NFLPA exec committee member responds to controversial Missouri legislation
In direct reaction to the Missouri football team's boycott last month, Missouri state legislators have proposed a bill that would seek to revoke an athlete's scholarship if he or she "calls, incites, supports or participates in any strike or concerted refusal to play a scheduled game."
The bill, proposed by Republican state representatives Rick Brattin and and Kurt Bahr, is being criticized as a tacit attempt to silence the voices of student-athletes in the public forum.
Among those criticizing the bill is New Orleans Saints tight end, and NFLPA executive committee member, Benjamin Watson.
Watson's words echo the main sentiment that is the criticism of the bill: If college athletes are truly "student-athletes" as the NCAA stresses, would they not also have the right to protest without having their funds revoked, just like any other student?
The NCAA and University of Missouri have yet to comment the bill.
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