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Stuckinthebush

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20. Ding Ding!

Reply to Jose Garcia (Reply #3)

Wed May 20, 2026, 07:46 AM

Yesterday

That NIL money is very very tempting. Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana have gobs of it. Tennessee too.

Where football is concerned, most of those big schools with deep NIL pockets are in red states. Ohio, Oklahoma now.

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NAACP calls for Black student-athletes to boycott Southern schools amid redistricting backlash [View all] BumRushDaShow Tuesday OP

Why would any black athletes ever play for a Florida state school? They can't even teach slavery as history. mjvpi Tuesday #1

Money Jose Garcia Tuesday #3

Ding Ding! Stuckinthebush Yesterday #20

In essence, a boycott of the SEC. J_William_Ryan Tuesday #2

There are a bunch of HBCU schools in there states also Jose Garcia Tuesday #5

If you're good enough to play in the SEC, you aren't turning down that money to go to a MEAC team. ForgoTheConsequence Tuesday #11

SEC football hasn't been very dominant in recent years, they've been losing a lot of postseason bowl games and the sop 1 hr ago #27

I would suspect that coaches are... LakeVermilion Tuesday #4

Kick dalton99a Tuesday #6

Good for them! Well done! Scrivener7 Tuesday #7

one suspects money will rule here msongs Tuesday #8

Of course it will. TomSlick Tuesday #12

Finally! otchmoson Tuesday #9

NBA players should boycott Jim Crow states. Miguelito Loveless Tuesday #10

Easy for this little old white lady to advocate but many young athletes depend on these skills to help them get a efhmc Tuesday #13

Why is it only black students they call on Hassler Tuesday #14

Probably because they are the biggest group BumRushDaShow Tuesday #15

So white people get a pass, and the burden falls on the usual target. Hassler Yesterday #18

The majority population rarely makes that type of sacrifice BumRushDaShow Yesterday #19

Top white athletes will honor the boycott if it gets momentum WSHazel 1 hr ago #22

Hardly likely to happen at all. Too much money for playing now Callie1979 Tuesday #16

There are plenty of schools that pay players WSHazel 1 hr ago #23

Brilliant idea. xuplate Yesterday #17

Lots of good post here, so won't repeat what has been said. Dan 21 hrs ago #21

If 10% of the top athletes honored this WSHazel 1 hr ago #24

If the NAACP wants to really kneecap these schools WSHazel 1 hr ago #25

That's a lot to put on a kid. RandySF 1 hr ago #26

We can't even get other JustAnotherGen 12 min ago #28