There's obviously two-sides to the finances/player-treatment angle and not knowing the details, it's hard to say who's in the wrong or right.
The part that jumps out at me: The players are also using the boycott to dictate the hiring/firing of the coaching staff. Apparently one of their demands was that the interim coach (Ragsdale) be removed... and he was. There's no way the Athletic Department can concede that decision to the players.
Taken a step further - could you imagine if a position group got together after a coach was fired and said they were all transferring if a coach with a certain offensive philosophy wasn't hired? Or handing the AD a list of coaches they'd approve? It's a dangerous precedent.
The part that jumps out at me: The players are also using the boycott to dictate the hiring/firing of the coaching staff. Apparently one of their demands was that the interim coach (Ragsdale) be removed... and he was. There's no way the Athletic Department can concede that decision to the players.
Taken a step further - could you imagine if a position group got together after a coach was fired and said they were all transferring if a coach with a certain offensive philosophy wasn't hired? Or handing the AD a list of coaches they'd approve? It's a dangerous precedent.
Man oh man! Grambling is replacing the traditional football dictatorship with a democracy and now the inmates are running the asylum."We felt there is a lack of leadership with the administration. We had a personal issue with (Ragsdale) and demanded for him to go. We want (Pogue) to go."