Tell the Full Jack Trice Story You Cowards

[LAClone]

I've watched some games where the announcers get this right. But today's game -- and so many others -- gloss over the parts of the story that are critically important, especially in our current era.

Jack Trice was not just the first black player on Iowa State's football team. He was one of the early black players outside of HCBUs generally, because colleges and their sports teams were heavily segregated in that era.

Jack Trice did not just die after a football game. He was trampled (ultimately to death) by racists during a game in Minnesota of all places.

This white-washing of Jack Trice's story to make it more appealing to a general audience is obnoxious, and if networks aren't going to tell the full story, I almost wish they wouldn't bring it up at all.

/end rant.

 

[Dr.bannedman]

welcome to modern america brother

 

[CyFanInChiLand]

HBCU's, not HCBU's. Its critically Importamt to get that right, especially in our current era.

 

[Lineup]

Brock Huard is a ******* jerk worse game caller what a ******* homer couldn't say enough about Iowa

 

[clonebb]

Brock Huard is a ******* jerk worse game caller what a ******* homer couldn't say enough about Iowa

Bet there was a post game Circle jerk with those two announcers.

 

[casey1973]

Muted pretty much the whole game until we had some pretty good plays then I did a rewind and listened to those idiots.

 

[BoxsterCy]

I've watched some games where the announcers get this right. But today's game -- and so many others -- gloss over the parts of the story that are critically important, especially in our current era.

Jack Trice was not just the first black player on Iowa State's football team. He was one of the early black players outside of HCBUs generally, because colleges and their sports teams were heavily segregated in that era.

Jack Trice did not just die after a football game. He was trampled (ultimately to death) by racists during a game in Minnesota of all places.

This white-washing of Jack Trice's story to make it more appealing to a general audience is obnoxious, and if networks aren't going to tell the full story, I almost wish they wouldn't bring it up at all.

/end rant.

Racists? Maybe or maybe not. The targeting of the other teams best player was pretty common in that day. For context, the University of Minnesota was not segregated at the time of the Trice game and had a black football player years before ISU did, Bobby Marshall in 1904-1906.

Marshall has an interesting story, after graduating with a degree in law he practiced law for a short time than played pro baseball and later pro football. The year of the Trice game in Minnesota, Marshall was playing for the Minnesota Marines football team at the age of 43. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame.

 

[HFCS]

Just look at the ad money they took for some incredibly weird ads and that’ll tell you something.

 

[flycy]

I've watched some games where the announcers get this right. But today's game -- and so many others -- gloss over the parts of the story that are critically important, especially in our current era.

Jack Trice was not just the first black player on Iowa State's football team. He was one of the early black players outside of HCBUs generally, because colleges and their sports teams were heavily segregated in that era.

Jack Trice did not just die after a football game. He was trampled (ultimately to death) by racists during a game in Minnesota of all places.

This white-washing of Jack Trice's story to make it more appealing to a general audience is obnoxious, and if networks aren't going to tell the full story, I almost wish they wouldn't bring it up at all.

/end rant.

How in the world does this make it "more appealing to a general audience"???? Also, they did include he died from injuries in a game in their comments. It was a comment at the beginning of the broadcast not a pregame feature. As you mentioned, it has been covered thoroughly by previous broadcasts. This was just brevity on a topic that has been covered multiple times. Your just too sensitive about it.

 

[LAClone]

Racists? Maybe or maybe not. The targeting of the other teams best player was pretty common in that day. For context, the University of Minnesota was not segregated at the time of the Trice game and had a black football player years before ISU did, Bobby Marshall in 1904-1906.

Marshall has an interesting story, after graduating with a degree in law he practiced law for a short time than played pro baseball and later pro football. The year of the Trice game in Minnesota, Marshall was playing for the Minnesota Marines football team at the age of 43. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Targeting of good players has always happened, but -- trampling? And trampling that causes internal bleeding, and ultimately death? I wasn't aware that was ever common in football.

And good on the U of M for having a black player before ISU did, but that's not really relevant to what happened to Jack Trice.

How in the world does this make it "more appealing to a general audience"???? Also, they did include he died from injuries in a game in their comments. It was a comment at the beginning of the broadcast not a pregame feature. As you mentioned, it has been covered thoroughly by previous broadcasts. This was just brevity on a topic that has been covered multiple times. Your just too sensitive about it.

It's more appealing to a general audience because there are a ton of people who--for some reason--get angry and defensive when you suggest that racism existed or still exists. Just step back and look at some of the responses to this thread.

 

[HFCS]

How in the world does this make it "more appealing to a general audience"???? Also, they did include he died from injuries in a game in their comments. It was a comment at the beginning of the broadcast not a pregame feature. As you mentioned, it has been covered thoroughly by previous broadcasts. This was just brevity on a topic that has been covered multiple times. Your just too sensitive about it.

Perhaps you don't follow current events but there are legit reasons for OP to feel this way at this very specific time more than other times. Some teachers are now banned from discussing Rosa Parks as an example or if they do mention her they can only vaguely mention her as "someone who overcame adversity" without giving any specifics about what the adversity was.

If he seems "over sensitive" there's an incredibly valid reason for it out there in current events.

 

[diaclone]

I've watched some games where the announcers get this right. But today's game -- and so many others -- gloss over the parts of the story that are critically important, especially in our current era.

Jack Trice was not just the first black player on Iowa State's football team. He was one of the early black players outside of HCBUs generally, because colleges and their sports teams were heavily segregated in that era.

Jack Trice did not just die after a football game. He was trampled (ultimately to death) by racists during a game in Minnesota of all places.

This white-washing of Jack Trice's story to make it more appealing to a general audience is obnoxious, and if networks aren't going to tell the full story, I almost wish they wouldn't bring it up at all.

/end rant.

spot on....watching and listening to the the story of Jack Trice told by the Fox network was just enraging for me. Trice was basically murdered by white racists wearing football gear.....

 

[diaclone]

Racists? Maybe or maybe not. The targeting of the other teams best player was pretty common in that day. For context, the University of Minnesota was not segregated at the time of the Trice game and had a black football player years before ISU did, Bobby Marshall in 1904-1906.

Marshall has an interesting story, after graduating with a degree in law he practiced law for a short time than played pro baseball and later pro football. The year of the Trice game in Minnesota, Marshall was playing for the Minnesota Marines football team at the age of 43. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame.

the event was grounded in racism