Black Missouri football players go on strike over campus racism

Missouri’s black football players have gone on strike over a slew of racist incidents on campus and say they will not return to the team until the university president has left his post.

Defensive back Anthony Sherrils tweeted a photo of the players standing arm-in-arm to go with a statement which reads in part “we will no longer participate in any football related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students’ experiences.”

We're black. Black is powerful. Our struggle may look different, but we are all #ConcernedStudent1950 pic.twitter.com/obCjSWCFVY

— HeMadeAKing (@1Sherrils_2MIZZ) November 8, 2015

A Washington Post piece details the incidents that have been happening on campus over the last two months, most recently a swastika drawn in feces on a residence hall wall. Students feel that school president Tim Wolfe has not acted strongly enough to curb the situation.

Defensive back John Gibson stated that the protest has nothing to do with Missouri’s coaches, and the staff is behind them.

The Missouri Athletics Department also released a statement.

Statement from MU spokesman Chad Moller: pic.twitter.com/vzClRe5b8B

— David Morrison (@DavidCMorrison) November 8, 2015

Missouri’s next game is Saturday at home against BYU.