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Missouri football players sitting out games until President resigns
11-09-2015, 03:48 PM
I commend the young men for taking a stand against the racism. They understand the power that they have to affect change on campus.
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11-09-2015, 04:08 PM
How much does the school president earn?
How much does Lou Saban earn?
How much does Mike Krzyzewksi earn?
Compared to the amount of revenue the players bring in, the scholarship isn't much.
I also commend the young men for taking a stand, I wish more would do the same.
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Missouri football players sitting out games until President resigns
11-09-2015, 04:26 PM
Quote: (11-09-2015 04:16 PM)Mr. Brightside Wrote:
I don't think universities should, all of a sudden, become professional sports franchises who will put academics and research even more on the back-burner. That's certainly not what society needs, in my opinion.
I don't know whether this is true, but I've heard this from more than one sports radio commentator: Right now, the biggest obstacle to paying college athletes is Title IX. If you pay male football players a certain amount, you'll have to also play the women's field hockey players the same amount, (even though the football team generates orders-of-magnitude more money than the field hockey team).
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11-09-2015, 04:52 PM
The man was basically forced out of his position because he couldn't stop a couple isolated incidents of racism, and people here are debating whether or not you should get paid to throw a ball around.
Anyhow, what was the guy supposed to do? Create a policy that says "students who draw swastikas with their own shit will be expelled"?
These college kids live in a fantasy world where a blatant act of racism being grounds for expulsion isn't enough. It's the CULTURE of it, and Wolfe was expected to change the culture of the entire university?
Racism happens. Rape happens. We can condemn it and we can punish it, but we'll never be able to erase it
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Missouri football players sitting out games until President resigns
11-09-2015, 04:56 PM
This whole thing smells like a dry run for a bigger power grab.
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Missouri football players sitting out games until President resigns
11-09-2015, 05:12 PM
I see this as a complete win for political correctness and SJWs.
A collection of offended college athletes now have proven that they can call the shots.
This is not going to be the end. This is only going to be the beginning.
There already is a reign of PC terror on campuses now with regard to non-existent "rape culture", and now we can add to that a reign of terror over anyone making a minority feel bad for any reason.
College football players are already molly-coddled, semi-literate spoiled children. And now it's going to be even worse.
This president was given a phone call, I'm sure, by the Board of Trustees or the Chancellor or whoever rules the roost, and told that he had to go.
And instead of fighting and taking a stand against the SJW bullying and bullshit, he caved. What a worthless sack of shit, a complete pussy. He should have fought it out to the bitter end. Make them fire him. Then sue everyone. Go on the attack against the scum.
This guy did nothing wrong as far as I can see.
I don't see these athletes' grievances as anything but lame. "Someone called me a name" or "Someone did mean things to me."
For Christ's sake, fuck off and grow up.
This is about power and control, not about "racism." If anything the system has bent over backwards and bent the rules 1000 ways to accommodate these athletes.
They are not victims, but aggressors.
What will be next? Here's what:
*More bending over backward to kiss SJW ass
*More sensitivity training
*More indoctrination
*More attacking of whites to make them feel marginalized and guilt-ridden from birth
*More unearned special privileges and favoritism for minority groups.
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11-09-2015, 05:22 PM
Quote: (11-09-2015 05:12 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:
I see this as a complete win for political correctness and SJWs.
A collection of offended college athletes now have proven that they can call the shots.
Your outline is basically correct, but it didn't go down like that.
What first happened was a graduate student named Jonathan Butler asked the football team to boycott their games. And then he threatened a hunger strike until the University President stepped down.
Interested members can play the Anonymous Bosch inspired game, "Guess What The Guy Looks Like" - then google "Jonathan Butler Hunger Strike" to see whether you were correct.
(If anyone else could post pictures, I'd appreciate it. I'm at work and cannot put in the time.)
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11-09-2015, 05:32 PM
Quote: (11-09-2015 05:25 PM)RaulValdez739 Wrote:
I also want to say this. There will be people(who may be racist themselves) who will be angry that a group of Black men we're able to wake up and use their collective power to influence change in their University. There is this attitude of some folks who think that the students should be good boys and play your football game. Basically be a good negro. The football students are the cash cows of the University and they hurt the pockets of the University with their actions. If they didn't step up, nothing would change.
Hunger strike? Honorable but a laughable tactic.
A march on campus? No one cares.
Hmm...but a boycott of a Football game which would lead to a 1 million dollar payout. Now you have our attention.
You don't get it. If you celebrate the "change" that Jonathan Butler created, don't yell at me when (in short order), few universities exist because no one wants to risk being shouted down by the likes of Jonathan Butler.