Football players at the University of Missouri led the charge for Missouri System president Tim Wolfe to resign over a slew of racist incidents on campus that students and faculty felt Wolfe didn’t do enough to address.
More than 30 football players vowed to not play, with the backing of the Tigers coaching staff, until Wolfe left his post, which happened today according to reports. One graduate student, Jonathan Butler, even went on a hunger strike to protest Wolfe’s continued presence in the administration. The tipping point happened on Oct. 24, when a swastika drawn with human feces was drawn on a white wall on campus.
Michael Sam Returns To Mizzou Campus Seeking A Husband
We're black. Black is powerful. Our struggle may look different, but we are all #ConcernedStudent1950 pic.twitter.com/obCjSWCFVY
— HeMadeAKing (@1Sherrils_2MIZZ) November 8, 2015
Missouri was where Michael Sam, the first openly gay active male athlete in the history of the NFL, played his college ball. Many people on campus knew that Sam was gay, and he was open to all his teammates, so the epidemic of intolerance currently plaguing the school is a shock. The incidents that culminated in Wolfe’s resignation are described here, and they are numerous. Sam has been openly supportive of the Missouri protestors, championing their #ConcernedStudent1950 hashtag which references the year Missouri admitted its first black student.
If Mizzou is truly a family, then WE all must stand by #ConcernedStudent1950!!! — Michael Sam (@MichaelSamNFL) November 9, 2015
If Mizzou is truly a family, then WE all must stand by #ConcernedStudent1950!!!
— Michael Sam (@MichaelSamNFL) November 9, 2015
Missouri’s football team has fallen on hard times this season, with these distractions surely not helping at all. They have lost four straight games, and haven’t scored more than 13 points in any of the defeats. Their overall record is 4-5, and they are sixth in the SEC East Division.
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