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?