school's most prized athletes. on saturday night a statement went out that read "the athletes of color on the university of missouri football team 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." and yesterday the entire football team got involved. head coach gary pinkel tweeted out this picture of the team with the caption "the mizzou family stands as one. we are united. we are behind our players." now, the football team on strike would have meant the school would forfeit next weekend's game against byu. that would reportedly cost missouri a million dollars, which appears to be the thing that finally got the administration's attention. we'll talk about the ramifications of this game-changing moment, next. well, this is a first.