“The only demand we would have received without the help of the football team is an apology from Tim Wolfe, which he wouldn’t have issued had Jonathan Butler not went on the hunger strike,” Ervin said.
On the seventh day of Butler’s hunger strike, there was no rest, and there was no football. The work was just beginning, and the black members of the football team issued a statement: “We will no longer participate in any football-related activities until President Tim Wolfe resigns or is removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students’ experiences.” Thirty-two young men joined in arms and in struggle.