Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch took the microphone and stepped to the center of the field to address the members of the Highland Hundred, the football program’s booster club.
“I’m going to say something I never thought I’d say in almost 30 years of being in college athletics,” he began.
“Go to hell, Ole Miss?” someone asked.
No, that wasn’t it.
“Please pay our players,” said Veatch. “Please pay our players.”
Welcome to 2022 college football season, everyone!
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