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After players’ strike, collegiate athletes have more power than ever

If you go to Mizzou, I don’t have to tell you how quickly your world is changing.

I don’t have to tell you that your campus is leading the charge against systemic racism present in institutions of higher learning across the country. I don’t have to tell you that student protests have found massive successes very quickly, largely because of the impact Mizzou’s football players made when they refused to participate in football activities until UM System President Tim Wolfe was no longer in office. I don’t have to tell you there might, one day, be an ESPN 30 for 30 film on Monday’s events and the lead-up to them.