Saturday, January 7, 2023

Something Stinks In Jackson, Mississippi and it's not just the water.

People need to get off of Coach Primes back. If you ask me something wasn't right in Jackson, Mississippi. There are videos of Coach Prime questioning the support for the football teams in the HBCU. Meaning they go and play at power 5 schools or higher tier programs and the money made from these games weren't going to the football team. Deion Sanders played at Florida State a power five school and had no connection to HBCU's. He was trying to find a way to shine a light on these programs that these kids could be seen as the equal of any division 1 program when it comes to the draft, as well as coaches could be able to be head coaches on the college and NFL level. He mentioned them being counted in the Heisman votes. He called out the NFL teams who did not show up for Jackson State's pro Day in March 2022. An opportunity for HBCU players to be considered for the NFL draft or to be able to make an NFL roster. Their is also video of Coach Prime talking about all that he did to shine a light on HBCU's and some of the folks turning on him for leaving when a better opportunity came along. He said there is only so much he can do when he is only the football coach. Meaning he did what he could by turning around a struggling program and proving he could get recruits to Jackson State. It helps when two of those star players happens to be his own sons who are possibly going to Colorado with him. The point of it all was to not only get people of color to support these schools by donating, sending their children to these schools but those who were lucky to succeed at these schools but are in the Hall of Fame like Jerry Rice and Michael Strahan. Now you have Ed Reed who played at the University of Miami, coaching at Bethune Cookman and Eddie George, Ohio State, coaching at Tennessee State University. That is because of Coach Prime. What saddens me is that before a game during the season you could hear people saying "Fuck you Deion," on video. Is this how we treat one of our own who is trying to do for us what the US isn't? It is said that many of these schools could lose accreditation or close. Who is going to want to show up to a job interview with the name of a school they attended with pride no longer an accredited institution on their resume? It is my opinion that people at these schools or even in the state of Mississippi are crying over sour grapes. Anyone who follows college football knew that Deion Sanders was not going to be at Jackson State for very long. I am surprised he stayed as long as he did but not at the success he had. He won 27 out of 33 games in three season including whatever post season games Jackson State was involved in. He is leaving a great opportunity to take on an 1-11 team in lily white Boulder Colorado. A program he has no connection to or great love for. Many people say it's about money. With a name like Deion Sanders there isn't enough money on the planet to pay him for the task he has to take on. I know that after the signing every program in the Pac-12 got video of all 33 games he coached at Jackson state. As I said before something wasn't right at Jackson State. He could have stayed and coached and seen his children graduate. They still could graduate from Jackson State and have quality careers while there because there is no promise Shedeur Sanders is going to make the team at Colorado or have any sort of impact which is my only problem with Deion's part of this saga. 

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