Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)

11. The reason for that is the big schools have historically been

Reply to mwooldri (Reply #9)

Tue Jun 16, 2020, 12:17 AM

Jun 2020

given plenty of state funds, so when integration in college athletics happened, they just sucked up the best athletes from the HBCU's. Remember that most of the Black NFL greats came from HBCU's, including Walter Payton and Jerry Rice.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

13 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Black college athletes [View all] Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 OP

HBCU practice facilities are no match for those on the big time college oasis Jun 2020 #1

All that would change... UncleTomsEvilBrother Jun 2020 #7

It might work in baketball Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #2

Agree with basketball Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #3

Several big schools and their coaches joined marches in their cities. Funtatlaguy Jun 2020 #4

The black players kwolf68 Jun 2020 #5

You are exactly right Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #6

Very true kwolf68 Jun 2020 #8

The NFL signed Richard Sherman out of Stanford. Blue_true Jun 2020 #10

Depends on the HBCU. And the sport mwooldri Jun 2020 #9

The reason for that is the big schools have historically been Blue_true Jun 2020 #11

Not all white coaches are alike. Staph Jun 2020 #12

You are correct Proud liberal 80 Jun 2020 #13