integrity. we talk to them about honesty and prove ability everything that she said except for the fact that she says these are the worst president, these are all things that can be proven. none of this would be happening if it weren t for the fact that she s a woman, african-american, that she s speaking from a sports outlet. but the conversation that she s having and telling the world that donald trump is a white supremacist, that s something we talk about all the time because it s true. it s interesting you brought that up. do you think it would have been any different if she did not work for a sports network? people want to go and they want to see their headlines and scores and highlights and maybe that s not the reason they re watching cable news. the first problem is that sports has never been apolitical. and in this moment we re seeing sports teams taking sides colin kaepernick. this is the miami heat from a few years ago. this is even at the college level with the universit
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this weekend african-american players on the very good university of missouri football team said they would not play any games until the president resigns. this morning senator claire mccaskill, a university of missouri alum, she made clear she was with those players. well, certainly i want to say how proud i am of the young people on that campus that have decided that they are going to make a stand. and i m proud of our football team, frankly. if you remember, this is the same football team that where michael sam came from. yes. one of the first athletes to go through the nfl draft as openly gay. openly gay. so i really believe that good things are going to come from this. because of the passion and commitment of these young people. obviously, it s not their fault. it s not their perception. there is systemic racism. and it s important we look at it from top to bottom on university campuses, in the criminal justice system, in the workplace.
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 mid yue 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. on your medicare look part d prescriptions.
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.