A woman passes a tent encampment set up by student protesters following an announcement that University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe is resigning Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the university in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
In the hours after University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe resigned Monday morning after protests directed at him and his administration became national news, various media figures weighed in with their opinions on the situation.
One of the prevailing thoughts to emerge was that the Missouri football team, which had begun to boycott all team activities until Wolfe left or was removed from his post (leaving its game Saturday against BYU in limbo), wielded a great deal of power in the situation.