Canceled football this week

[LyquidMetal]

Springfield's Wittenberg University cancels football game amid threats engulfing town over Haitian immigration

Springfield, Ohio has been subject to at least 33 bomb threats in recent days, according to Gov. Mike DeWine.

sports.yahoo.com

Ohio's Wittenberg University in Springfield canceled all athletic events this week, including a football home game scheduled Saturday, due to ongoing threats to the campus, according to school police and its athletic department.

The canceled games and practices are part of a wider halt of on-campus activities at the university, including in-person classes through Sunday. The city of Springfield has been the subject of widespread threats after false pet-eating claims about Haitian immigrants from presidential candidate Donald Trump — notably in his debate last week with Vice President Kamala Harris — and his vice presidential running mate Sen. JD Vance.

After receiving new threats on Monday, campus police issued an alert that "Wittenberg will go fully remote for the rest of the week."

 

[david_WVU]

Not going to talk politics here - but it is sad that a lot of people's escape from their problems (sports) is derailed by political BS.

Not that they shouldn't cancel, but that they had to cancel.

 

[OldDevilDawg]

Idiocracy. If you don't know the movie, watch it. We're there 500 years early.

 

[david_WVU]

Idiocracy. If you don't know the movie, watch it. We're there 500 years early.

Love the movie. Never given enough credit, but yeah, we are getting there, if not there already

 

[Hard2Bluff]

Love the movie. Never given enough credit, but yeah, we are getting there, if not there already

A classic.

 

[Toadman005]

Most of those bomb threats are internationally called in. So, don’t blame Americans on either side.