OU Sooners QB Trevor Knight releases statement

[DinahMoeHum]

http://m.thenation.com/blog/201425-are-we-still-thugs-when-you-pay-watch-us-play-sports



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At Oklahoma, the campus has been roiled by a leaked video of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, caught on camera chanting racist slurs. The school immediately cut all ties with the frat and university president David Boren pledged immediately that the school would become "an example to the entire country of how to deal with this issue."

That wasn't enought for the Oklahoma Sooners football team, who canceled their practice and, wearing all black, walked off the field to join demonstrations. It is worth noting that Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops joined his team and marched. It is also worth noting that Bob Stoops has already lost a top-rated high school recruit because of the video.

The players, in addition, held an impromptu press conference saying that they wanted to use this opportunity to also speak about their own grievances about how they are treated on campus. On Thursday, Sooners Quarterback Trevor Knight issued a statement on behalf of the team:

As a team, our goal first and foremost is to raise awareness of racism and discrimination on college campuses nationwide…. But before we can change the nation, we make it our mission to change our campus. We seek to accomplish this goal by stepping out of the spotlight and integrating the student-athlete experience and the student experience. As student athletes of all races, classes and creeds, we hope to show the university and the community that we are defined by more than the numbers on our jerseys, and that we are human beings that desire to get to know our classmates as we all attempt to end the culture of exclusivity on this campus. Secondary to accomplishing these goals, we also seek disciplinary action for those responsible.
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The rest of QB Trevor Knight's statement is at this link:
https://www.facebook.com/edgeofsports/posts/10153252563053474

[msongs]

1. football players are the ultimate campus exclusionary elitists. poor things nt

[groundloop]

4. WTF???? These kids are standing against racism and that's all you can say?

[mythology]

6. Some are some aren't

Go look at what the Nebraska football team did for Jack Hoffman.

Or what the Rhinelander high school football team did for Gabe White.

Or what the Olivet middle school team did for Keith Orr.

Or what the Williams intermediate school team did for Danny Keefe.

Yeah there are a lot of assholes in sports, and yes many communities let athletes get away with criminal acts, but like every other group, there are plenty who do good things.

[roguevalley]

2. I am incredibly impressed with this amazing group of exceptional young men all through this

[roguevalley]

3. ps that picture is so saved.

[uppityperson]

5. k&r