Cenk Uygur
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Lawmaker Proposes Bill To Punish Mizzou Strikers
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December 20, 2015
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2:53Now PlayingSome football players at the University of Missouri went on strike to protest the rampant racism on campus, and the lack of administrative response. Republican Rep. Rick Brattin has now proposed a bill to strip scholarship from any students that strike in the future. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"According to the pre-filed bill, if enacted, any “college athlete who calls, incites, supports, or participates in any strike or concerted refusal to play a scheduled game shall have his or her scholarship revoked”. Additionally, the bill continues, “any member of a coaching staff who encourages or enables a college athlete to engage in behavior” prohibited under the bill “shall be fined by his or her institution of employment”.
The bill’s sponsor, state rep Rick Brattin, proposed to have legislation enacted by August 2016, prior to the start of next year’s college football season .
The university doesn’t receive state funds to operate athletic programs, according to the University of Missouri’s student-athlete handbook . “[T]hus, similar to private business, the Mizzou Athletics Department must operate solely from what revenue it generates,” the handbook states.”*
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