Baylor Apparently Wearing All-Black Uniforms To Protest Briles Firing

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I'm too disgusted to comment:

 

Baylor wearing all-black uniforms vs. TCU to protest Art Briles’ firing https://t.co/HuveqGxjP3

— Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) November 5, 2016

Here is a screenshot of the tweet now that he has protected his account (H/t @SloopCast) pic.twitter.com/EvvHu4QA4n

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Mr. Yost

November 5th, 2016 at 11:50 AM ^

I'm sure they scheduled a black out, Nike requires them to wear the jerseys this year, and the players took it upon themselves to say they're wearing them to protest Briles.

If you think Nike is making jerseys specifically to protest a firing of a coach who was fired over a sexual assualt scandal, you're effing crazy.

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Mr. Yost

November 5th, 2016 at 12:00 PM ^

Indeed...and wasn't necessarily replying to your OP...just saying in general. It just seems like this is something some piayers cooked up and now the media is going to run with it.

Recently they've tried to be the new Oregon with all of the jerseys, including black.

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Mr. Yost

November 5th, 2016 at 1:24 PM ^

I obviously don't know their contract details...but both Nike and Adidas do have clauses with certain schools that they have to wear a particular alternate jersey at some point over the season or over two seasons.

I can't imagine thats Baylor...but for some schools that does exist.

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jmblue

November 5th, 2016 at 11:52 AM ^

And to think that before this scandal broke, I found myself pulling a bit for Baylor as a longtime underdog made good.  Ugh.

I'm sure the official reason for the jerseys is not to protest Briles's firing but still, just . . . ugh.

 

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oriental andrew

November 5th, 2016 at 12:16 PM ^

On the one hand, I get that Art Briles (#CAB, for those of you figuring it out) is probably a good guy and cares about his players. If I met him in a personal setting without any of this context, I'm sure I'd even like the guy. 

HOWEVER, even good people can have monumental failings. Whether it was due to the system, culture, or winning at all costs, someone had to take the fall for this. As the head coach, he is ultimately accountable for what happens on his team. If he and his staff are not keeping his players in line or willing to know what's going on with them, he is ultimately accountable. Is he a scapegoat? Yes, and it's absolutely appropriate in this case. While he didn't do anything overtly illegal, (willful) ignorance is not an excuse.

And as a final word, the narrative really needs to change from "Free Art Briles" to "Justice for the REAL victims."

I have a hard time finding a great amount of sympathy for a multi-millionaire head football coach when there are over a dozen female victims of sexual assault and rape perpetrated by football players who have not received justice, or even due consideration by all these blinded-by-football-loyalty fans.

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goblue81

November 5th, 2016 at 12:49 PM ^

Baylor vs. Penn State need to play each other in a bowl game this year.  It will be the 1st Annual Pervert Bowl sponsored by Aldridge Partners Law Firm and Trojan Condoms - "because leaving DNA can be problematic".

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Erik_in_Dayton

November 5th, 2016 at 12:57 PM ^

"Maybe our coach will slander a murdered player to cover up his rules violations, or maybe he'll fail to report a series of rapes. But you can be sure something horrible will happen. Go Bears!"

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markusr2007

November 5th, 2016 at 1:11 PM ^

This is the chronology of sordid events for those unfamiliar. It is a sad tale of obstruction of justice and lack of institutional control: http://www.wacotrib.com/news/higher_education/timeline-baylor-sexual-as…

Turns the stomach.

Second, the rapists and criminals have been charged and sentenced.

Third, we've had, what, 6+ months straight of the national media and everyone else portraying all of the rest of the players on the Baylor football team a bunch of criminal rapists and sexual assault thugs.

WTF do people expect to happen?  Lay down and take it?

I'm going to go out on a limb and just guess that there is more than one Baylor football player fed up with being compared to rapist thugs.   So there's a part of me that can imagine what that must be like, and can understand the raising of the double birds to unfounded allegations from people who don't even know who they are.

I don't agree with it. The team lost perspective. The team made it all about themselves. They could think about the sexual assault and rape victims more and do something for them.

But let's not pretend that being called a rapist over and over again, and compared to a rapists, and associated with rapists would have no affect on you.

 

 

 

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bacon1431

November 5th, 2016 at 7:02 PM ^

While nobody should be making blanket statements about the Baylor football team, if they don't like being called rapists than they should probably not be trying to defend a coach that was not taking appropriate actions when confronted with rape allegations toward his players. Seems very counterproductive.

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