A group of Colorado State football players released a letter Saturday disputing allegations of racial abuse and intimidation against coach Steve Addazio and his staff.The letter's release comes one day after athletics director Joe Parker “Today we learned of some extremely troubling allegations of racism and verbal abuse from CSU’s athletic administration generally and in the football program specifically," Parker's statement read. “To be absolutely clear, we have not experienced any racially insensitive comments to our teammates from the athletic department or coaching staff,” the letter said. CSU football players and university athletic department staff say coaches have told players not to report COVID-19 symptoms, threatened players with reduced playing time if they quarantine and claim CSU is altering contact tracing reports to keep players practicing. There is a lot going on at Colorado State this week and none of it is good news. Numerous Colorado State football players tweeted out a statement in support of head coach Steve Addazio on Saturday.
First, there were The latest comes from a group of players who have written a letter in support of Colorado State head coach Steve Addazio with this “To be absolutely clear, we have not experienced any racially insensitive comments to our teammates from the athletic department or coaching staff,” the letter said. Colorado State Players Claim Football Coaches Intimidated Them for Following COVID Restrictions this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. To even hint that he or the football team he leads is racist is shameful. “This football team has matured and positively developed since Coach Addazio’s arrival.”While there are a good number with seemingly 25-plus from retweets on Twitter and that could be more since not everyone lives on Twitter. A group of Colorado State football players released a letter Saturday disputing allegations of racial abuse and intimidation against coach Steve Addazio and his staff. [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] Lack Of NCAA Leadership Is Why College Football Is In Disarray Mountain West Football: Three QBs Named to Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] Mountain West Schools Discuss Cancellation Of Fall Sports [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] Air Force To Try To Play Army, Navy In Football, Other Sports [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] Mountain West Cancels Fall Football Season [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] Power 5 Discussing Not Playing College Football [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] PODCAST: Mountain West Tweaks Schedule; Questions Loom Over Season [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] PODCAST: Colorado State Is Looking Into Allegations Regarding Race, Violating COVID Protocols [jwplayer jF5wU66N-sNi3MVSU] MAC Cancels Football, Fall Sports With Hopes Of A Spring Season [jwplayer 0xdYJe2u-sNi3MVSU] 2020 Mountain West Football Top 50 Players: #17, Boise State DB Kekaula Kaniho These sites are not endorsed by, sponsored by, or affiliated with with these teams or institutions. The experience is not the same for everyone.This is why an investigation is needed to figure out what is going on at Colorado State in regards to these allegations that surround safety within COVID-19 and the latest allegations on racial abuse. "This football team has matured and positively developed since Coach Addazio's arrival. The letter said the group is led by seniors but has "the support of the entire team.
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We believe it is our responsibility to make sure that all student-athletes feel welcomed and valued as members of an inclusive athletics community.”The school decided to halt activities after a report surfaced in which a number of CSU football players and athletics department staff have alleged that they've been instructed The report also said that coaches threatened to reduce playing time for players if they quarantine and that coaches have adjusted contact tracing reports to keep from disrupting the team's practice schedule.Several players took to social media on Friday to deny the report.On Saturday, a group called #CSUunited released its letter and claimed the accusations are false. "Colorado State University is committed to being an anti-racist university, and we will not tolerate any behavior or climate that goes against that core value.
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All Rights Reserved. However, there is a discrepancy in who is tweeting out support when it comes to this #CSUunited letter.Also, it can be true that some players very well could have been on the receiving end of some sort of racial abuse or threats against playing time for not following COVID-19 protocol, and it can be true that players are saying everything is fine and back the coaching staff.With a big team sport like football, position groups likely are around each other more often compared to others on the team with a different experience with the football team. "© 2020 ABG-SI LLC.
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