KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Finally, Saturday.
A week earlier, 30 black University of Missouri football players said they would not play again unless the university system president, Timothy F. Wolfe, resigned or was removed from his position, bringing national attention to student protests against systemic racism on campus.
Last Sunday, Coach Gary Pinkel posted a photo on Twitter of nearly the entire team standing together, with the caption “The Mizzou Family stands as one.” Wolfe and the university chancellor R. Bowen Loftin stepped down from their posts hours later, prompting celebration from students and faculty on Mel Carnahan Quadrangle.