In the past week, the University of Missouri football team took a stand. It demanded the resignation of school president Tim Wolfe for what it said was failing to properly address what it saw as a pattern of racial injustices on campus. It threatened to boycott the remainder of the football season. More than 700 miles away, Broncos' outside linebacker Shane Ray paid attention to the drama unfolding in Columbia, Mo.
Ray was born in Missouri, went to high school just across the state line in a Kansas City suburb, then went to the University of Missouri.