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Watch: Minnesota players announce boycott of football activities
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Minnesota football players are protesting the suspensions of 10 football players.
Those suspensions stem from a sexual assault case that occurred in September.
On Thursday, members of the Gophers football team met in a players-only meeting and decided they would boycott the Holiday Bowl schedule for Dec. 27 unless the suspensions were lifted. Later in the evening, the team stood together and released a statement:
Video 1: #Gophers football team makes its demand for boycott of all activities leading to Holiday Bowl. https://t.co/mAoxyr5l8T
— Andy Greder (@andygreder) December 16, 2016
Video 2: #Gophers football team makes its demand in boycott of all activities leading to Holiday Bowl. https://t.co/oyg8MhmKCa
— Andy Greder (@andygreder) December 16, 2016
Drew Wolitarsky is the player making the announcement and quarterback Mitch Leidner and tight end Duke Anyamwu are standing to the side.
The players have demanded a meeting with the University’s Board of Regents without the University’s president Eric Kaler or athletic director Mark Coyle.
Players are boycotting all football activities until their “demands have been met.”
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB