# Missouri football players threaten to strike? An exercise in pure stupidity **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 8, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-football-players-threaten-to-strike-an-exercise-in-pure-stupidity/737039 "2015-11-08T18:42:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-football-players-threaten-to-strike-an-exercise-in-pure-stupidity/737039/1 "2015-11-08T18:42:18Z")
I don’t spend much time following the university of Missouri’s football program, they’re rarely relevant nationally. But the sheer stupidity of this proposed strike has piqued my interest. The players claim they won’t take the field until the university president resigns or is removed from office. That’s beyond stupid, the university president is primarily responsible for fund raising, not for fighting whatever alleged racism they seem to think exists on campus. Let’s face it, a lot of the players aren’t there to study Shakespeare, they’re only there for football. I predict the players will ultimately fold and they’ll play next Saturday. Maybe they’ll make a silly political statement by coming out of the tunnel with their hands up, but they’re. It going to forfeit a game and risk missing a minor bowl game. > **[College Football News, Scores, Standings & Stats](https://www.foxsports.com/college-football)** > > Get NCAA College Football news, scores, stats, poll rankings & more for your favorite college teams and players -- plus watch highlights and live games! All on FoxSports.com. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-football-players-threaten-to-strike-an-exercise-in-pure-stupidity/737039)._