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.
harassment and other issues on campus. in september the missouri student association president, an african-american, talked about the time a group of men in the back of a pickup truck yelled racial slurs at him. the university s black student government detailed a similar incident of racism last month when an inebriated white male called them n words. just a couple weeks ago the racial tension culminated when someone used their own feces to smear a swastika on a communal bathroom wall in a brand new residence hall. in an effort to put pressure on wolfe to resign, grad student jonathan butler went on a hunger strike. in a letter he wrote i will not consume any food or nutritional substance at the expense of my health until either tom wolfe is e. moved from office or my internal organs fail and my life is lost. butler s act of protest was followed up by a display of solidarity by some of the school s most prized athletes. on saturday night a statement went out that read the athletes o
officials have not done enough to address incidents of racist harassment and other issues on campus. in september the missouri student association president, an african-american, talked about the time a group of men in the back of a pickup truck yelled racial slurs at him. the university s black student government detailed a similar incident of racism last month when an inebriated white male called them n words. just a couple weeks agoat racial tension culminated when someone used their own feces to smear a swaftical on a communal bathroom wall in a brand new residence hall. in an effort to put pressure on wolfe to resign, grad student jonathan butler went on a hunger strike. in a letter he wrote i will not consume any food or nutritional substance at the expense of my health until either tom wolfe is e. moved from office or my internal organs fail and my life is lost. butler s act of protest was followed up by a display of solidarity by some of the school s most prized athletes. on