Hubbard, coach talk it out after tempest over T-shirt
Canadian running back Chuba Hubbard and Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy appear to have ironed out their differences for now.
Hubbard suggested Monday he may boycott the program after Gundy was photographed wearing a T-shirt promoting the One America News Network, a far-right news channel that has been praised by President Donald Trump.
After seeing the photo online, Hubbard tweeted: “I will not stand for this. This is completely insensitive to everything going on in society, and it’s unacceptable. I will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE.”
Hubbard, who is Black, has been more active on social media since George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee against
Floyd’s neck for several minutes. Hubbard has been supportive of protests that erupted around the world. Later Monday, Gundy and Hubbard appeared together on a short video. Gundy said he met with the team and will make adjustments.
“In light of today’s tweet, with the T-shirt I was wearing, I met with some players and realized it’s a very sensitive issue with what’s going on in today’s society,” he said. “So we had a great meeting and (I was) made aware of some things some players feel … can make our organization and our culture even better than it is here at Oklahoma State.”
Hubbard apologized for using social media to air his concern instead of going directly to Gundy.
“I’ll start off by first saying I went about it the wrong way by tweeting,” Hubbard said. “I’m not somebody that has to tweet something to make change.”