USF Athletics Announces Social Justice Initiatives

[Rocky Style]

9 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

If you don’t like it contact USF Athletics.

Exactly.  Vote with your wallet.  

[Gismo]

Can we have unity over things we are for and not against. 
 

United for student and athlete success.

United to win games.

United to lower crime. 
 

 

The BLM organizers are admittedly against capitalism, and support communist regimes (photos with Chavez). BLM quite open about it on their about page website and it’s obvious to anyone who has studied social movements and communist regimes of the 20th century. Also review their influences and other causes of the founders. The organization is getting support from most who have no idea of the real motivations and end goals of BLM, and those goals have nothing to do with helping people, their primary goal is just overthrow capitalism. 
 

USF has done exceedingly well among its peers with minority graduation rates, with veteran graduation rates, with success of non-traditional students. I really wish we as a University could rally around those successes and not get whipped up into the politically divisiveness and deceit surrounding the BLM organization. 
 

Also, for anyone who has studied effective organization change would know that these “against XYZ” statements are largely meaningless and useless because you’re not going to find anybody who would disagree and these statements don’t really help drive hard decision making regarding resource allocation. They are too broad.
 

A statement like “Our goal is 95% student athlete graduation rate” is way more effective and something people can get behind that would drive decisions to support that aim from more tutoring, to better professors or TAs, to practices and scheduling, to other non-academic personal support avenues.
 

The meaningless statements and largely divisive political movements don’t bring unity. It’s also why I don’t talk politics at work, it creates division in a place that requires unity to maximize success. 
 

I like United Start to Finish. I hope USF turns to things within its scope as academic organization such as graduation rates and student support and not bandwagon onto the political winds of deceitful and fear mongering news media.

Edited September 12, 2020 by Gismo

[WhoRUSF]

23 minutes ago, CousinRicky said:

Welp, I come back to the 'pen after a few days off, see this thread, read the first 3 or 4 posts and skipped to the end.  Don't know what was said after those first few but don't think this belongs on the main board. 

 

15 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

This! Further, why come on the board and continue to argue about it? What is your goal? Getting attention? Trying to change people’s minds? None of that is happening. If you don’t like it contact USF Athletics. Instead, these people are pissing on our game day...one in which we waited months for. 

You guys had an entire pow wow about how you hate politics this off season, but when USF does it and someone points it out, you're upset at the person pointing it out? 

If you two actually took the time to read anything I've said, I'm not taking sides on anything and have made ZERO political arguements. 

What is my goal? To help some old heads be consistent in what they preach. When things piss you off, it's a big deal. Politics piss people off. It's why I dont enjoy bringing it here. Unfortunately USF brought it here, and none of you have the balls to call it out simply because its behind a sensitive race curtain. 

Enjoy the game. 

[NewEnglandBull]

6 minutes ago, WhoRUSF said:

 

You guys had an entire pow wow about how you hate politics this off season, but when USF does it and someone points it out, you're upset at the person pointing it out? 

If you two actually took the time to read anything I've said, I'm not taking sides on anything and have made ZERO political arguements. 

What is my goal? To help some old heads be consistent in what they preach. When things piss you off, it's a big deal. Politics piss people off. It's why I dont enjoy bringing it here. Unfortunately USF brought it here, and none of you have the balls to call it out simply because its behind a sensitive race curtain. 

Enjoy the game. 

So what exactly do you want us to do? Join your boycott? Agree with you? What is your end game relative to us on this board? You’ve clearly made your point. I understand it. 

You certainly have every right not to watch the game. I get that. I just want be joining you. 

Edited September 12, 2020 by NewEnglandBull

[WhoRUSF]

Just now, NewEnglandBull said:

So what exactly do you want us to do? Join your boycott? Agree with you? What is your end game relative to us on this board?

You certainly have every right not to watch the game. I get that. I just want be joining you. 

Agree with me is fine! I like to agree. I also dislike stupid. 

[Bull Dozer]

3 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

So what exactly do you want us to do? Join your boycott? Agree with you? What is your end game relative to us on this board? You’ve clearly made your point. I understand it. 

You certainly have every right not to watch the game. I get that. I just want be joining you. 

To be aggrieved. 

[Roaming Bull]

[DJBulls]

1 hour ago, Gismo said:

Can we have unity over things we are for and not against. 
 

United for student and athlete success.

United to win games.

United to lower crime. 
 

 

The BLM organizers are admittedly against capitalism, and support communist regimes (photos with Chavez). BLM quite open about it on their about page website and it’s obvious to anyone who has studied social movements and communist regimes of the 20th century. Also review their influences and other causes of the founders. The organization is getting support from most who have no idea of the real motivations and end goals of BLM, and those goals have nothing to do with helping people, their primary goal is just overthrow capitalism. 
 

USF has done exceedingly well among its peers with minority graduation rates, with veteran graduation rates, with success of non-traditional students. I really wish we as a University could rally around those successes and not get whipped up into the politically divisiveness and deceit surrounding the BLM organization. 
 

Also, for anyone who has studied effective organization change would know that these “against XYZ” statements are largely meaningless and useless because you’re not going to find anybody who would disagree and these statements don’t really help drive hard decision making regarding resource allocation. They are too broad.
 

A statement like “Our goal is 95% student athlete graduation rate” is way more effective and something people can get behind that would drive decisions to support that aim from more tutoring, to better professors or TAs, to practices and scheduling, to other non-academic personal support avenues.
 

The meaningless statements and largely divisive political movements don’t bring unity. It’s also why I don’t talk politics at work, it creates division in a place that requires unity to maximize success. 
 

I like United Start to Finish. I hope USF turns to things within its scope as academic organization such as graduation rates and student support and not bandwagon onto the political winds of deceitful and fear mongering news media.

Well said...I like to us the statement that BLM is a trojan horse to drive extreme socialism under the guise of ridding systematic racism...people see right through it...

[OnTheBus]

1 hour ago, WhoRUSF said:

Enjoy the game. 

Best advice in this whole thread.

[Roaming Bull]

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