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Originally Posted by NewChief
Justification aside. Racial issues aside. Just about every particular of this incident aside...
What does this do for college athletes in general? I could see this being the first step in them starting a college athlete's player union. The university royally screwed up by letting it get to that level, because the precedence that has been set is frightening. Whether they were really the tipping point or not, the message that can be pulled from this incident is that, "We have the power and can start to make demands."
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Yes and no. Not every instance is going to have people united like they were against the target(s) and no way in hell MU protests if they were at risk of missing out on a trip to Atlanta or a bowl berth.
None of those things were gonna happen so it was like a **** it why not thing.
This could lead to more sports programs considering somethibg like this in the future, at least.
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Originally Posted by NewChief
And as another detached general comment about the ****ed up nature of the situation:
What does it say about the state of academics and higher learning that the "tipping point" here on this man's tenure was the football team's refusal to play?
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The end result still would probably be the same, but no way it would happen this fast without the football team.