Dave Zyer News Today

Joining me now, staff writer of the new yorker, history writer at university of connecticut. and dave zyer host of the edge of sports podcast. dave, youve been doing a lot of reporting on this story before it kind of exploded onto national consciousness. give us a little bit of context of how this got to this point. >> how it got to the point at missouri, it goes back years. years of racial tension, years of students and faculty members of color feeling marginalized, feeling like they werent bei...

Leader that doesnt really care about these things. and so if youre looking at the students trying to talk to or confront the president at homecoming, he stays in the car and doesnt talk to them. or the other instances that are going on campus of racism and it doesnt appear as if the institution recognizes the importance, then it does become something that is in the presidents purview. >> dave, i never heard of a big-time college football team essentially threatening a strike. i was looking aroun...