OSU Football Coach Mike Grundy Cowers to Star Player Threat
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Oklahoma State Football coach Mike Grundy cowered to a star running back’s threat and issued an apology for wearing a One America News (OAN) T-shirt.
The incident started when a photo of Grundy wearing an OAN T-shirt ignited a response from the football team’s star running back Chuba Hubbard.
It did not take long for Grundy to bow and cower over Hubbard’s threat.
https://twitter.com/Kyle__Boone/status/1272553163766317061?s=20
Hubbard was outraged over Grundy’s shirt and issued the threat “I will not be doing anything” with the university on Twitter.
I will not stand for this.. This is completely insensitive to everything going on in society, and it’s unacceptable. I will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE. https://t.co/psxPn4Khoq
— Chuba Hubbard (@Hubbard_RMN) June 15, 2020
Hubbard had back up from OSU linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga.
Ogbongbemiga vowed to stand with Hubbard.
I stand with him! https://t.co/WWOs2ALxml
— Amen Ogbongbemiga (@closedprayer) June 15, 2020
University officials also weighed in on the matter.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
“I hear and respect the concerns expressed by our Black student-athletes,” Oklahoma State President Burns Hargis said in a statement. “This is a time for unity of purpose to confront racial inequities and injustice. We will not tolerate insensitive behavior by anyone at Oklahoma State.”
Facing mutiny, Grundy apologized in a Tweet with a video.
In the video, Grundy explained how he learned from the team “how the t-shirt affected their hearts.”
— Mike Gundy (@CoachGundy) June 16, 2020
In addition to Grundy’s public apology, Hubbard tweeted a video with the coach where he essentially spiked the football over his victory with his coach.
https://twitter.com/Hubbard_RMN/status/1272673812795084801?s=20
Grundy’s response is outrageous and illustrates a high degree of cowardice that is not escaping social media.
My husband Tom Borelli’s tweet calling out Grundy is going viral.
Cowering to the mob over an @OANN shirt This is why r country is in free fall. https://t.co/SchwyFB0MI
— Tom Borelli, Ph.D. (@tomborelli) June 17, 2020
Letting players dictate policy is a recipe for disaster especially on such a trivial matter.
Think about it – if a T-shirt hurts them how will they survive in a competitive world?