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Tuesday’s forecast for the Holiday Bowl calls for abundant sunshine and a high of 68 degrees — blissful winter weather for the Gophers to play Washington State at Qualcomm Stadium.
But figurative dark clouds continue to hang over Minnesota’s football program. Persistent fallout over the suspension of 10 Gophers players tied to an alleged sexual assault figures to obscure the first downs, fumbles and touchdowns that might transpire during the Big Ten-Pac 12 matchup on national TV.
The latest development came Monday when a petition signed by slightly more than 400 teachers, parents and University of Minnesota alumni called for Gophers head coach Tracy Claeys to be fired. By 7 p.m., the petition’s signatures had exceeded 690.
The petition objects to Claeys’ response to his players’ boycott of team activities on Dec. 15 and maintains Claeys did not provide “appropriate supervision” for an underage recruit involved in the incident. A University of Minnesota report filed in order to comply with Title IX states many men had sex with a female student, and other men didn’t intervene when she, at times, expressed the sex was not consensual.
“A group of parents and educators got together because we are deeply troubled by the message it sends to young people,” Joe Nathan, a U of M graduate and former U teacher, told the Pioneer Press. “Our No. 1 concern is the behavior of the football coach.”
http://www.twincities.com/2016/12/2...adowed-by-gophers-lingering-off-field-issues/
Go Gophers!!
Tuesday’s forecast for the Holiday Bowl calls for abundant sunshine and a high of 68 degrees — blissful winter weather for the Gophers to play Washington State at Qualcomm Stadium.
But figurative dark clouds continue to hang over Minnesota’s football program. Persistent fallout over the suspension of 10 Gophers players tied to an alleged sexual assault figures to obscure the first downs, fumbles and touchdowns that might transpire during the Big Ten-Pac 12 matchup on national TV.
The latest development came Monday when a petition signed by slightly more than 400 teachers, parents and University of Minnesota alumni called for Gophers head coach Tracy Claeys to be fired. By 7 p.m., the petition’s signatures had exceeded 690.
The petition objects to Claeys’ response to his players’ boycott of team activities on Dec. 15 and maintains Claeys did not provide “appropriate supervision” for an underage recruit involved in the incident. A University of Minnesota report filed in order to comply with Title IX states many men had sex with a female student, and other men didn’t intervene when she, at times, expressed the sex was not consensual.
“A group of parents and educators got together because we are deeply troubled by the message it sends to young people,” Joe Nathan, a U of M graduate and former U teacher, told the Pioneer Press. “Our No. 1 concern is the behavior of the football coach.”
http://www.twincities.com/2016/12/2...adowed-by-gophers-lingering-off-field-issues/
Go Gophers!!
