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Oklahoma State RB Chuba Hubbard threatens boycott after head coach Mike Gundy wears OAN shirt
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Can't imagine what they said to that kid that day.
Colleges are already shitting themselves because Covid threatened the football season and they pretty much admitted that academics take a backseat to football. They're gonna try to stomp out anything that can hold things up.
Colleges are already shitting themselves because Covid threatened the football season and they pretty much admitted that academics take a backseat to football. They're gonna try to stomp out anything that can hold things up.
That wasn't even an apology. He said he listened to the players. He never admitted any wrong doing or apologized for being incredibly insensitive. You don't order that shirt, wait for it to arrive and then wear it out in public not knowing what message it sends. He didn't accidentally fall into his closet and that shirt ended up on him. He wore it intending to send a clear message and now he doesn't even have to acknowledge that.
It's basically the US version of RT.
At least some of the "reporters" work for(or used to) RT.
Fox is now a stepping stone for OAN.
Gundy is a piece of shit, tbh. If he doesn't do something to dramatically change, he will lose that locker room stat.
I thought Chuba came off as the bigger man apologizing. I don't think it was done out of weakness, whatsoever.
I thought Chuba came off as the bigger man apologizing. I don't think it was done out of weakness, whatsoever.
Maybe gatekeepers for underclassmen or borderline NFL players, but players like Chuba, have proven enough that he should sit out now and declare for the next draft. He doesn't need to waste one more second of his life, with trash like Gundy.
The NFL has definitely shown that they support players that show activism related to race.
one of the craziest things about this is labor and race intersecting to realize both their power. puts to rest the false dichotomy that you saw on twitter during 2017-19.
It will require more players to join in though. Preferably other team leaders like he is.
But I totally agree that if enough players band together they could make real change within any college team.
Imagine if all the black players at OSU decided to protest and holdout on playing until Gundy was fired. Hell, imagine if every black player sat out if it were found out that their head coach was a Trump supporter.
Well, it would be one quick way to show the NFL is full of shit, after it's reversal last week.
I don't understand how any of the players respect college coaches. Like how is Dabo Swinney one of the most successful coaches in college football? The man is a complete moron with backwards ass ideals, but he's extremely successful at recruiting the best teenage football talent in the country. College football coaches are probably the most hypocritical pieces of shit in American sports, which is a pretty tough title to obtain.
Yeah. I've been thinking the same thing. They make Fox look like child's play.
All these football coaches are Trump supporters except maybe Saban.
Ryan Day strikes me as rather un-Trumper.
Also, OSU's (Ohio State) basketball coach said he was proud of a new recruit who got arrested at a protest within 24 hours of arriving in Columbus.
I doubt that. Probably a vast majority of the Big XII, SEC, and ACC coaches are.
Fox has to at least pretend to be legitimate and "balanced". OAN is a propaganda tool so nothing matters to them but pushing out the narrative.
Yeah I could've been clearer that my disgust wasn't aimed at Chuba, just the institutional pressure that was doubtless pushed out to redirect this message. That video has the college written all over it, and I'm not impressed. I might've missed it but in recent years I've seen a lot of unjustifiable bs from OU, based out of our more liberal Norman, than I have from OSU, based out of the more conservative . Again maybe I've just seen the wrong headlines though. But it made me feel like OSU had better values than OU, but the messaging here sucked. And obviously the coach can get fucked.
It's pretty offensive that Gundy said he realized how sensitive of an issue it was today after meeting with his players. I mean if OAN reports the news right down the middle as he purports, you'd think Gundy would have been aware of the largest racial protests in 50 years going on in the country.
Good Canadian kid!
That coach is a dumbass wearing that shirt, the university should fire him for embarrassing the school
That coach is a dumbass wearing that shirt, the university should fire him for embarrassing the school
Yup. Asking these kids to risk their (and their families) future livelihoods in order to take this kind of a stand without top down support is unreasonable.
IIRC Saban is a Blue Dog Democrat- donations of his a long time ago were dug up at one point.
My dream is that he endorses Doug Jones in the Senate race this fall but that will never happen. Jones would win hands down.
If Tuberville (ex-Auburn head football coach) wins the GOP runoff race against Sessions, Saban might actually speak up in favor of Jones!
one of the craziest things about this is labor and race intersecting to realize both their power. puts to rest the false dichotomy that you saw on twitter during 2017-19
just seeing a lot of labor, especially black labor, using that as leverage to demand more than fig leaf changes
def!
just seeing a lot of labor, especially black labor, using that as leverage to demand more than fig leaf changes
Elections suggest that a bit under half of all Americans identify as Republicans, or at least voted for Trump. So I guess you're bound to run in to a few wackjobs.
... Thing is, these days, you can't just shake your head in chagrin at these assholes. You really must get pissed as hell. Society shouldn't be divided between people who support minorities and people who think they should be shot, run over, deported, imprisoned. It should be conservatives vs progressives, low taxes vs high, exploitative healthcare vs free, evil vs good, whatever, and maniacs in the nut houses. Armchair racists really should be dragged out of their armchairs and knelt on by a cop for 8 minutes, or pulled over and threatened with firearms because they're wearing a similarly coloured shirt to a suspect, to see how it feels~
... Thing is, these days, you can't just shake your head in chagrin at these assholes. You really must get pissed as hell. Society shouldn't be divided between people who support minorities and people who think they should be shot, run over, deported, imprisoned. It should be conservatives vs progressives, low taxes vs high, exploitative healthcare vs free, evil vs good, whatever, and maniacs in the nut houses. Armchair racists really should be dragged out of their armchairs and knelt on by a cop for 8 minutes, or pulled over and threatened with firearms because they're wearing a similarly coloured shirt to a suspect, to see how it feels~
White man causes a problem, the black man apologizes for pointing out the problem. Fuck college sports.
Nick Saban doesn't often speak out about political affiliations. He is a known supporter of Joe Manchin in West Virginia, and has definitely donated to Democratic candidates in the past. However, as I understand it, he also hates Tommy Tuberville as a human being. His desire to not speak out politically will be tested with this election. I think he'll avoid making endorsements of any candidate and defer to letting the citizenry decide for themselves. But you're right - if Nick Saban endorsed anyone short of Roy Moore, I think the race would be over in Alabama that day.
He's friends of Joe Manchin, I think they might have grown up together, both being from West Virginia.
He looked pretty disinterested the entire time Gundy was speaking tbh.
I believe you're correct, which helps explain why he made a somewhat extraordinary endorsement in that election cycle.
Casting Director should have done a better job, this actor is not very believable.
