiences. WE ARE UNITED!!!!!"
Die Vorfälle unter anderem
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Racial tension has been brewing at Missouri's campus in Columbia since September, when Payton Head, the Missouri Students Association president and an African-American, said he was racially abused while walking. Students protested when it took nearly a week for the university chancellor to address the incident.
Then in October, a student yelled the N-word at members of the Legion of Black Collegians in a campus plaza while they were rehearsing for a play. And later that month, someone smeared feces in the shape of a swastika on a bathroom wall in a new residence hall.
The university downplayed the incident, and more backlash toward administrators ensued, with Wolfe enduring the most.
Die Coaches stehen übrigens hinter den Spielern, wie Gary Pinkel via Twitter verlauten ließ.