http://espn.go.com/college-football...te-tigers-canceled-players-refuse-board-buses Total revolt by the players...
I am guessing maybe 10% of CF members know where Grambling State is. It's strange to see how much disparity there is in resources between this school and the D1 schools.
According to the Times, the players met with administrators Tuesday to voice concerns about traveling by bus instead of plane to games in Kansas City, Mo., and Indianapolis, poor facility conditions and the firing of coach Doug Williams in September. For the 750-mile trip to a neutral-site game in Indianapolis, SI.com reported that the team left campus at 6 p.m. last Thursday and arrived in Indianapolis at 9 a.m. Friday. Grambling lost 48-0 to Alcorn State the next day. Alcorn State, based in Mississippi, flew to the game, Grambling safety Naquan Smith told SI. "It does something to your body, being on the bus that long," Smith told SI. "We were kinda upset [the] other team got a chance to fly there. It wasn't fair."
That entire athletic department is in sad shape. The football team has lost something like 22 straight games against NCAA opponents and the basketball team was winless last season.
I just saw the update on this situation crawl across the ESPN ticker a second ago. In a letter describing their reasons for refusing to travel, some of the players say that their athletic complex is in bad shape and that their uniforms are poorly cleaned, which has led to multiple recurring cases of staph infection. One could make the argument that having to travel by bus to games far away is just a reality for a cash-strapped athletic department and that the administration was just doing what it had to do to keep the program operating. But there is no excuse for not having the uniforms properly cleaned and opening these kids up to serious infections.
http://espn.go.com/college-football...-players-send-letter-complaint-administration ESPN is highlighting the travel, but there were other issues as well. Spoiler And perhaps most egregious, in light of the travel complaints: However, everything appears to stem from the firing of Doug Williams: Really sad stuff
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Grambling State will be fined, forced to play road games at Jackson State for next 3 years as punishment for forfeiting game in October.</p>— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/400685060430376960">November 13, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Way to continue to punish the players and make a poor school even poorer. NCAA, u r stoopid. How about stepping in and helping them get their program healthy again. That would benefit everyone involved.
