What an interesting development all this campus unrest has created. So many memories for me. Ah, the 60’s. and 70’s Who can forget. Protests galore. Vietnam and flag burning. Selective Service and draft card burning. Women’s rights and bra-burning. Gay rights. Civil rights. Campus rights and rules. Academic restrictions and practices. You name it and we were there for the revolt against it. Compared to today though we were severely handicapped. What we would have given for all the social media avenues available now. Only thing is none of it would have done any good anyway on my campus. All the screaming and shouting and phoning and texting would have lost traction and evaporated like always. That’s because Creighton University suspended its football program in 1942.
Student Protest 1965 Student Protest 2015
Football rules. Yale, Princeton- wake up! You have the blueprint for successful protesting right before your eyes. Your rebellions need a serious upgrade. Get your football team involved like those Missouri students did. You should know this. You’re going to school at Yale and Princeton for Pete’s sake. What was your SAT score anyway? Same goes with Ithaca College. Oh shit! Sorry. I forgot. Your football team sucks and you probably hope to keep the limelight off of that dismal bunch. But Yale and Princeton, come on. Your guys aren’t doing too badly. I guess I don’t know for sure if records hovering just above mediocrity fill up your stadiums, but that Ivy League tradition has to count for something. I bet just like Missouri your administrators aren’t about to kiss off a million plus bucks by not playing a football game. I know it’s the Ivy League and maybe contractually a million dollars per game is not exactly the standard that the league signs up for, but if your football team doesn’t show up there has to be some kind of very serious penalty, not to mention the lost revenue and fan hysteria. You should grab that leverage by the balls and run with it. You would get what you want before the sun sets.
The power of football is so glaringly obvious I am surprised it has taken this long for someone to utilize it. Sure there is that ongoing threat of student athletes unionizing, but that shit will be tied up in litigation for years. The real iron in the fire readily available to strike is not the unionization thing. It’s simple modern student activism coupled with confusingly germane athletics. If something is bothering you, pick up your cell phones and get the word out to your football team. They’ll give those administrators such a fucking migraine your demands will be boxed up and gift-wrapped and delivered right to your door.
Student Advocate 1965 Student Advocate 2015
The threat of a football game being canceled has so much potential. Outside of a nuclear bombing, from my perspective there is nothing in existence that possesses the negotiating leverage of football. Its attraction is so powerful I think there is a distinct possibility we could harness that energy for the common good. Every country in the world should have a football team. And I’m not talking about that soccer shit. That just won’t fly here. Well maybe if we want everybody to take a nap it would work out. I know that sport is huge everywhere except here in the U.S., but believe me if we get everyone on board with American football the sky is the limit. We’ve already been infiltrating Europe with NFL games If we are persistent enough we can get the whole world exposed and addicted. It seems to me we are doing a pretty good job on that front.
When every country finally has its own national football team, the world is bound to be a better place. If some country feels there’s some kind of shenanigans going on in another county all that needs to be done is to threaten to cancel the upcoming football game. Dignitaries will be making phone calls and flying all over the place to broker a quick resolution. And think about it. If some shit-ball organization like ISIS comes around fuckiing with our football, the entire world will raise up in indignation and exact hell-bent revenge. This is just one of my really good ideas that I think should be given some serious consideration.