The star running back spoke up when his coach wore the t-shirt of a rightwing network. But it is schools and colleges who still have the upper hand
For a moment, the societal unrest accompanying the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Rayshard Brooks was set to rock one of the most imbalanced structures in American athletics. Six hours later, the power dynamics of college football were clear.
Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard, a unanimous All-American who rushed for 21 touchdowns in 2019, said that he wouldn’t be doing anything “until things change” after a photo surfaced of head coach Mike Gundy wearing a t-shirt of One America News Network (OAN). The rightwing network, a favorite of Donald Trump and one that has been linked to Russian propaganda, was recently the subject of a long John Oliver segment after some of its questionable reporting about Covid-19.
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