And that guy has the smartest mind in football! He complained that they need to start drafting more HBCU guys last week. But why? No one can seriously claim that there is racial anti-black bias in the draft. (I take that back -of course they can, and undoubtedly will, but it would be untrue. Blacks are wildly over represented as a share of draftees in comparison to the black percentage of the general population. Managers want to win, and they take who will get them a winning team.
The truth is this - HBCU talent is much worse than it was in the bad old days. Back in the 60s, lots of black players
came to the NFL out of Grambling and other HBCU schools. They had many fewer opportunities at
predominantly white schools, so went to the HBCU, and NFL teams looked there for skilled players. Now, blacks
play and coach everywhere. Most don’t want life at an HBCU. So the talent is not there.
So racism is not what is happening in this case.
But, if folks couldn’t bitch about non-issues, what would
they do for an identity, or for entertainment?
Replies to: "The whining about this started with Deion Sanders"
- NFL draft still don't have that diversity & equity thing right. - ELP - 10:41pm 5/1/23
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- I don't really follow Prime's beef. He was a coach at a HBCU school, and left. He took the - irish93 - 11:20am 5/2/23
- Attention whore nothing more nothing less, its not the 60's - Rocketman84 - 12:57am 5/3/23
- Nah, it's more of Deion's own words... [LINK] - ndunabomber - 12:14pm 5/2/23
- HBCU players played a big part in the building of the Steelers super teams of the '70s. Art Rooney - irishslovak - 9:12am 5/2/23
- desegregation ended the sports influence of HBSC [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 2:15pm 5/2/23
- What is HBSC? [NT]
- murph78 - 5:18pm 5/2/23
- One time football powerhouses Alcorn St, Grambling,Tuskegee, Prarie View. They sent tons of - irishslovak - 8:25pm 5/2/23
- Yep... The SEC finally woke up to all of that talent in their backyard! [NT] - irishslovak - 4:05pm 5/2/23
- What is HBSC? [NT]
- murph78 - 5:18pm 5/2/23
- desegregation ended the sports influence of HBSC [NT]
- WestCoastIrishFan - 2:15pm 5/2/23
- The whining about this started with Deion Sanders - murph78 - 7:47am 5/2/23
- Today's rant will be about how - Clem - 7:20am 5/2/23
- If there's an amazing prosect among the HBCU rosters, he'll get a chance - ndunabomber - 10:51pm 5/1/23
- To your point, if a dude can play, the GM’s/scouts will find them and they won’t care where they - jray - 11:07pm 5/1/23
- What’s the breakdown of players drafted by race? [NT]
- holybull101 - 11:27pm 5/1/23
- Not sure of the draftees, but the players are mostly Black [LINK]
- ndunabomber - 9:51am 5/2/23
- You're right! The NFL needs more Asians! Equity: 10 Asians per team, no less. [NT] - Irishize - 2:09pm 5/2/23
- Not sure of the draftees, but the players are mostly Black [LINK]
- ndunabomber - 9:51am 5/2/23
- What’s the breakdown of players drafted by race? [NT]
- holybull101 - 11:27pm 5/1/23
- To your point, if a dude can play, the GM’s/scouts will find them and they won’t care where they - jray - 11:07pm 5/1/23
- This wokeness is too much. They can get on as UDFA's. If they make it and stick then the Draft was - oldirish - 10:47pm 5/1/23
- Agreed - ndunabomber - 9:55am 5/2/23
- Yep. No one's playing the color card either on the FCS level. [NT] - oldirish - 3:06pm 5/3/23
- Agreed - ndunabomber - 9:55am 5/2/23
- I don't really follow Prime's beef. He was a coach at a HBCU school, and left. He took the - irish93 - 11:20am 5/2/23