Why wont all the black players go to the black schools in college?

[mson]

Since when can Blacks compare to your general white person in money. Their average assets Blacks have 5k compared 113k for whites.

Wealth Gaps Rise to Record Highs Between Whites, Blacks, Hispanics | Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project

Then you guys talk about an all Black Basketball league and get mad when I say it won't make no where near as much money.

It's just fact, we don't have that type of money but what we would get is pride, self-respect, and a community which is far more valuable than a stupid dollar bill.

The question is, how can we fix this?

 

[Whitty Hutton]

You need to let that dream go my nikka

How about you wait a few years until your son is an All-American and tell him to choose Morgan State over UMD, Clemson, UVA, UNC, etc....

 

[FTBS]

1. Because most people would rather take the path of least resistance.
2. For all this tough talk black people don't support our own.

 

[Draje]

But if players do come Ito the hbcu then the money will start coming in




Then guess which race of people will try to "invest"

Dude, players won't be coming. No one player is making a team like Morgan State or Grambling into legit competitors. They don't have the resources, backing, recruiting, and prestige available.

 

[L&HH]

You need to let that dream go my nikka

How about you wait a few years until your son is an All-American and tell him to choose Morgan State over UMD, Clemson, UVA, UNC, etc....

 

[bobbiewishbone]

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Kinda hard to compete with the boosters and facilities like this.

 

[Box Cutta]

We're an unorganized, stupid race.

 

[Savior]

Jerry Rice the greatest football player of all time went to Mississipy Valley State University....as long as you have the talent going to a big name school is overrated as far as exposure. Plenty of D2, Sun belt, MWC etc. players get drafted and go on to be great . But when ur 18 and a big name school comes calling with all the PAWGS, facilities and money on the side who's gonna say no to that?

 

[MoneyTron]

When you're a highly ranked recruit and the bagman shows up at your door and says I'll buy you a Charger and make sure your mom gets a job/gets paid on the side, you tend not to say no.

I'm just saying. These dudes don't have allegiances to any college for the most part. Some have a dream of going to a particular college but I seriously doubt that's the case for most athletes.

Add in some side benefits and well...the model of everyone going to an HBCU falls apart. It's bigger than the sport brehs.

 

[Motife43]

Jerry Rice the greatest football player of all time went to Mississipy Valley State University....as long as you have the talent going to a big name school is overrated as far as exposure. Plenty of D2, Sun belt, MWC etc. players get drafted and go on to be great . But when ur 18 and a big name school comes calling with all the PAWGS, facilities and money on the side who's gonna say no to that?

You gotta understand that was over 30 yrs ago, there were options but a lotta kids still felt like HBCUs provided a good option. Now, in 2014 the options are limitless. From the 1940s-mid 90's a lot of HBCUs were still producing pro players. Now, the number has decreased drastically.

My cousin just signed with MVSU and I told him you will be in the middle of nowhere and the facilities might be shytty, so just play football, stay out of trouble, and get that degree. Personally, if I was a blue chip athlete (1 and done type), I'd go to an HBCU. That HBCU experience is second to none.

 

[mozichrome]

in football, that one 5 star talent going to an hbcu is not gonna make an impact enough to consistently bring in those type kids.people just gonna see that 1 kid bucked the major players and went to smaller school.

 

[MoneyTron]

Personally, if I was a blue chip athlete (1 and done type), I'd go to an HBCU. That HBCU experience is second to none.

No exposure though. And the draftheads will constantly question your ability to play against elite competition, causing you to lose money on the front end.

Just imagine if Cam Newton had gone to a Grambling out of JUCO. He'd still be an elite talent, but people would've talked him down to the 5th round or worse. Hell, they barely wanted to give him credit after he single handedly destroyed the SEC.

 

[phillycavsfan]

@ cats acting like facilities don't matter. Of course they matter. The gap between the haves and have-nots in college sports is wider than ever.

Grambling State football collapsing, players choose to miss game - SBNation.com

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

5 star thread turned c00n thread and I don't need to read one reply.

Just some quick points though...

1) If they ALL did then the "elite" comp would be at HBCU's.

2) If they ALL did then the money would flow to those schools.

Sorry, I can't devote too much energy into threads like this.

 

[Motife43]

No exposure though. And the draftheads will constantly question your ability to play against elite competition, causing you to lose money on the front end.

Just imagine if Cam Newton had gone to a Grambling out of JUCO. He'd still be an elite talent, but people would've talked him down to the 5th round or worse. Hell, they barely wanted to give him credit after he single handedly destroyed the SEC.

I'm not so sure man. Simply being a big fish in a little pond is exposure right there. True, it may open you up for more dissection, but that's a byproduct of the increased exposure.

I was going to bring him up in my other post, but I felt it was an outdated reference. Steve McNair, he went to Alcorn State, dominated in his time there and was a 1st round pick. I'm sure there were the same concerns you bring up, but he came to the NFL and balled. There are always a few guys that slip thru the cracks and end up at smaller schools and see pro success.

Like @mozichrome said football is different than basketball, but say a McDonalds AA went to an HBCU for one year, for ex. my alma mater NC Central. We play a few ranked schools and BCS schools during our OOC schedule. With ESPN3, ESPNU, and internet streaming, there's ways to watch those games. You're not necessarily toiling in anonymity. Pull off a win or two against those schools, dominate the conference, get tho the Dance with a seed higher than 15 and you've got a ton of exposure. Talent is talent, I can't really accept the exposure excuse.