Throughout the years since the forming of America we made the right choice to desegregate many institutions however painful it seemed. The military. Government. Academics and even Sports. I'd say we've still fallen way short of equality for equality isn't just about race but opportunity. Opportunity for men and women equally. I dare say that if women are not allowed to play men's sports then men should not be able to coach women's sports because they are taking away opportunities.. 

Opportunity includes race. In this case I am speaking about the HBCU's and their member conferences and schools versus what would be considered the white schools and conferences regardless there are more black players on the major colleges. We've argued to no avail about having a playoff system that is equitable for all schools in the major conferences as there is a cogent playoff system in the "lower divisions." So much for equality.

As there was and have been segregation in sports it seems to me that the HBCU's, like it was once said about MLB and the Negro leagues, if you let them play you might find it is about merit and talent of the individual and not his race. How many HBCU's get to play post season football regardless of division? Although there are some academic conferences who don't play post season football like the Ivy League and up until recently the Patriot League, they also don't have Historic Black Colleges on their schedule. Once again it is a matter of opportunity not only for players as there are a number of them in the HOF, Jerry Rice, Michael Strahan, Walter Payton to name a few but coaches as well since teams continue to hire retreads no matter what their coaching past is. 

Things are a bit different in basketball which is strange considering a number of powerhouse football schools are always looking for schools to fill out their schedules. Most HBCU's would love to fill that spot. However a number of them are division 1schools much like the powerhouse schools but they refuse to schedule them. In basketball most every conference has a representative in the National Tournament. And there is no getting around having to play these schools. 

For years people have made an issue about black men playing baseball since Jackie Robinson. I can speak to that one easily. Most black men do not want, no matter how much money you're paying them, to stand on a baseball field in pants in 100 degree heat waiting for someone to hit the ball to them. Football and basketball allow for quicker rise to the professional ranks than having to languish in the minors and never getting to see the field unless your name is Michael Jordan and you happen to have a good relationship with the owner of the Major League Club. 

Also most baseball leagues are in the suburbs much like soccer which is why even from little league you will see most of the players are white and strangely it is almost a badge of dishonor for a black kid to play a sport like baseball, or soccer or hockey long considered white sports that even people of color will look down on their brethren for playing these sports which is why you see most soccer moms are white. If these sports were of import in the urban areas that would change quickly. We all know corruption in the NCAA is rampant. It takes away from the idea of student athletes as the schools make so much money off of these sports. Why not let all the schools get in on the money. There are a number of HBCU Conferences that don't play post season football either but is that because of conference choice or is it because of segregation now and segregation forever? A number of these schools are in the south and are historic for more than sports like producing figures such as Martin Luther King Jr. If HBCU's were given the opportunity to shine as they've already shown they can be above the best. Instead of making a bunch of black kids from the south side of Chicago see how hard they have to fight to show that baseball isn't just for white kids.