Black former football players at Iowa demand firing of Coach Kirk Ferentz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/10/19/iowa-football-kirk-fer…
cannot be helpful for IA recruiting
October 19th, 2020 at 4:26 PM ^
danke schön EQ
October 19th, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
Wow, that came out of left field.
October 19th, 2020 at 3:27 PM ^
It's been brewing all summer.
Thu., June 11, 2020
Iowa football allegations: What former players said, when they played, which coaches they named
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/sports/hawkeyes/iowa-football/iowa-hawkeyes-football-allegations-tweets-20200611
Jul 30, 2020
External review finds racial bias, bullying in Iowa football program
https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29564189/external-review-finds-racial-bias-bullying-iowa-football-program
October 19th, 2020 at 3:34 PM ^
I think he forgot the /s.
October 19th, 2020 at 4:07 PM ^
I really didn't think I needed /s for that, but you live and learn.
October 19th, 2020 at 1:59 PM ^
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/10/19/iowa-football-kirk-ferentz-lawsuit-letter/
So easy even a Dorothy could do it...
(edit: E-Quad beat me to it)
So, since that link is paywalled, here's one from Iowa SBNation fansite BlackHeartGoldPants.com
October 19th, 2020 at 2:47 PM ^
Won't be the last we hear of this one. Iowa has declined the monetary and personal demands. Everyone is lawyering up.
October 19th, 2020 at 2:09 PM ^
Man, B1G opening week getting off to a great start!!
October 19th, 2020 at 2:16 PM ^
Iowa needs to reap what they've sown.
Kirk's albatross of a contract was close to being up I beleive in 2019, but no, they doubled down. Not only did they not see any signs a culture change was needed, they gave ole Ferentzy another even more ridiculous 10 year contract.
Good luck shuckers.
October 19th, 2020 at 2:24 PM ^
and to think he was being seriously considered for the job after Lloyd quit.
October 19th, 2020 at 7:12 PM ^
Ferentz coached MANBALL but with less talent.
October 19th, 2020 at 2:27 PM ^
My solution? Let's just all keep fucking each other so that soon there's only one identifiable race.
1. Solves the race issue.
2. It's fun.
3. Everyone wins!
October 19th, 2020 at 2:37 PM ^
Everybody back into the pile!
October 19th, 2020 at 7:10 PM ^
He didn't say guys only lol
October 19th, 2020 at 3:13 PM ^
Whoa!
October 19th, 2020 at 3:18 PM ^
See ... people lost their sense of humor as well as their smell, taste, and damned minds over this covid shit
this is clearly a joke and semi-funny
October 19th, 2020 at 4:00 PM ^
I laughed at it
October 19th, 2020 at 4:59 PM ^
1. You'd still end up with a distribution of skin pigment and other features that we identify by race
2. A far better alternative is to learn how cognitive processing works, use system 2 thinking to interrupt system 1 bias, and use sociology to reduce future bias
October 19th, 2020 at 2:29 PM ^
I'd assumed that statements and committees would be enough for Iowa to ignore underlying issues. Maybe not.
October 19th, 2020 at 2:31 PM ^
Hopefully nobody else has to go through what those players did there
October 19th, 2020 at 2:35 PM ^
Not the best way to start the season for the Hawkeyes for sure.
October 19th, 2020 at 2:35 PM ^
Only 20 million? Why not a billion?
October 19th, 2020 at 2:51 PM ^
NO!!!!!!!!!!!! 100 billion.....
October 19th, 2020 at 2:35 PM ^
Only 20 million? Why not a billion?
October 19th, 2020 at 3:28 PM ^
Only one post, why not two!
/jk
October 19th, 2020 at 3:07 PM ^
For those wanting some more background on all of this, BlackHeart GoldPants has a fairly extensive page with summaries and links to past stories highlighting some of the deep cultural problems in Iowa football.
October 19th, 2020 at 3:10 PM ^
The most unfireable coach in CFB figures out a way to get fired.
October 19th, 2020 at 3:31 PM ^
Cannot be helpful for AA recruiting in IA.
October 20th, 2020 at 5:04 PM ^
They just lost a 3 star corner
October 19th, 2020 at 5:00 PM ^
Why do so few white players back up their teammates? I don't understand why that's so difficult.
October 19th, 2020 at 8:05 PM ^
Maybe they don't agree?
October 19th, 2020 at 8:25 PM ^
I’m sure there is certainly some level of ignorance. If the team is like every lunch room in every school in the country, the players self segregate to a substantial degree.
Also, if you are a minority in this country you probably aren’t talking about every bit of racism you’ve experienced. There’s not enough time in the day.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:27 AM ^
You have a culture in states like Iowa that is passively racist at best and at worst the type of N-Bomb dropping shitheels you see guarding the Confederate parts of Civil War monuments in Allendale Michigan.
October 20th, 2020 at 5:07 PM ^
They probably didn’t see it or notice, but they interviewed several current and former players and the general consensus was it was some shitty attitudes and culture towards the black players at Iowa from Kirk and the coaching staff, but fuck him and Iowa as an institution and record label, for keeping him
October 19th, 2020 at 7:25 PM ^
Why’s the Washington post breaking this it’s headquarters are like 2000 miles away from IA.
October 19th, 2020 at 11:40 PM ^
Its called having an agenda.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:07 PM ^
Local papers don't want to offend their constituents and would rather circle the wagon. You're not going to see Columbus papers outing and wrongdoings at OSU for example.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:56 PM ^
Makes sense, that's why we didn't see the Free Press blow up our program over some extra stretching, wait, what?!?!? Never Forget.
October 20th, 2020 at 12:20 AM ^
The only surprising thing is that there are not similar reactions from players at other schools in the Great Plains and the South. The only thing egregious about Iowa is that the strength coach said the quiet part out loud.
October 20th, 2020 at 5:11 PM ^
Because If the coaches are racist they are smart enough to not show it because they know they need black players to win, I’ll go to my grave saying Steve spurrier was racist