Missouri state representative Rick Brattin, who proposed a bill in the Missouri state legislature that would, in essence, make the actions Missouri football players took to protest university response to several racial incidents illegal, told 610 Sports Radio in Kansas City he talked to student at the University of Missouri about the ongoing racial tension on campus this past year.

Except, when asked if he talked to black students, he said, “No.”

Brattin proposed a bill Monday that would rescind the scholarship of any player who refuses to play or participate in football activities as part of a strike or concerted refusal to play. It would also fine any coach that participated in any such strike or refusal to play.

The proposal is in direct response to the Missouri Tigers football team refusing to participate in any football-related activities until Missouri president Tim Wolfe stepped down. In response to the football team’s threat to miss a weekend game against Brigham Young and other protests that erupted around campus, Wolfe stepped down.

Undoubtedly the air around the University of Missouri campus remains a bit humid when it comes to racial tensions. Brattin’s response is likely very much the thing students were protesting. The belief around many of the protests was that administrators were not listening to their concerns and ignoring incidents that made a large portion of the student body feel unsafe.

Even a proposal like the one Brattin proposed and his inability to speak to those who are directly affected by the problems shows there is still a lot of work to do on Missouri’s campus.