Tigers coach Gary Pinkel — who supported his African-American players’ threat to boycott Saturday’s game against BYU in Kansas City in support of African-American students’ protests of their treatment on campus — announced Thursday what uniforms his team will wear for the game at Arrowhead Stadium.
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For the first time, Mizzou will wear, yes, all white. It will wear all-black uniforms for its final home game.
Is there a subliminal message? Of course not. An assistant athletic director came up with the idea before the season.
Is the timing and context unfortunate, if not completely tone-deaf? Absolutely.
Here’s the school’s announcement:
Prior to the season, Mizzou Assistant Athletic Director for Equipment Don Barnes came up with a uniform concept that Mizzou had never worn: a white base jersey-pant combo with black numbers and an anthracite Tiger stripe overlay accompanied by a white helmet equipped with a chrome secondary Tiger logo and facemask. The uniform combination will also feature gloves with the anthracite Tiger stripe pattern. Sticking with tradition, Barnes and the entire Football staff decided that Arrowhead would be the perfect place to unveil the new uniform combination.
