Where is Al Sharpton on this issue? This is the reason the Football gods do not want a major minor league division. This is why the colleges are forcing us to play at least one year college basketball. They want their money and aim to extract it from us one way or another. I have always felt that these Universities should have to guarantee not one college education to the players families but two. One for the athlete and the other for a family member of the athletes choice to go to college as well. And there should be a financial health endowment set up that of course earns interest at $100,000 dollars per athlete for their post college and or NFL careers that can be used after the athlete turns 50. No one is taking care of these men and women whether black, white or another. Very few make it past the college athletic system but all must go on with their lives.

No one forces snow boarders to do a year in college before they can go pro. Why, because there is no money to be maid in college snowboarding. And there are not a million black athletes that they can hide under the cloud of well they are an uneducated peoples they should be happy to receive and education from such an institution.

Dr. Boyce Watkins has written several articles on this issue of student athletes generating $$$ for their respective schools, while remaining broke themselves. The thing is, he never seems to offer a viable solution to counter it. Do you want the NCAA to offer these guys scholarships, then pay the families mortgage and utility bills for the next four years? You claim that athletes are fed ridiculous dreams of NFL and I agree, but who else is selling them a dream when they’re 7, 8 and 9 years old. Mr. Watkins, I’m confused, its people like you who implore these young men to become participants of the current system, and when they are victimized by it 15 years later, then you want them to join a group like yours and make a change.

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Talk about race baiting. Comparing the NCAA execs to plantation owners is highly innappropriate. If these young men aren’t even able to spell their own school name, it is through no fault but their own. Like Dr. Watkins, many NCAA athletes seem to take for granted the fact that they are going to college for free. If they don’t do well, its their own fault. Watkins agenda in regards to the NCAA is so outlandish its no suprise that the only place we would hear about it is at NewsOne.

it all comes down to the parents and what happens at home before these young men go off to college atleast they are getting a chance to make there lives alot better with free schooling but we all no thats really not important in most of the black schools in this country if a black kid is hard working and gets good grades he is acting white and i hate to say it but until black women stop making babies with men in jail are thugs young black kids will bare the real pain of not having a real man in there life that they can look up to so lets stop playing the race card im so tired of blacks playing like grown ass blackmen are babies if they cant read its there parents fault.

well this isnt new in the usa we have to raise minds to think read a book instead of sports!

The issue I have with this story is that it doesn’t speak enough on the fact that in most cases athletes CAN’T get an education (or a a real one anyway)in college. Remember I said MOST not ALL.

In most cases a coach or AD (athletic director) goes on tv and says academics come first and that school is important, but they are happy when a student maintains a 2.0 gpa (grade of C) What person who truly wants a person so get ahead academically sees a “C” as making the grade??

Either the players get “tutors” who “help” them with classes (do the work for them) or the students who actually care about school try to put more time into school and they are rewarded by coaches with benching and less playing time because they are “not dedicating themselves to the team and their fellow players”.

For those who say “well they are getting educations”, you guys need to really listen to these players during interviews and you tell me if they were really educated. Listen to Marcellus Wiley (former NFL defensive end) who went to an Ivy League school(Columbia) but sounds like he dropped out of his local community college.

Guys don’t get educations in college for the most part, some of it is their own doing, but more of it is that when you walk on campus you are expected to be an athlete first and foremost. Since that is the case and they are being robbed of an education then they should be compensated in other ways.

Watkins always have these rant articles about sports, hes just upset that so many young black men play sports but its run by white men, well why dont the artle talk about why so many young black men feel the need to get into sports instead education.how can we get young black men to have that same type of exuberation for education like they have for joining a sport team.
no one is joining a group to rant about things that should be taking care of in the home.

Many people like watkins are also upset that the sports community dont ask them for ADVICE for anything regarding the black athletes.watkins want things to be run like we are segregated, hes the racist.

I have to correct Billy-Danze1, Marcellus Wiley did not go to college on a athletic scholarship. Ivy league schools only offer academic scholarships. Maybe he talks that way because he is trying to connect with the urban culture, and draw that audience into analysis, and topical sports. As a person who loves sports, most blacks only watch the games they do not break teams and games down in detail, nor do they take that type of interest they are merely fans. So could it be possible he is trying to bring in the typical fan that only watch football casually and introduce them to the film and study side of the sport, but instead of talking down to them he reaches them where they are.

Looking at the current situation it is not just the NCAA that is the problem, it is the these young men, their families and expectations. Back in the days college sports was a way for poor and underprivileged young scholar-athletes to get an education when they couldn’t afford to pay for school. Back then getting in a degree was the most important thing to a family sports was second. Now with the lore of millions and billions of dollars education has become secondary if not third.

Families need to take education more seriously starting from pre-k. If parents start instilling the importance of education at an early age it may change the mind set of these young children. For children at a that age it doesn’t take much. Just show how much you like what they did at school and praise them for doing such a good job at school. It would make them want to do better all the time.

Not all big college coaches do not care about your education. I once read about the recently ousted ex head coach of Texas Tech, that he had one of his players sit at a desk on the 50yard line and finish his studies during practice. If I am not mistaking he had one of the highest graduation rate as well. This is a southern school as well and they were winning. Some of these coaches care only about winning and would cancel some of the current scholarships just so that they can get the players they want so they can win.

There are school that are nothing but football factories and then there are school who care about the student athlete. These young men have to make a decision if they want to be more than just a football player. I know how hard it can be when you come from nothing and see all the riches that surround you. It is no different than growing up around the neighborhood drug dealer flashing money driving the latest cars. Do you chase the money or do you make a decision to better yourself.

So its not the all on the NCAA. Its part of these institutions for putting pressure on these coaches to win at almost any cost to tap into the millions and billions of dollars at the cost of these athletes. Its part on these coaches who lie to these parents on the serious of education. On these parents who push these young men and women to go to these schools thinking that they are going to be a guaranteed pro and these young men and women whom do not realize that they should want better for themselves and take advantage of this education that is available to them.

I do see what he is saying. The thing is whenever one these athletes get some type of money they get in trouble. There was one player than in trouble for going to Deion Sanders house. Which is stupid as he11. I know Larry Hughes left for the NBA so he could take care of his ill mother and his brother had some heart condition. The NCAA is simply a business and really the athletes are really high priced slaves. Well give you a 20,000 scholarship then make about 2 million off you. I have always though that the boosters should be allowed to give them money.

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This is article is ridiculous. Is it the ’60s or 2010? Are you kidding.

Here it is, where we have the first sitting black president (well 1/2 black is close enough!) and we have this gibberish, from the old school thinking.

My brother went to Vanderbilt on a football scholarship. I can guarantee you he wouldn’t have went to college and would have been in the streets or some regular job back in Jacksonville.

Getting out of your neighborhood and getting exposed to people from all around the country in invaluable. So you can hate all day. But the NCAA is getting some blacks to places they would never been and opportunities they wouldn’t have had back home…

I wish i received a full time scholarship. To quote a boss of mine ” stop being a problem blamer and be a problem solver”. Don’t the universities, instead, teach the children early on the importance of education. White kids and others receive scholarships and not all of them make it to the pros, you don’t see them writing articles comparing this to slavery. Complain that kids are not getting the proper education in grade schools, state that some parents need to be more involved in their child’s education. Athletes, take advantage of the education you are able to receive and have it to fall back on if you don’t make it to the pros.

That’s all American colleges with a football team

This article by Dr. Watkins is very interesting and accurate. Yes, blacks do benefit from athletic scholarships but what billy-danze1 says also makes sense. What type of education are we getting with a “C” average?

It is a very tough subject and we need solutions not just talk. Like Dr. Cornell West stated, “we as blacks want GOOD jobs, not just jobs” that includes Coach, Athletic Director, NCAA Chair, ect.

Example: Look what happened at Texas Tech. The coach got fired at the spur of the moment before their bowl game. The interim coach (a black man) lead the team to victory and seemed to have a lot of time in working with the football team. But when it was time to make a permanent coach, they brought in a white man from another university! (of course I don’t have all the information, but I do remember the interim coach speaking after the Texas Tech victory in which he said “well I hope that I have finally proved myself and I hope that the University takes note and does the right thing” THEY DIDN’T and it seems like no one even notices or cares. We need to stand up, as Dr. Watkins says in this article.

the coach that texas tech hired is a proven winner why should they go with a first time head coach with no name brand just because he is black .

Well you made a good point but my argument that he is black is just one side of the coin. I’m referring to his dedication to the organization and his ability to be thrown into a situation (bowl game) and win! Not because he is black. We are actually talking about how the NCAA and college sports use blacks, and that includes coaches and assistant coaches.
If we use your philosophy there would never be any black coaches as NCAA and the NFL started with all white coaches so how can a black man be a “proven winner” without being a coach at all.
The new Texas Tech coach, was he a proven winner when he first got hired as a coach?

OMG, why must we turn every issue into racism? this is a stretch and Dr. Boyce needs to stop this nonsense. often for young black athletes, receiving a full athletic scholarship is their only way of getting to college. if they don’t succeed academically, that’s their fault, not the “rigorous football schedules.” other sports have rigorous schedules as well, yet those athletes are keeping a good GPA. football players can accomplish that as well, and some do. it’s not impossible.

the NFL? professional athletes make way too much IMO, and Dr. Boyce is complaining about them “being used?” please…after they retire, these niggas are set for life.

try again, Dr. Boyce! please tell us…who else is the “pimp”…what else is the “plantation?”

This has to be the worst writer i have ever come across. The articles are ridiculous.

Gethem, you can’t blame the university for a student getting a C average. The student alone is responsible for his own grades. Its a pretty simple concept, actually. The only people looking bad when the GPA argument is brought up are the students themselves.

what the f*ck are you complaining about? those players can go to the nfl and make millions a year.

this is a good time for black people, after reading a couple artiles on the site and people comments blacks are becoming more aware and taking RESPONSIBIILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS AND HOLDING OTHER BLACKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIRS INSTEAD OF BLAMING EVERYONE ON THE PLANET.

we are becoming aware that our so called black leaders had their own agenda at play and not ours. they made so many blacks weak by preaching its never your fault its always the white man and the white man OWES you happiness and success.its no wonder when people get out in the world and find out how hard you must struggle, commit yourself be responsible,prioritize they cant handle the pressure, THEN they fail and start to blame the MAN.

ITS TIME FOR BLACK PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR OWN DESTINY TO COME TOGETHER,THESE BLACK PEOPLE KNOW THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS COUNTRY AND DONT FEAR THAT THE ALL POWERFUL WHITE MAN OPPRESS THEM THATS THE REASON LIFE IS A STRUGGLE.

WE MUST BAND TOGETHER BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS COMING OUT AND THE REAL ENEMY IS THESE SO CALLED SUPER PRO BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAS NO PLAN FOR SUCCESS OR WANT IT FOR THEIR PEOPLE, ALL THEY WANT IS A WAR WITH THE WHITE MAN AND THE COUNTRY.

WE MUST NOT BE RACIST LIKE THEM AND DESTROY OUR OPPORTUNITIES.

what the f*** is this article is about? I don’t know and I danm sure don’t understand it… College football players not suppose to get shyt for anything, you have to buy your own tickets into the NFL and your family have to buy their own tickets………………..Tim Tebow isn’t black, he won the Heisman two yrs ago and his family brought their freating tickets……..Stop that black racism sh*t people and understand the NCAA policies… We will pay the coaches millions of dollars to coach the players play for free its a program…

what the hell is this dude talking about? The reason that the graduation rate for those southern schools are so low is because they are good enough to leave early and go to the league. Those guys are not worried about a college degree when they can make millions. Now if Mark Ingram went to a northern school or a Black College would we even have an article? C’Mon MAANNN!!!!

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This is the dumbest article I have read in a long time! Stop please. ?????

This article is alot better than people are giving it credit for. I think a person reading this article should take time to understand the true nature of it. What this writer is trying to say is that there is a large pool of money in these college football games and that money could be better distributed to the family or at least the communties of the players, even if it is as simply as free tickets. Look, you have to admit that there is big money in this and the players don’t see it. I guess a person can say they get free education but is it any good if the training regiment is overshadowing class and study time. I mean look at the stats first, out of all the “Great Black Hypes” how many graduate, open a business, or do anything to lead you to believe they really gained from playing college football versus the coaches, the NCAA, and the corparations who you know gained millions.

HMMMMMMMM….let me get this straight; the problems for us as African-Americans can be traced back to the NCAA….WTF! how about we focus more education and less on materialistic items…that would be a start…

This article is also not about black weakness or “old school thinking”. Nobody is looking for a hand out and no the problems of the black person is not traced back to the NCAA, but a person should pay whats owed and be compensated in kind for hard work. Don’t be afraid to admit when your getting played and those players are getting played.

Suggestion to black millionaire players. You made it….congratulations. You undoubtedly probably deserve it. You used the white NCAA system to get you to the next level. Individually, it seems impossible for you to reach back and affect any significant change. If after you get your millions you collectively each sponsor the college education of one top black McDonalds all-american with encouragement to attend a selected HBCU…..we would dominate all sports, academic and arts endeavors out there.

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Great story, Dr. Watkins. I have a unique perspective on this — I’m a black ‘Bama graduate AND I was/am a sportswriter who covered the football team there for a couple of years. You are spot-on about the exploitation of black athletes at these colleges. A lot of the sportswriters (read: white) who covered them, the college administrators and almost all boosters and white fans have and hold old, antiquated notions about black people but put up with these blacks and revere them because these athletes are “special” and aren’t like those other black people they dislike so much.
I remember being stunned when the Alabama athletes so cavalierly played in the 1991 Blockbuster Bowl in Arizona when other, more conscientous schools shyed away from the state because of the controversy over the lack of the MLK holiday there back then. And I remember covering Auburn University in the late ’90s and seeing the racist attitudes of fans there and the unwillingness of any athletes to rock the boat when racial issues came up.
Good job again. Not many people want to discuss such issues but you for the most part are pretty even-handed in your handling of these hot-button issues (although you do appear a bit too conservative sometimes for my tastes on your appearances on CNN).
And ignore most of these posters in here. A lot of them couldn’t even think their way out of a two-sided paper bag! With their room-temperature I.Q., they can barely operate a computer to post a comment. Illogical nonsense, most of it. As Chris Rock says, there is a war going on between decent black folks and the N-word folks. There are the n-word folks! Utterly embarrassing! They don’t grasp the gist of your argument or understand the nuances yet they post anyway! Amazing!
Keep us informed, brother! We need the talented Tenth more than ever. The rest are dragging us down!

Let’s get this right you have your P.H.D more than likely from a White University and you probably work at a white corporation. Am I right? If I’m wrong then think about how many of your Black peers do. Better yet think what are you asking these Blackmen to do quit playing football and getting free scholarships that pay for everything including room and board? You got to understand Whites don’t need Blackmen to play for their teams to put on this big show of Bowls and Championships. Matter of fact historically Blacks were excluded from attending these White Universities. And it’s only after a few Universities got Black players the others had to follow suit to stay competitive because Black athletes dominated in a way White athletes couldn’t compete on the field. Blacks whom refuse to play along will just be replaced by other Blacks and so on until Whites just replace Blacks all together. Your strategy means nothing if Black Universities don’t get into creating a Black Bowl or Black league of Championships. Surely Black talent would be much more attractive to watch. But the problem is no matter how we do our own thing it will not ever be as big as the White Universities. Here in lies the problem Blacks people are gold spoon and gold bowl feed and won’t settle for wood spoons and wood bowls. We can’t ever do our own thing because we can’t stop envying the success of Whites and all the glamour and gold. Which is probably why you more than likely got your P.H.D from a White University and still work at a white corporate job. Am I right Doc? Lol.

I don’t think that Dr. Watkins is saying that these athletes should stop playing sports all together. I certainly didn’t get that from what I was reading. I think he is saying that black athletes should focus more on there education. What will these athletes have after football if it doesn’t work out for them?!?! I think that since these atheles are being used for there talents, then they in turn should take full advantge of these Universities and get an education. No one should get a free pass because of talent! These athletes will not play football forever, and that is a fact. But them working hard and being educated will be everlasting!

NCAA has division one teams. I believe there are HBCU’s that are D1. They may be in small conferences, but DI nonetheless. The money comes from winning at the big level. No one is trying to be big like the white universities. The known population numbers will not support that. No one would be missing out on a college education. Our many HBCU’s bring strong education excellence to our people. The recent ESPN story about U of M could be duplicated at a HBCU. Complaining about not receiving a equal share of the profits when you don’t even have the credentials to participate is a foolish position.

no matter what i say against this article it is a good article. but i have to disagree on some of these. first off what do you expect the ncaa to do pay the players? thats what the pros are for. it is true that players dont get the full college experience with the sports but we all know alot of the athletes dont go there to learn they go there to play ball and hopefully get to the pros. thats there choice. some athletes excell acaedemically and on the field thats there choice.

I agree with this article. I think he is saying that Black people focus too much on athletics and not enough on education. where I’m from, Louisiana,football is HUGE! There are so many young boys who grow up with one goal: the NFL. I remember when i used to teach 7th grade, the football coach came to me asking why his boys were failng science and i needed to change their grades.I kicked him out so quick! I also had a student tell me football was 1st, and he only goes to school so he can play. There are sooo many of our children like that. Very few make it to the pros. Very few make it to college. They get played. Coaches use them to win, pump up their heads, then throw them away when no longer needed. It’s time we as Blacks face the facts and try to uplift and educate our young men.

yella and tyeshia, you are incorrectly assuming that Watkins places some of the responsibility on the black athletes themselves.

Great article. It doesn’t make any sense that gifted college students can get paid to go to school, yet gifted athletes aren’t compensated, despite generating far more revenue for the schools than these other students. But, it’s one thing to talk about it, it’s another thing to put legs behind the words and organize. This isn’t a new conversation, and I see even less fight in black folk now than we had when this issue first came up a couple decades ago. So when it comes down to it, this is just more empty rhetoric and not worth dwelling on as long as we aren’t planning on doing anything about it.

It’s the player fault to me if the don’t get the most out of the education that the schools offer. Look at T-Bowe how did he excel in education? He studied vice partying. Those players who don’t get the most out of the education system to me it’s their fault. Look at Emmit Smith, Deon Sanders, Michale Jordan, Dennis Rodman, Scottie Pipin, Magic Johnson, Bo Jackson all who knew the true reason why they were at school in the first place. Yes the schools administration should make it priority that a player has the grades to play but the student and his couselor and the Deans at these schools should be held accountable by the student to make sure that the student is getting the most out of their education. I while in school ran cross country, played basketball and was on the swim team. I could participate in those things with out the grades to allow me to do so. It’s a shame the NCAA and the schools are allowing this to happen but sports is big business for them. And we all know business comes first.

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This is not a new topic. This really should be about education. In order to get the financial funds required to expand educational excellence among our people ……..rally our resources for us. Western Kentucky won the basketball national championship with a black starting team. The money was not in the national title run back then like it is now. Someone mentioned Lousiana. Get a black national sponsorship of Southern University football. FAMU’s basketball. How about a women’s basketball HBCU team taking it all and getting the payday. You give them a couple of years to get the players. The program becomes successful.
There is a difference between getting 17 million from a bowl game and $750,000 from the WTF bowl. What educational support could be created for HBCU’s with financial support after several years of excelling in athletics. We possess talents in all areas. Use the ones that can create dollars to expand sense. Everybody is not going to excel in school, but they all understand the need.

SMMFH@ this azzhole Watkins! The ONLY way that these players are doing all the hard work, missing out on education, getting no money for it, losing sleep, possibly dying on the field is because THEY CHOSE TO!!!!! I know boyce watkins is in pain right now because hes so chocked FULL OF SHYT it hurts! These guys full well KNEW, well aware of the trials and tribulations of the sport when they joined. And lets not even get into this black thing because one of my favorite players is a rookie named Clay Matthews who happens to be white…He had to go through the SAME THING Reggie Bush went through, Vince Young, McNair, Ray Lewis etc…It’s called ‘paying your dues’..everyone has to do it in order to get anywhere they really want to be…We can sit here and debate over the poor miss treated players that won the Heisman..OR we can look at the MANY that won who are NOW BALLIN in the NFL like one Mr. Charles Woodson, defensive MVP. Watkins needs to shut what they call the fukk up with this race whining and fire starting…

Im not understanding the concept. Their payment is a FREE scholarship to gain something that will benefit them for the rest of their life IF they put forth an effort in obtaining it. Its called a DEGREE! But lets be real. Most black athletes cant wait 4 little funky ass years. Thats just too long when you have the promise of MILLIONS staring at you. They have to jump ship after freshman or sophomore year only to get injured or not be the impact player they were hyped to be, get cut, and are stuck feeling like they were “used.”

Yes they make MILLIONS off of these kids. Dude mentioned the coach’s salary. Key word “SALARY!” It means he was “hired” to do a job which means he should get paid for it. Like ALL jobs, if you’re successful, you get bonuses.

The whole “pay the college players” thing wouldn’t work. Lets say they DID pay the players a salary, but required them to pay their own expenses…tuition, books, living arangements, food, etc. You’d see a LOT of broke ass cats on the field with iced out jewelry, Bentley’s and s**t and no money for classes. Our priorities are too messed up to pay the players and expect them to be successful. Promise of the NFL gives them hope. If you pay them in college, they’re already getting money. There’s nothing worth working for at that point.

And I don’t understand what the problem is with the concept of “they get a small scholarship while the school makes millions.” I think that occurs at EVERY job we all work. If you think your little 40-50k salary is comparable to the CEOs’ of your company, then you too, are just as foolish as these athletes.

ambitious_balla, everytime I read a comment you post its like ‘I WROTE IT’ ;-)

the article has a lot points because this an issue that needed to be tackle, and has different levels of looking at it. it is not a black and white ting like free education vs. sports. its far deeper than the surface, its just I am too tired to type and break it down so maybe next time.

This is 100% true.

I agree@ Jazz, the article MIGHT have good points..BUT do we really want to give a bunch of 18, 19 year olds in college a HUGE salary to go fukk off? We can see the grown men of the leagues dont act accordingly…So I dont think a CHILD needs that much money to go through stupidly. And another thing, this should NOT be a race thing because every nationality goes through the same thing…

@CaliFemme23 Spoken like a true House Negro don’t ever compare a Blackman’s struggle with a white man who’s father was in the NFL(Clay Matthews). Everything is about race in this country stupid EVERYTHING!! NCAA is a plantation and the SEC is the mad white overseer you to tell me no Blackman is good enough to coach at Tenn. U Man save that it ain’t about race BS for the We are the World Convention. Also to the other idiots(two many to mention) talking about it’s not a black and white thing a four year education is their payment and all that other BS what universe you live in the MAN aka Mr. Charlie aka BoBo always let’s a few excell but anybody with a brain knows that system is to make money on the back of the Blackman like mostly everthing in this country. I would go back to Africa but the U.S and Europe has messed up the Motherland too!!

Sadly, I have to give lyrical credit to a white boy. But, stop collaborate and listen. There is a need to use the system that white america has establish to forward our many causes. If there is money to be earned in the system(NCAA athletics) why not attempt to use our natural god-given resource to make that money and re-invest it in us(HBCU’s/community projects…etc). The article was about Alabama(any major university), Nick Saban(any college coach aka: Calipari)making millions and our kids getting very little out of the plantation system which is the NCAA. Establish national champions at primarily black institutions. Take the funds and resources and keep turning it into us.

The majority of white people are BARBARIC RACIST THUGS, they can’t help it THEIR TERRORIST by nature; it’s in their DNA so don’t be surprised by it be surprised when their not. You see their only claim to fame is MURDER, LYING, CHEATING and STEALING this is a FACT not my opinion, not to mention WHITE PRIVILEGE (AmeriKKKan style), LOL. You whites CLAIM you discovered (Electricity)-LMFAO, invented the (Computer)-CHINESE and (Internet)-WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE, the (English Language)-BRITISH and oh yes the big one; discovered (AmeriKKKa)-INDIANS, REALLY LMFAO. You CAN’T compete with us on a consistent level and everybody knows this, that’s why you TRY SO HARD to keep us out because when the playing field is even you DISAPPEAR (come on YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT, just look around) again (WHEN THE PLAYING FIELD IS EVEN THE BLACKS WIN) and sometimes IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE EVEN for us to win. YES AFRICAN AMERICANS have to do a better job of STICKING TOGETHER and keeping our hopes up despite all of the ROAD BLOCKS, WE DON’T DIE EASY FOR NO REASON but the REALITY of our situation in a lot of cases is POVERTY stricken neighborhoods AND POOR SCHOOLS AND BAD TEACHERS (*NO PRE COLLEGE TRAINING) which has been a STRATEGY put together by you guessed it (THE US OF KKK) *LAWS AND POLICIES, we were NEVER as BARBARIC as the INCARCERATED EUROPEANS that were sent to America to MURDER the NATIVES AND THE REST OF THE INNOCENT PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD, again (THIS IS A FACT NOT MY OPINION).
P.S. Too bad for WHITE MEN with their LITTLE DICKS and WET DOG ODER, their women are crossing over in RECORD NUMBERS and sooner or later they’ll be EXTINCT. REMEMBER MIXED PEOPLE CALL THEMSELVES BLACK BECAUSE WHITES AREN’T RESPECTED BY ANYONE ACCEPT WHITE PEOPLE …GOOD RIDDANCE

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The sad thing that I am seeing when I read these blogs is that a lot of people especially those of the colored persuasion just don’t understand the concept of exploitation and how it effect society even though we seem to have control of our own decision making. Some of what Dr. Boyce is referring to is just too broad for the average mind to grasp (educated or not). This type of knowledge does not come from the class room it comes from self educating and having a true desire to understand the forces that control this system that were apart of. Sure, there are lots of success stories out the in the sports world of people who did the right thing got the right breaks and made it big. However, the number of stories that are just the opposite or stories of failure out numbers by thousands, and unfortunately most of you will never here about them. The even sadder part to all of this, is that of a people that is slowly slipping into a period of darkness and don’t even recognize where they are heading (black man/women). I challenge each of you to dig a little deeper and attempt to drill down to the root cause of the issues, and not just skim the surface, and then you will begin to see how there are forces out there that study us (think tanks) and even have the ability to shape the way that we think (Where is your mind black man?). If we continue to be educated but still ignorant of the truth we are no better off than an uneducated slave. If we do know the truth but fail to act upon it, then we ourselves are the modern day slave owners (self enslaved). This is the ultimate goal of the of those that embrace the concept of slavery. That is to create a slave that is not aware in his own mind that he is a slave. Please wake up people.

Instead of writing an article on the coaches he needs to write one on the greedy parents. Blame everyone except for who the blame is suppouse to go on and that’s the student themselves. Most of these guys don’t do well in school because all they can see is getting in the NFL and there is no second option. Everyone gets used it’s just the way the world works, some just get paid better than others. I can see if it’s a double standard between athletes but it’s not. White athletes are held to the same standard so I don’t see why people keep making these articles. You don’t want to start paying these guys because there will be no end in sight. They get a oppurtunity to get a good education with a possibility of going to the NFL. Articles like this do more harm then good. It’s a shame people always have to blame the white man for things when not to long ago blacks were not allowed in the building. Now they are in the building stop complaining.

So what is new ? I am glad I did not watch the game.
Why would I want to watch some damn game,when black america is being crushed
right now.
We don’t control nothing on a major scale.
All this singing,dancing,eating,telling jokes,acting in movies and tv
does not create nothing that can be used to really keep a person alive.
Black america need’s to wake up fast.
A new paradigm is coming into affect and we might get left behind or
put in some reeducation camp somewhere.

As a former student athlete, I would have to disagree with this article. Its seems that people are always looking for somebody else to blame. The student athletes that are not succeeding are the ones to blame. If you don’t have the opportunity to make it to the NFL the majority of the student athletes are on a full scholarship so at the least get your degree and look back and say you f**ked the system in stead of vice versa because you used them to get a degree to better your future that you didn’t pay for.

[...] OPINION: Alabama Wins, But Black Athletes Keep Losing [...]

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