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Why would any black athletes ever play for a Florida state school? They can't even teach slavery as history. mjvpi Tuesday #1
Money Jose Garcia Tuesday #3
Ding Ding! Stuckinthebush Yesterday #20
In essence, a boycott of the SEC. J_William_Ryan Tuesday #2
There are a bunch of HBCU schools in there states also Jose Garcia Tuesday #5
If you're good enough to play in the SEC, you aren't turning down that money to go to a MEAC team. ForgoTheConsequence Tuesday #11
SEC football hasn't been very dominant in recent years, they've been losing a lot of postseason bowl games and the sop 18 min ago #27
I would suspect that coaches are... LakeVermilion Tuesday #4
Kick dalton99a Tuesday #6
Good for them! Well done! Scrivener7 Tuesday #7
one suspects money will rule here msongs Tuesday #8
Of course it will. TomSlick Tuesday #12
Finally! otchmoson Tuesday #9
NBA players should boycott Jim Crow states. Miguelito Loveless Tuesday #10
Easy for this little old white lady to advocate but many young athletes depend on these skills to help them get a efhmc Tuesday #13
Why is it only black students they call on Hassler Tuesday #14
Probably because they are the biggest group BumRushDaShow Tuesday #15
So white people get a pass, and the burden falls on the usual target. Hassler Yesterday #18
The majority population rarely makes that type of sacrifice BumRushDaShow Yesterday #19
Top white athletes will honor the boycott if it gets momentum WSHazel 46 min ago #22
Hardly likely to happen at all. Too much money for playing now Callie1979 Tuesday #16
There are plenty of schools that pay players WSHazel 44 min ago #23
Brilliant idea. xuplate Yesterday #17
Lots of good post here, so won't repeat what has been said. Dan 20 hrs ago #21
If 10% of the top athletes honored this WSHazel 42 min ago #24
If the NAACP wants to really kneecap these schools WSHazel 37 min ago #25
That's a lot to put on a kid. RandySF 23 min ago #26
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