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JustAnotherGen

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28. We can't even get other

Thu May 21, 2026, 02:32 PM

May 21

Black folks to stop going to Disney Land/Florida, Nashville, etc. etc.

We need a full blown concerted boycott that makes the Montgomery Bus Boycott look like a 3 day weekend.

It's beyond just elite athletes - it's all of us. Still haven't stepped foot in a Target since November 2024.

Amerikkka doesn't deserve our wealth, talent, voices, experience and discretionary spending. It's a shit hole country.

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NAACP calls for Black student-athletes to boycott Southern schools amid redistricting backlash [View all] BumRushDaShow May 19 OP

Why would any black athletes ever play for a Florida state school? They can't even teach slavery as history. mjvpi May 19 #1

Money Jose Garcia May 19 #3

Ding Ding! Stuckinthebush May 20 #20

In essence, a boycott of the SEC. J_William_Ryan May 19 #2

There are a bunch of HBCU schools in there states also Jose Garcia May 19 #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 May 19 #11

SEC football hasn't been very dominant in recent years, they've been losing a lot of postseason bowl games and the sop May 21 #27

I would suspect that coaches are... LakeVermilion May 19 #4

Kick dalton99a May 19 #6

Good for them! Well done! Scrivener7 May 19 #7

one suspects money will rule here msongs May 19 #8

Of course it will. TomSlick May 19 #12

Finally! otchmoson May 19 #9

NBA players should boycott Jim Crow states. Miguelito Loveless May 19 #10

Easy for this little old white lady to advocate but many young athletes depend on these skills to help them get a efhmc May 19 #13

Why is it only black students they call on Hassler May 19 #14

Probably because they are the biggest group BumRushDaShow May 19 #15

So white people get a pass, and the burden falls on the usual target. Hassler May 20 #18

The majority population rarely makes that type of sacrifice BumRushDaShow May 20 #19

Top white athletes will honor the boycott if it gets momentum WSHazel May 21 #22

Thank you. yardwork Saturday #35

It is not really a sacrifice WSHazel Saturday #36

There are only so many positions open. yardwork Saturday #37

As I have said within this thread, it won't be just black athletes skipping the schools WSHazel Saturday #38

It absolutely is FBaggins Monday #39

Any top major conference program is going to get a kid in the NFL WSHazel Monday #40

That simply is not the case FBaggins Monday #41

They are overwhelmingly in the South because the SEC cheated for decades before the Alston and House cases WSHazel Tuesday #42

Hardly likely to happen at all. Too much money for playing now Callie1979 May 19 #16

There are plenty of schools that pay players WSHazel May 21 #23

ALA isnt the only high dollar school. The entire SEC is high dollar. Callie1979 May 22 #29

This isn't exactly a huge sacrifice WSHazel Saturday #30

Dont get me wrong, I'd LOVE to see it for more than one reason!! Callie1979 Saturday #32

Brilliant idea. xuplate May 20 #17

Lots of good post here, so won't repeat what has been said. Dan May 20 #21

Contracts in place would bar schools from NOT playing games. Callie1979 Saturday #33

If 10% of the top athletes honored this WSHazel May 21 #24

If the NAACP wants to really kneecap these schools WSHazel May 21 #25

That's a lot to put on a kid. RandySF May 21 #26

We can't even get other JustAnotherGen May 21 #28

and its a finite market; only so many schools. Other boycotts were easy Callie1979 Saturday #34

Earlier generations sacrificed for their right to vote and sadly, now a new generation has to. As unfair as it seems Vinca Saturday #31