re: EVERY administration in the SEC would have done what Mizzou did

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Yeah if those colored football players threatened to sit out the season, football team risk losing future recruits, people stopped going to the games because the "athletes" not playing, town and businesses started losing money??? shite would be changed quick.

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This is the truth.

The resignations of Wolfe and Loftin were likely inevitable, and this episode just sped up the process. I personally believe it was just the excuse the BOC needed to make the move they would have made within the next year anyway. For reasons completely unrelated to racism.

But Wolfe's inaction and tone deaf attitude sealed his fate. He ended up without allies and his lack of leadership created a crisis. The incidents were not his fault in any way. But part of his job was to have a finger on the pulse of all campuses in the system, and there he failed. Had he been a leader and engaged in discussions weeks ago, we would not have gotten to this point.

I really hate the precedent this sets. Hate it, hate it, hate it. That said...this will pass. This activist group will over-reach - they already are. Public sentiment will turn from them. Give them enough rope, and step back.

As far as Pinkel - I think he handled it probably the best way he could. He had to support his players, at least publicly, or he would never recruit a black player again. He had to keep the team together and unified - at least as much as possible. Whether he thought they were justified or not really didn't matter. If they felt there was racism, he had to respect that - or be labeled a racist himself. So, I'm not sure what he could have done differently that would have had a better outcome for the team.