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The SEC rose from a racist South
Posted on: June 2, 2020 at 12:56:19 CT
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many of the star athletes in revenue sports are students of diverse and often poor backgrounds. The same background of individuals facing fear and injustice at the hands of police, and which are the subject of protests around the world now.
I do think new dialog may arise from those students, and their services on the field of play. Whether a scholarship, room/board, meals, medical care and tutoring are sufficient exchange for their athletic participation - only time will tell. I don't think reserving a right to their likeness will be lucrative for most. I do think it won't be business as usual.
I have no crystal ball but don't think it will be a smooth transition to Fall. For those who think otherwise, don't be so cavalier.
Texas football coach Tom Herman empathizes with black student-athletes and the double standard that he says fans have regarding them.
Discussing race relations in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman on Monday, Herman said he knows that something as simple as being pulled over for making an illegal U-turn can be a very different experience for him, compared to his black student-athletes.
"I will never know, you will never know, none of us will ever know what it's like to have that genuine fear," Herman told the American-Statesman.
"When I make an illegal U-turn and get pulled over, I fear about what the cost of the ticket is going to be. I don't fear that I'm going to get dragged out of my car and maybe killed because of something I said or did. And that's real for them."
Herman does not believe that the average fan can relate, and he believes that there is a double standard.
"We're going to pack 100,000 people into (the stadium) and millions watch on TV that are predominantly white -- not all of them certainly, but most of 'em white," Herman told the American-Statesman. "We're gonna cheer when they score touchdowns, and we're gonna hug our buddy when they get sacks or an interception.
"But we gonna let them date our daughter? Are we going to hire them in a position of power in our company? That's the question I have for America. You can't have it both ways."
Herman told the newspaper he believes that if you're going to cheer for players of color on the field, that feeling shouldn't change once they're off. He said that they deserve the same amount of respect and human rights that everyone in this country should be afforded, according to the interview.
Edited by Ace at 14:56:59 on 06/02/20
I do think new dialog may arise from those students, and their services on the field of play. Whether a scholarship, room/board, meals, medical care and tutoring are sufficient exchange for their athletic participation - only time will tell. I don't think reserving a right to their likeness will be lucrative for most. I do think it won't be business as usual.
I have no crystal ball but don't think it will be a smooth transition to Fall. For those who think otherwise, don't be so cavalier.
Texas football coach Tom Herman empathizes with black student-athletes and the double standard that he says fans have regarding them.
Discussing race relations in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman on Monday, Herman said he knows that something as simple as being pulled over for making an illegal U-turn can be a very different experience for him, compared to his black student-athletes.
"I will never know, you will never know, none of us will ever know what it's like to have that genuine fear," Herman told the American-Statesman.
"When I make an illegal U-turn and get pulled over, I fear about what the cost of the ticket is going to be. I don't fear that I'm going to get dragged out of my car and maybe killed because of something I said or did. And that's real for them."
Herman does not believe that the average fan can relate, and he believes that there is a double standard.
"We're going to pack 100,000 people into (the stadium) and millions watch on TV that are predominantly white -- not all of them certainly, but most of 'em white," Herman told the American-Statesman. "We're gonna cheer when they score touchdowns, and we're gonna hug our buddy when they get sacks or an interception.
"But we gonna let them date our daughter? Are we going to hire them in a position of power in our company? That's the question I have for America. You can't have it both ways."
Herman told the newspaper he believes that if you're going to cheer for players of color on the field, that feeling shouldn't change once they're off. He said that they deserve the same amount of respect and human rights that everyone in this country should be afforded, according to the interview.
Edited by Ace at 14:56:59 on 06/02/20
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