Slavery is Alive and Well

It is the new black slavery that no one cares about. Wealthy colleges are paying poor black southern colleges to compete and essentially lose games because the wealthy colleges have the money to recruit some of the best specimens in football to their teams. As a result we see college football scores that are completely one sided, players being thrashed and permanently injured, college grades gone because the poor colleges are sending their smaller players to compete all over the country for money for the colleges profits. All colleges care about now are profits and not about the welfare of their students.

The slavery colleges are called HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities. What they have to do now is play for slay games. They are paid to lose. The smaller poorer black colleges usually lose to the big wealthy powerhouse colleges. The black colleges are paying the price in poor grades and lots of serious injuries from the too many games they are required to play on their football teams. The wealthy colleges have $100 million dollar programs with the best of anything you can buy. They are called money games. The great colleges won’t release data on their winning schedule against poor weaker black colleges.

Money games should be banned but they are not. The divide in size, speed and talent is only causing injuries to the poor black players.  The players are essentially being prostitutes for poor universities to get that extra $500,000 dollars a game. Colleges like Southern University and A & M College are pimping out their student players for money. They would let a 150 pound wide receiver play against a 300 pound guy at wealthy Georgia College. They pray that they even survive a game. The black schools want to play in these lopsided games for the excitement and the hope that a big time scout will notice them. Kids are coming home paralyzed. Yet administrators are continuing to support the money games.

The poor universities say the money is needed t assure the students a good education but for the football players the games are costing them a good education. The basketball teams might not be suffering from more injuries but the students suffer in being away from classes for too long because they are constantly on the road going to money games. Last fall the basketball team from Mississippi State went away for 14 straight road games. It was a six week span of games away from their classes. The students aren’t learning anything and their grades are suffering. The road trips are long and wide making stops in groups of northern states by lengthy bus rides. They will go from Mississippi to as far as Washington State multiple separate times.

The trips back to school are occasional and not for long. The students are staying all that time away from class to collect checks for the school. The guys don’t even have the satisfaction of a win. The team lost all 14 games. We have to stop turning our kids into essentially traveling salesmen for poor schools. The administration says the guys are Ambassadors for the School. It sounds like the guys are more likely being duped. It is the bigger schools that pay the most and who will beat them the worst. Coaches are being told that they have to raise money so they endorse the pay for play games.

The black colleges are notorious for poor graduation of their athletic students. Most guys drop out of college eventually. 75% of the team players are on academic probation. The guys that do graduate are urged to take recreational classes like tennis, dance, badminton, golf and archery that gives them college credits. There really aren’t any high level jobs that require these classes. The wealthy colleges will pay the poorer colleges to lose to pad their records. They are buying a victory without much competition. The NCAA is supposed to be regulating college sports and protecting the students but they are not addressing the issue. They are ignoring it. There is blame to go all around and all the college kids are suffering. The adults are not making good decisions for the students and they don’t care. Money talks.