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I’m glad this article doesn’t mention any other universities that Nick Rolovich attended or was employed by, because it would be an embarrassment to be associated with such a clown.
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College Football Rivalries
College Football Rivalries
Rivalry/Trophy Name: Golden Screwdriver.
Teams Involved: Fresno State and Hawaii.
The first meeting was in 1938.
The latest meeting was this past season.
The two teams have met 55 times, with Fresno State leading the all-time series 30–24–1 through the 2022 season.
Also nicknamed the Battle for the Golden Screwdriver, it is Hawaii’s most-played rivalry series.
Fresno State and Hawaii first met in 1938 on the basis of the Pineapple Bowl (then not an NCAA-sanctioned bowl) being in Honolulu that year. Fresno was invited back for the 1941 Pineapple Bowl, which the Bulldogs won, 3–0. The rivalry went mostly unnoticed as Fresno State and Hawaii alternated winning streaks. It wasn’t until 1992 under coach Bob Wagner that the rivalry took center stage as Fresno joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in 1992 after the Bulldogs departed the Big West. However, much of the games went without bravado, with each team winning from anywhere from five to 20 points.
In 1999, Hawaii head coach June Jones and Fresno State head coach Pat Hill first faced each other at Aloha Stadium. That matchup featured Dan Robinson and Billy Volek, a future NFL star. Hawaii took the 13–7 halftime lead, but Fresno State tied the game at 21, sending it to overtime. Trailing 24–21, Eric Hannum, who missed a 29-yard field goal and an extra point, made a chip shot field goal to send the game to a second overtime. Robinson connected with Craig Stutzmann, giving Hawaii a 31–24 lead. The Rainbows (as UH was known back then) then used one last stand to take over first place in the WAC and secured a berth in the 1999 Oahu Bowl.
Screwdriver incident
There have been various urban legends surrounding the two programs, among the most notable about a screwdriver being thrown towards June Jones after Hawaii’s October 25, 2002 victory over Fresno State. Although Jones claimed that he saw a screwdriver being thrown over his head from the Fresno State student section and falling on the field, a Fresno State investigation did not produce any witnesses from security or field crews. On October 31, 2002, Fresno State athletic director Scott Johnson issued an apology to Hawaii fans that stated in part: "…we believe that a screwdriver was thrown by one of our fans at the University of Hawai’i team bench."
That alleged incident inspired a "Golden Screwdriver" trophy being entered into a contest held by Fresno radio station KFIG "ESPN 940" to create a symbol of the Fresno State/Hawaii rivalry. Former Hawaii head coach Nick Rolovich expressed approval of such a trophy in 2016.
The fans
Both teams have notoriously committed violence or close to it in recent years, especially after the 1999 game. Fresno State has a tradition called the Red Mile, in which the visiting team must walk outside the locker room to a chorus of jeers and verbal abuse. It has been noted that the NCAA has repeatedly called for Fresno State to stop this tradition due to allegations of violence and racial slurs, which the administration has continually denied. During Hawaii road games, the Red Mile is more full than usual, and many Hawaii players have claimed the fans, which are mostly students, instigated violence in the past.
Hawaii fans have also been implicated as well; Fresno State and Hawaii fan fights are also present at Aloha Stadium, especially pre-game and post-game. Fresno State fans who walk by Hawaii tailgaters often don’t make it into the stadium without getting into a fight. In fact, a 2007 report by KITV said that Hawaii fans had committed acts of abuse toward Fresno State fans, which UH Athletics has continually denied to this day. Fresno fans also told Boise State fans, Hawaii’s next opponent in 2007, to not attend the game. Allegations ended up being false as Honolulu Advertiser photographers caught pictures of Boise State and Hawaii fans mingling and sharing food before the game.
Former Hawaii linebacker Solomon Elimimian, following the 2008 upset of Fresno State, claimed that 12-year old Fresno State fans were shouting curse words and racial slurs at players, which was vehemently denied by Fresno media and Fresno State’s athletics department.
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Nick Rolovich Patrimônio líquidoBiografia, Idade, Esposa, Altura, Peso e muitos outros detalhes podem ser verificados nesta página. Nick Rolovich é um treinador de futebol americano que tem um patrimônio líquido de US $ 7 milhões. Houve um tempo em que ele costumava ser conhecido como um dos melhores jogadores de futebol de sua geração. Atualmente, ele é conhecido como um dos melhores treinadores…
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Nick Rolovich claims Washington State wanted him to get Vax in the field
Nick Rolovich claims Washington State wanted him to get Vax in the field
In his recently filed lawsuit, former Washington state football coach Nick Rolovich alleges the school suggested he take the coronavirus on the field as a stunt to show the school’s loyalty to the mandates. vaccination.
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Fired Football Coach Files $25 Million Lawsuit.
So many were forced out of their jobs for not getting the jab. Nick Rolovich, former Washington State football coach, was among those and he is punching back!
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Nearly a year after the enforcement of Washington’s insane vaccine mandate resulted in the school forcing him out, Rolovich is suing the school for wrongful termination
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David Cobb at CBS Sports:
Washington State football coach Nick Rolovich has been fired for cause after refusing to take the COVID-19 vaccine and being noncompliant with both state and university policies, the university announced Monday evening. Rolovich sought, and appears to have been denied, a religious exemption from those mandates, which required employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. 18 if they wished to continue working.
Four Washington State assistant coaches have also been terminated: Ricky Logo (defensive tackles), John Richardson (assistant head coach, cornerbacks), Craig Stutzmann (co-offensive coordinator, quarterbacks) and Mark Weber (offensive line).
Defensive coordinator Jake Dickert will serve as the team's interim coach.
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The saga over Rolovich's vaccination status first took public stage in July when the second-year coach announced he would participate remotely in the Pac-12's football media day. The league required in-person participants to be vaccinated.
"I have elected not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine for reasons which will remain private," Rolovich said in a statement at the time.
Rolovich later said he was not "against" vaccinations, adding that he respected and supported "all the work being done by the state of Washington, who as a state has one of the highest percentages of vaccinations in the country." In August, he stated that he planned on following the mandate instituted by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.
Even if he were to have received an exemption to the state mandate, Rolovich still faced hurdles at Washington State, which enacted a vaccination requirement for employees before a similar policy for all state employees went into effect.
"It certainly skews the perception of our message," Washington State University president Kirk Schulz told the New York Times. "At most universities, people pay attention to what the university president, the football coach, the basketball coach and the athletic director have to say -- that's just the reality. People look at them for leadership because they're highly visible and highly compensated. It doesn't help when you have people who are contrary to the direction we're going."
Kudos to Washington State Cougars for firing 5 members of its coaching staff (including head coach Nick Rolovich) for refusal to comply with the university and state’s vaccine mandate.
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Washington State has a mandatory vaccine mandate for state employees including University employees that came into effect October 18th, that they all had to be vaccinated by. This includes State University employees, and they’ve known about it for about 4-5 months. The Head Coach and 4 assistants were all let go from Washington State University today for refusing to get vaccinated. He was the top paid employee in the state and he just refused to get vaccinated from Covid because he’s a moron.
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Nick Rolovich says he’ll sue Wazzu over vaccine mandate
Nick Rolovich says he’ll sue Wazzu over vaccine mandate
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Considerably to Washington State’s chagrin, their Nick Rolovich problems are not about yet (and that doesn’t even depend his 5-6 report with the Cougars). Right after Rolovich received several warnings from the Washington Point out University administration and athletic section that he would be removed as head mentor if he did not get vaccinated, he… continue to didn’t…
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Nick Rolovich, Washington State hit Texas again for 17th commitment - Fri, 28 Aug 2020 PST
Nick Rolovich and his staff returned to one of the country's most fertile recruiting areas to pick up Washington State's 17th commitment in the 2021 class.
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Nick Rolovich, head coach of the Washington State University football team, was fired on October 18 for failing to comply with the state vaccine mandate put in place by Governor Jay Inslee. Rolovich was the highest paid state employee, receiving $3.2 million a year. (I know, insane, but also true in many other states where a football or basketball coach is the highest paid state employee.)
No doubt, Coach Rolovich preached the concept of “personal responsibility” to his team. Over and over.
Well, today, as one would expect from a devout follower of Trump, Rolovich sought to claim victim status by filing suit, alleging that he was fired as a result of his religious faith. (Rolovich is Catholic, and, apparently, is unaware that Pope Francis is vaccinated and has been urging Catholics to get vaccinated.)
From his lawyer:
“It is a tragic and damning commentary on our culture and more specifically on Chun that Coach Rolovich has been derided, demonized and ultimately fired from his job merely for being devout in his Catholic faith,” Brian Fahling, a lawyer for Rolovich, said in a statement obtained by ESPN and Yahoo.
No, Mr. Fahling, Rolovich was fired for refusing to get vaccinated, period. The case will be laughed out of court.
Knowing that this case has a near-zero probability of success, I wondered why Rolovich would even file such a suit (besides wanting to play victim) which will only result in further humiliation.
And then it struck me: He never thought they would fire him! He’s an arrogant, entitled, dumb white guy who really believed they wouldn’t dare fire the state’s highest paid employee and football coach.
So it got me to thinking about the conversation that happened in the Rolovich household on October 18th as Coach returned home from being fired. I imagine it went like this…
ROLOVICH: Honey, you'll be proud of me. Today, I stood up for freedoms and liberties!
MRS. ROLOVICH: Oh? What did you do?
ROLOVICH: I got fired from my job because I refused their tyrannical vaccine mandate!
MRS. ROLOVICH : Wait.. You what?!
ROLOVICH: I got fired rather than submit to their unconstitutional power grab!
MRS. ROLOVICH : Are you out of your freakin' mind? You assured me that they would NOT fire you!
ROLOVICH: I stood up for freedom.
MRS. ROLOVICH : Freedom?!!! Freedom???!!! You friggin' idiot!
ROLOVICH: But I---
MRS. ROLOVICH : I married a complete freakin' imbecile! A moron! A nitwit!
ROLOVICH: A freedom fighter?
MRS. ROLOVICH : You threw away our lives, our family's life, so you could be a "freedom fighter?" Are you kidding me? What the hell is wrong with you?
ROLOVICH: But I----
MRS. ROLOVICH : You specifically told me, and I quote, "They will never fire me. I'm the highest paid state employee and I'm the football coach," unquote.
ROLOVICH: Well, I was wrong. But I stood up for----
MRS. ROLOVICH : We'll have to sell the house! The kids will have to change schools! YOU IDIOT!!!!!
ROLOVICH: I'll... I'll... I'll get a lawyer and sue them!
MRS. ROLOVICH : On what grounds?
ROLOVICH: That my faith wouldn't allow me to get vaccinated!
MRS. ROLOVICH : We're Catholic. The Pope is vaccinated. He told everyone to get vaccinated. What the hell is wrong with you?
ROLOVICH: I'm being persecuted for my religion!
MRS. ROLOVICH : No, you're a moron who threw away a three million dollar-a-year job because you watch Tucker Carlson every night. He got vaccinated! Fox News has a vaccine mandate!
ROLOVICH: They do?
MRS. ROLOVICH : Yes, they do.
ROLOVICH: Damn...
His lawsuit is going nowhere. As Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson noted, “Our office remains undefeated in 42 legal challenges to these orders.”
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Mandate from Gov. Jay Inslee requires WSU football coach Nick Rolovich to take COVID-19 vaccine or lose job
Rolovich's refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine appears to be reaching an impasse.
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2021 PAC-12 Coaching Power Rankings
The power rankings roll on, time for the PAC-12.
Check out last year’s rankings here.
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As a whole, the PAC-12 lacks a superstar head coach. There’s no Nick Saban or Dabo Swinney or Lincoln Riley in this league. In a way it makes things more competitive, there isn’t a true elite program in the league at the moment that sucks up all the oxygen.
As far as the rankings go, there’s a lot of movement at the bottom as coaches with similar resumes jostle for position. There was a bit of a bloodletting in the conference during the 2019 offseason so only one change was made here. Arizona’s Kevin Sumlin led one of the worst teams in FBS football onto the field in 2020 and he was deservedly fired for it.
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12. Jedd Fisch
Overall Record: 1-1
Movement: N/A
Jedd Fisch has had a long coaching career that has taken him all over college football and the NFL. However, his only experience as a head coach was as an interim following the firing of Jim Mora at UCLA in 2017. Fisch enters a rebuilding situation as Arizona really began to fall apart towards the end of Sumlin’s tenure.
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11. Jonathan Smith
Record at Oregon State: 9-22
Movement: Down 1 spot
Believe it or not but I still believe in Jonathan Smith. The Beavers were very close to breaking through in 2019 and very well would have made a bowl if the full 2020 season had been played. The surprise win over Oregon certainly helped to soften the blow of a losing season. I think firing him because of his losing record so far would jeopardize the progress the program has made so far.
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10. Nick Rolovich
Record at Washington State: 1-3
Overall Record: 29-30
Movement: Down 1 spot
Washington State only played 4 games so it’s hard to accurately judge if the Cougars were really all that bad in 2020. I’m inclined to say no, but the on-field results weren’t stellar all the same. I think we need to see how Wazzu does in a full 12 game season to more accurately gauge if the program is heading in the right direction.
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9. Justin Wilcox
Record at California: 21-21
Movement: Down 3 spots
Moving Wilcox down was more bad luck than anything. Cal certainly wasn’t a 1-3 team if you watched them play. I mean their one win was an upset over conference champion Oregon. The Bears have built a solid foundation thanks to Justin Wilcox so I imagine they’ll be bouncing back soon.
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8. Herm Edwards
Record at Arizona State: 17-13
Movement: Down 1 spot
This one is more a function of time than anything. Everybody saw Arizona State play last year and started salivating for what’s to come. The pieces all seem in place for ASU to take a step forward. They’ll be a good team this year and it looks like further improvement is possible. Well, that’s if the NCAA doesn’t stamp out this whole administration.
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7. Karl Dorrell
Record at Colorado: 4-2
Overall Record: 35-27
Movement: Up 4 spots
We might as well congratulate Karl Dorrell on a much more successful than anticipated season. The Buffaloes punched above their weight in 2020, nearly unseating USC as South Division champion. CU hopes that Dorrell can keep the magic going and build a competitive program.
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6. Jimmy Lake
Record at Washington: 3-1
Movement: Up 6 spots
This one is more of a compromise move. I have a hard time placing Jimmy Lake because he’s only been the head coach of four football games. In those games the Huskies generally looked good and technically won the PAC-12 North. They had bad COVID outbreaks that left them out of several games and cost them a chance to play in the PAC-12 Championship Game. The upside is clear. I do think, however, that UW wasn’t the best team in the PAC-12 or even the North division. They’ll have to beat Oregon to truly contend for the championship here. 2021 will give us a real idea.
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5. Chip Kelly
Record at UCLA: 10-21
Overall Record: 56-28
Movement: Same
Much like Arizona State, a lot of people with their ears to the ground think this is the year that UCLA takes a step forward. We may have seen good improvement in 2020, the Bruins really were an improved team. The problem was the 7 game schedule they played and their 3-4 record. I’m pretty sure they’d have bowled last year if the full 12 games had been played. Either way, the verdict is the same for most of the coaches: the 2020 season shouldn’t count they way a real winning or losing season in a 12 game schedule should. If Kelly can get things back together for UCLA, it should be in 2021.
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4. Clay Helton
Record at USC: 45-23
Division Championships: 3 (2015, 2017, 2020)
Conference Championships: 1 (2017)
Movement: Same
USC is probably the PAC-12 team that came away looking the best in 2020. The Trojans claimed another PAC-12 South title and rode it to a 5-1 record with a loss to Oregon in the Championship Game. Is that a good thing? I don’t know, it might keep Clay Helton around for longer because his hardware cabinet did get bigger. Helton keeps getting good results, but real greatness still seems remote.
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3. Mario Cristobal
Record at Oregon: 25-10
Overall Record: 52-57
Division Championships: 1 (2019)
Conference Championships: 2 (2019, 2020)
Movement: Same
Mario Cristobal has won the past two PAC-12 Championships so he’s rising as high as possible given the circumstances. If he knocks on the door just a bit harder he’ll make a case to unseat the two truly established coaches in the conference. Oregon is starting to look and act like an elite program, maybe elite-lite, but the way they’re recruiting and winning they’re starting to separate themselves from the rest of the league. If Cristobal can keep it up the Ducks can enjoy the same conference-wide domination that Clemson enjoys in the ACC.
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2. Kyle Whittingham
Record at Washington: 134-66
Division Championships: 3 (2015, 2018, 2019)
Conference Championships: 1 (2008)
Movement: Same
The Utes were again a very solid team in the PAC-12 in 2020. Kyle Whittingham has kept up a winning tradition in Salt Lake City and has established himself well. Utah should once again compete for the South title in 2021, as they seem to do pretty much every year thanks to Whittingham.
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1. David Shaw
Record at Stanford: 90-36
Division Championships: 5 (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017)
Conference Championships: 3 (2012, 2013, 2015)
Movement: Same
A dreary start masked a rather successful comeback season for Stanford, who rebounded to a 4-2 record with a win over division champ Washington. The Cardinal seem far removed from their days of domination from 2009-2015, but they remain a dangerous force in the league. David Shaw seems keen to preserve what remains of the powerful engine he inherited from Jim Harbaugh. Stanford may no longer be favorites but they remain competitive in a tough division. I imagine at some point Shaw will fall off the list as long as things keep up this way, but first a coach has to come and knock him off the pedestal.
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Washington State head football coach ousted after refusing Covid-19 vaccine
Washington State head football coach ousted after refusing Covid-19 vaccine
Washington State University's head football coach, Nick Rolovich, and four assistant coaches are losing their jobs because of not complying with the state's Covid-19 vaccine mandate, according to the university's athletics department. #CNN #News
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On this week’s Hang Up and Listen podcast, we talked to two members of the group, both from UCLA: Elisha Guidry, a rising sophomore defensive back from Long Beach, California, and Otito Ogbonnia, a rising junior defensive tackle from Houston. The following transcript of that conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. The link to the full audio interview is at the bottom of this piece. —Joel Anderson
Joel Anderson: I guess the first question is: How did this group and the list of demands come together?
Otito Ogbonnia: It was something that we always knew, individually and teamwise, that this is a sentiment that most people felt. We were just waiting for an opportunity to get this whole thing going. And this started with some of the guys from Cal who used this as an opportunity to demand change and try to really get something done here. It was really Zoom that allowed us to do this whole thing, and being in a pandemic. It’d be very hard to coordinate a movement this big in normal times.
Elisha Guidry: Also, the social movement, or the civil rights movement really that’s going on in our country also inspired us. There’s a lot of inequalities that people are noticing. People are being awakened to seeing some of the things that go on in this world, and I feel like college football has many of them as well.
Josh Levin: Elisha, there are 17 demands on the list. What are the top line ones, as far as you’re concerned?
Guidry: For me personally, I feel like they’re all important. Definitely the players’ safety with the COVID, and ensuring that if a player decides to opt out, that his eligibility is honored, as well as getting insurance for players when they finish playing, because football takes a toll on the body and the mind. And I feel like once the player is done, they’re kind of just kicked out. They’re kind of just thrown in the world without a lot of guidance.
The image and likeness is very important because players deserve to be able to create wealth for themselves with this sport. I feel like a lot of players come from lower-income homes, a lot of players have struggles and football is kind of their way out. So just having an opportunity to be able to affect their families and affect their communities and people around them with their sport, even if they don’t make it to the NFL, is very important.
Stefan Fatsis: The demand that’s gotten a lot of attention is asking for 50 percent of revenue from the conference to be directed toward players. I mean, realistically, there’s no way that the Pac-12 leaders are going to agree to that immediately. So it does feel like by asking for it, you’re bringing this out into the open, the idea that athletes are aware of the inequities here and that we’ve got to move toward some system that helps compensate them in some way. Is that how you view it or are the ambitions higher among the group?
Ogbonnia: That’s exactly how we view it. I think when you exploit a group of people for this amount of time, it’s just kind of what you get. They had their opportunity to fix this, multiple opportunities. And one thing we, as a group, aren’t willing to accept is the idea that it’s not possible. This is a country which was brought up upon working hard and doing the impossible. And there are ways to get it done. Fifty percent of revenue is ambitious and it’s high and it’s asking a lot. But we live in this country, just like everybody else. And in regards to name, image, and likeness, why should we be the only citizens in this country who are denied making money off of who we are and our brand? And why is it that a kid at UCLA being a musician can go perform and make a couple hundred bucks off of their name, image, and likeness, but when it comes down to athletes, it’s a whole different story?
And I think that’s where that social justice kind of comes in, right? When you deny a group of people certain rights, you start to wonder why you’re doing it.
Anderson: A little more than a month ago, before even the We Are United movement, UCLA football players published their own list of demands related to coronavirus protections. So there was obviously an activist streak within the team already. And I just was curious to know, where is the team with that?
Ogbonnia: I forgot to mention about when you asked about the start of this movement, one thing those Cal guys told us is that they saw our letter to our university. They saw what we published and they kind of took that lead from us. So that was cool to see that.
And in regards to where we’re at now, for the most part, we’re doing well in terms of guaranteeing COVID protections. And we’re taking a very conservative approach to getting back to play in competition, if that’s even feasible.
[But] this is above UCLA. It’s above any one conference or any one school. It’s above any one person or any one culture or athletic department. It’s a conference thing. And the conference has the power to get some of these things done. As you’ve seen, the NCAA and the conference aren’t necessarily as conjoined as one may think. And a lot of times, they work separately in a lot of these matters.
Guidry: The Cal guys saw the things that we were asking for and they had to stop themselves—like, OK, we don’t have the same type of protection, and that’s something we want, because we feel like we’re taking this risk coming back to school and trying to participate in this game.
We all love football. We all spend so much time playing, since we were kids, and we want to do that as safely as possible, especially during this pandemic. Just asking around is what got everybody started and kind of got us all connected. And then we realized that there were more issues than just with the COVID-19 precautions.
Levin: I think it’s important for folks listening to this to understand how amazing and unusual it is what you guys are doing—even doing this interview. There was a story recently about the University of Iowa. They didn’t even let their players be on social media. The amount of control at these programs, about what they allow you guys to say, what they allow you guys to do in public, it’s so restrictive. And so the fact that you guys are talking to us about this, the fact that you put this message out, it’s an enormous deal. And we’ve already seen, there are varying reports about what’s going on at Washington State, in your conference, about potential repercussions for players there for joining this movement and for speaking out. [Editor’s note: According to a transcript published by the Dallas Morning News, Washington State coach Nick Rolovich told player Kassidy Woods that if Woods was a part of the Pac-12 unity movement, “that’s gonna be an issue.” Rolovich later said in a statement, “WSU football student-athletes who have expressed support for the #WeAreUnited group will continue to be welcome to all team-related activities.”] Are you guys at all concerned about potential repercussions from UCLA? And are you aware of the power imbalance? Your coach, Chip Kelly, was an NFL coach. He’s a multi-multimillionaire and you guys—you could have your scholarships taken away, potentially.
Ogbonnia: I think that’s something that a lot of people consider when they’re joining this movement. When you join something with this magnitude, you get the idea of what you’re getting yourself into and kind of make [peace] with that, with the consequences of what you’re doing. Of course, I would love to keep my scholarship and stay on the team. And our coach or our administration has never threatened us in that manner. And I don’t think they will. It’s been relatively positive and we haven’t seen any type of repercussion, retaliation from anybody from our school.
And it hurts to see that type of stuff being exemplified at Washington State, because you tell people to stand up for what they believe in in this world. When you want to support something, I think you should have the freedom to do it. And in regards to holding your tongue in a lot of these things, I think that’s where the conferences and the universities and college football as a whole gains their control over individuals. Because you start to feel a certain way after you’re done with football, when you’re in the system and you feel silenced, you feel like you can’t say anything, and that takes a toll on you. And it’s taken a toll on me until I kind of had a realization of who I am and who I want to be in this world. And that’s not somebody who’s silenced or who feels like they can’t be who they are because of what I’m doing.
I don’t think that’s what we sign up for. [It] doesn’t say that in our letter of intent. You shouldn’t bar anybody from freedom of speech. They should be able to say what they want without feeling like they may get cut or that they may get blackballed by their team or their coach. And that’s why that Washington State situation is very significant in our eyes in this movement. We’re well aware of what’s going on and we’re trying to do the best we can to help those guys out there.
Guidry: I feel like for real change to come, you’ve kind of got to put yourself out there. If I have to be sacrificed to have a greater movement come, then that’s something I’m OK with. If I got to sit out to help bring a change for my children or my friends’ children that are to come or the next generation, that’s something that, at the end of the day, it’s going to make things better. And if I have to be the one that has to be at expense for that, that’s something that I’m OK with.
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