The past two years have shown that college football players finally have begun to understand the power they can wield. This past weekend taught one team that it needs to be careful how it uses that power. As more players wake up to the leverage they’ve been inadvertently handed by their schools, conferences and television networks, hopefully they’ll keep this lesson in mind.
Minnesota football players donned their practice gear Thursday and stood united before the cameras. They threatened to boycott all football activities, including the Holiday Bowl against Washington State, if the suspensions levied days earlier against 10 of their teammates weren’t lifted.