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Wife Of Florida Gators Head Football Coach Causes Uproar Over Pregame ‘Kiss’ Ritual With Players
Megan Mullen seen hugging and kissing players before games sparks debate on appropriate contact.
Published 6 hours ago
Written by Jarod Hector
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At immediate glance, the optics look bad.
This is a White adult woman, grabbing the chests and being face to face with mostly teenage and young adult Black and Brown men.
Of course the internet is what it is, and this is 2019.
Comments ranged from harmless jokes to calls of racial double standards to inappropriate and disgusting sexual attacks on Mullen and the players.
It also stirred a debate over appropriate physical contact.
For her part, Megan Mullen thinks of all the Gators' players as her surrogate children.
When her husband came back to the program as head coach in 2018 (he was quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator at Florida from 2005-08), he vowed to change the “culture” of the program.
The Gators had been successful under Urban Meyer, winning two national titles and two conference championships. But the team was mired in scandal with player conduct issues.
Part of the “culture” reset was his wife, Megan, making sure the players knew that they have a surrogate mother in her. The way she chooses to show that is with a physical affirmation of love.
She shared why it’s important that the players know they have a mother figure in her, if they need it, with Jacquie Franciulli of Yahoo Sports.
It’s OK if it makes you feel uneasy when you see Megan with the players.
But perhaps and all we can do is take her at her word, this is done with the purest, most altruistic reasons.
(Photo: Ed Zurga/Getty Images)
Could you imagine a Black male coach kissing his white female volleyball/basketball/soccer players before every game
