Magic Johnson bemoans status of Michigan State after weekend: 'We have to be better'
Michigan State had something of a bad weekend in Week 8 of the college football season.
In the midst of a 49-0 beatdown at the hands of Michigan — one that approached historic levels of dominance on the part of the Wolverines — the university also was forced to address that the Spartan Stadium scoreboard displayed a picture of Adolf Hitler as part of a trivia quiz.
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Outside of the athletics department, Michigan State board chair Rema Vassar is reportedly under fire for alleged bullying and interference in legal disputes. All of this happened during a season in which former football coach Mel Tucker was fired with cause for allegedly sexually harassing sexual violence educator and survivor Brenda Tracy.
Legendary Spartan basketball player Magic Johnson — who has made donations to Michigan State in the past, including $3 million in the 2010s — could only bemoan the current state of his former university. Per a Monday post to his X (formerly Twitter) account:
I’m disappointed with my alma mater Michigan State University. There is no excuse for this. Where is the accountability? As a former Spartan, we have to be better for the students, faculty, alumni and the community!
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) October 23, 2023
The post is extremely vague, and there is no mention as to what "this" is. The post was finalized at 1:18 p.m. ET on Monday (it was edited several times).
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Magic Johnson decries Michigan State status after weekend
