COLUMBIA, Mo. - The Missouri football team did not practice on Friday as scheduled and instead released a statement addressing the racial justice issues that have captured the nation's attention once again this summer.
The statement read: "On today, August 28, 2020 (the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King Junior’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech) we as the Mizzou Football Team, with the support of our coaches, decided to cancel practice in order to focus on the current state of our country. We deserve to use our platform as a college student-athletes to shed light on the injustices that are plaguing our country, and to help promote CHANGE!