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College sports is now about advocacy of loud mouths

If there is any doubt college sports are about nothing but money, the University of Missouri has put that to rest.

A small group decides that race is a problem on campus. The ignorant, let’s feel good about ourselves football players buy in and threaten a boycott. The university caves with the president and chancellor succumbing to their idiotic demands.

Why? Because it would cost them $1 million if the spoiled brats don’t play. That is a big mistake, as the now impressionable, spoiled athletes will be running the circus instead of administrations fixated on income.

College sports are a joke if you think it’s about building strong bodies and minds. It’s all about the money to be made or now the advocacy of a few loud mouths and political correctness. These bums deserve each other.

Brian Murray, Shaver Lake

This story was originally published November 10, 2015 at 9:57 AM with the headline "College sports is now about advocacy of loud mouths."

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