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39. It absolutely is

Mon May 25, 2026, 06:27 PM

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I thought that I had already commented on this but I can't find it.

Take a look at the top three rounds of the NFL draft. USC had one player mid-way through the first round and Michigan had two in the second round and they each had one in the third.

The overwhelming majority of those top-100 slots to the NFL are southern schools... and most of the ones that aren't (Notre Dame, Iowa, Northwestern, Ohio State, Indiana, etc) are in similarly gerrymandered bright-red states.

For those players hoping to make a career of this... It's definitely a sacrifice to make their commitment decision based on the politics of the state the school is in. Particularly since few (if any) of the schools had anything at all to do with redistricting.

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NAACP calls for Black student-athletes to boycott Southern schools amid redistricting backlash [View all] BumRushDaShow May 19 OP

Why would any black athletes ever play for a Florida state school? They can't even teach slavery as history. mjvpi May 19 #1

Money Jose Garcia May 19 #3

Ding Ding! Stuckinthebush May 20 #20

In essence, a boycott of the SEC. J_William_Ryan May 19 #2

There are a bunch of HBCU schools in there states also Jose Garcia May 19 #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 May 19 #11

SEC football hasn't been very dominant in recent years, they've been losing a lot of postseason bowl games and the sop Thursday #27

I would suspect that coaches are... LakeVermilion May 19 #4

Kick dalton99a May 19 #6

Good for them! Well done! Scrivener7 May 19 #7

one suspects money will rule here msongs May 19 #8

Of course it will. TomSlick May 19 #12

Finally! otchmoson May 19 #9

NBA players should boycott Jim Crow states. Miguelito Loveless May 19 #10

Easy for this little old white lady to advocate but many young athletes depend on these skills to help them get a efhmc May 19 #13

Why is it only black students they call on Hassler May 19 #14

Probably because they are the biggest group BumRushDaShow May 19 #15

So white people get a pass, and the burden falls on the usual target. Hassler May 20 #18

The majority population rarely makes that type of sacrifice BumRushDaShow May 20 #19

Top white athletes will honor the boycott if it gets momentum WSHazel Thursday #22

Thank you. yardwork Saturday #35

It is not really a sacrifice WSHazel Saturday #36

There are only so many positions open. yardwork Saturday #37

As I have said within this thread, it won't be just black athletes skipping the schools WSHazel Saturday #38

It absolutely is FBaggins Monday #39

Any top major conference program is going to get a kid in the NFL WSHazel Monday #40

That simply is not the case FBaggins Monday #41

They are overwhelmingly in the South because the SEC cheated for decades before the Alston and House cases WSHazel Tuesday #42

Hardly likely to happen at all. Too much money for playing now Callie1979 May 19 #16

There are plenty of schools that pay players WSHazel Thursday #23

ALA isnt the only high dollar school. The entire SEC is high dollar. Callie1979 Friday #29

This isn't exactly a huge sacrifice WSHazel Saturday #30

Dont get me wrong, I'd LOVE to see it for more than one reason!! Callie1979 Saturday #32

Brilliant idea. xuplate May 20 #17

Lots of good post here, so won't repeat what has been said. Dan May 20 #21

Contracts in place would bar schools from NOT playing games. Callie1979 Saturday #33

If 10% of the top athletes honored this WSHazel Thursday #24

If the NAACP wants to really kneecap these schools WSHazel Thursday #25

That's a lot to put on a kid. RandySF Thursday #26

We can't even get other JustAnotherGen Thursday #28

and its a finite market; only so many schools. Other boycotts were easy Callie1979 Saturday #34

Earlier generations sacrificed for their right to vote and sadly, now a new generation has to. As unfair as it seems Vinca Saturday #31