Florida A&M football players pen letter to university after 26 players ruled ineligible against North Carolina

After taking part in North Carolina with out 26 gamers within the lineup, the Florida A&M soccer group has written a scathing letter to school president Dr. Larry Robinson. The letter, signed by 88 players and obtained by Alison Posey of WTXL ABC 27, lays out an inventory of points that the group desires resolved.

The letter addresses Dr. Robinson immediately and lays out a number of fundamental issues the group has with the college. They vary from well timed monetary support funds, tutorial help and compliance, summer time college housing and meals, illustration on the athletic director search committee, and ticket allotments for gamers’ households.

Due to what the group says was poor tutorial recommendation and compliance, FAMU had 26 gamers dominated ineligible for its recreation towards North Carolina. The Rattlers put up a superb combat earlier than the Tar Heels pulled away late to win, 56-24. The group stated seeing the ineligible gamers maligned within the assembly was “damaging” to the locker room.

“It was very damaging to the morale of our soccer group to learn on varied media shops, ’26 FAMU Soccer Gamers Dominated Ineligible,’” the gamers wrote. “This narrative implies that we aren’t performing within the classroom. In truth, that could not be farther from the reality. The difficulty at hand shouldn’t be tutorial efficiency, however procedural points throughout the registrar’s workplace, compliance division and tutorial advisement.”

Regardless of being down so many gamers, the group selected to play towards North Carolina. Nonetheless, the Rattlers stated they did so for everybody else who helps them, not the college. The gamers additionally kneeled for the alma mater after the sport, they usually intend to take action till the issues outlined within the letter are addressed.

“On Friday, after a lot dialogue inside our group, we determined to play at UNC,” the gamers wrote. “We decided that we might not play for this establishment, however for our households, teammates, classmates, our rabid fanbase, and our coaches who had ready us and cherished us. We performed our guts out, and within the course of, two of our teammates suffered season-ending accidents. After the sport, we determined to protest the Marching 100’s taking part in of the Florida Track and FAMU alma mater by kneeling throughout each songs. We’ll proceed to take action till important modifications that facilitate a optimistic student-athlete expertise are made. We won’t sing a tune that begins ‘School of Love and Charity…’ once we really feel neither from this college.”

Florida A&M will now flip its consideration to its recreation towards Jackson State, which kicks off at 3:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 4.