Black Sports : Missouri situation shows power of sports to bring enormous change

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Hit 'em where it hurts, in the pocket.



Commentary: Mizzou Football And The Power Of The Players


It's accepted that the president of the University of Missouri stepped down in a racial dispute only when the football team threatened not to play a game. The players showed us again — surprise, surprise — how powerful is football, and let's throw in basketball, too, throughout our bastions of higher education.

It would have cost old Mizzou a million-dollar penalty had it forfeited. It would have cost the players next to nothing, because the NCAA rules they must be amateurs and risk serious injury for the love of the game. Ironically, for once, having nothing to gain actually strengthened the players' hand ...



http://www.npr.org/2015/11/18/456360331/commentary-mizzou-football-and-the-power-of-the-players


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Members of the University of Missouri Tigers football team return to practice Nov. 10 at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Mo.

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The University of Missouri is starting to see the effects of the racial protests that engulfed the school last fall


... "While we don't have any clear data, we know that the events this past fall have had an impact, and we are answering any questions that parents and students have about those events," Director of Admissions Chuck May wrote in an email, according to the Missourian ...


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/university-missouri-starting-see-effects-182209670.html

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The University of Missouri is starting to see the effects of the racial protests that engulfed the school last fall


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