WOW, Mizzou's football team quits

[AlmostPositive]

If you consider opinions different from your own "regrettable shit" you should avoid message boards.

[Quaoarsking]

Apparently there is another big controversy at Mizzou because there is an on-campus abortion clinic. The president will not consider closing it down or moving it to another location, so there is another big group (maybe a little overlap, but probably not much) calling for his resignation.

I wonder how different the reactions here would be if Mizzou players were going on strike because of abortion rather than racial inequality?

[PassInterference]

Mizzou was a strange addition to the SEC. Their culture just isn't a fit in the SEC. They aren't southern. And they damn sure aren't in the East.

A&M isn't southern either, but there's a part of being a Texan the that a lot in common with the south. Plus their culture, their religous-like passion for sports, their academics, and the way they support their own program makes them a great fit for the SEC.

I still think we should have left Mizzou at the alter and instead gone after a North Carolina or Clemson. Probably Clemson. Then we'd have another pair of rivals in the conference.

So what if Clemson is in the same state with South Carolina. Geographic footprint expansion is overrated. Clemson is a big brand that would have brought more to the SEC than Mizzou.

Or maybe it was ESPN that insisted on geographic expansion.

Or maybe Georgia didn't want a 3rd SEC school in its immediate footprint. (Clemson is between and north of UGA and SC).

OK, whatever. North Carolina would have been a lot more natural addition than Mizzou.

[Blackout]

Agreed UNC was the choice over Mizzou.

[BiscuitEater]

I think the minority students have some valid concerns.

To gather and demand to talk and be heard; demanding that the President be fired over what has been published so far is NOT the way to get the message out. They come across as 'spoiled brats.'

[Churchill]

I hope our players do this over state flag flying on campus. That would get it taken down in minutes.

If I ran this board this would have been your last post. EVER

[Quaoarsking]

Looks like every player and coach, regardless of race, is in on the strike.

[Mutt the Hoople]

You have Hill Country Missouri rednecks who make the worst Bammer or West Virginia fan look like an Ivy Leaguer. Up there, they have the worst of both worlds...Minnesota cold in the winter, Mississippi heat in the summer, descendants of old confederate raiders who went into Kansas and murdered anti-slavery men, women, and children.

[thunderclap]

If they are 8-0 right now do they do this?

[Blackout]

Looks like every player and coach, regardless of race, is in on the strike.

Uh yeah would you expect any less. Pinkel doesn't join and he's the next to lose his job. Mob tactics.

[Irondawg]

So tell me this has anybody seen anything that makes you think the President should lose his job or resign? I'm at quite the loss for what is going on down there.

[Blackout]

So tell me this has anybody seen anything that makes you think the President should lose his job or resign? I'm at quite the loss for what is going on down there.

The fight for national sanity starts in Columbia MO

[gravedigger]

There was only one person in the hunger strike.

Those of us not there to live the situation need to withold judgement of it.

[SDDawg]

I applaud Pinkel for standing up for his players. He is nowhere near losing his job, he has taken Mizzou to a level of success that MSU would love to have. Sure, he lost his starting QB due to a drug problem during a year they were doing some rebuilding, but they'll be competitive again soon. I think he's standing on principle here with his players.

BTW, Missouri House Republicans are also calling for the President to resign. This isn't a "liberal/conservative" issue. http://www.kansascity.com/news/local...e43682574.html

[Blackout]

There was only one person in the hunger strike.

Those of us not there to live the situation need to withold judgement of it.

I disagree. We all judge many things every day. I judge him as a damn fool

[gravedigger]

I disagree. We all judge many things every day. I judge him as a damn fool

My bad. I thought the rest of the thought was understood.

My suggestion was to withold judgement until we understood the situation in its entirety.

You are free to judge all you like when you like. Just know that when you express this, its no secret how little you know.

[dawg27]

Look, I'm all for equality & racial issues being non-existent, but Mizzou may be a little to liberal for this conference.

Sounds like they are way to liberal.

[AlmostPositive]

If you like mob rule, you should be fully behind the Missouri player boycott.

[SDDawg]

If you like mob rule, you should be fully behind the Missouri player boycott.

Agreed, how dare adults in the United States express their opinions and exercise their right to organize, protest peacefully, etc. **

[AlmostPositive]

Agreed, how dare adults in the United States express their opinions and exercise their right to organize, protest peacefully, etc. **

How would you feel about white Ole Miss players boycotting until the UM Chancellor is fired for taking down the state flag?