NFLPA exec committee member responds to controversial Missouri legislation

In direct reaction to the Missouri football team's boycott last month, Missouri state legislators have proposed a bill that would seek to revoke an athlete's scholarship if he or she "calls, incites, supports or participates in any strike or concerted refusal to play a scheduled game."

The bill, proposed by Republican state representatives Rick Brattin and and Kurt Bahr, is being criticized as a tacit attempt to silence the voices of student-athletes in the public forum.

Among those criticizing the bill is New Orleans Saints tight end, and NFLPA executive committee member, Benjamin Watson.