NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus urge college sports boycott in South over voting rights

[RandySF]

WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP on Tuesday urged pushback against GOP-led redistricting efforts in Southern states via college sports, including a boycott of public universities by athletes and supporters.

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and fellow Congressional Black Caucus members blasted a bill that sets forth a national framework for college athletes’ compensation.

But the CBC’s backlash went beyond just the legislation — which was yanked from the House’s voting schedule this week following unanimous opposition from the major voting bloc.

At a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol, the lawmakers rallied behind the NAACP’s call earlier Tuesday for Black athletes and fans to withhold “athletic and financial support from public universities in states that have moved to limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation” following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Louisiana v. Callais.




https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/naacp-congressional-black-caucus-urge-college-sports-boycott-south-over-voting-rights

[RandySF]

1. I'm not sure how I feel about asking kids to give all that up.

[mahina]

2. I read you. I really do, but this is a different situation than anything we've encountered before

And if they say boycott, I would do it, but it wouldn’t mean much because I don’t watch sports anyway (except for Red Sox games.)

I take your point about grown-ups needing to deal with this and not affecting kids futures. I hope that happens.

[RandySF]

3. These are life-changing opportunities for even young people who are not looking to go pro.

We grownups should handle it.

[oberle]

4. I'm not sure

athletes at the age of 18 are particularly in tune with politics.