<snip> Thompson linebacker Tony Bell, ranked as the No. 6 recruit in the country by Sporting News, said it's because the SEC is in the South.
"I think it's because people not wanting a black coach in the SEC -- people from the South," said Bell, who is black and is considering LSU, Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee. "If it was up North or out West it would be a whole different thing." Stover agreed: "It's the South, Southeastern Conference, South; that's letting you know right there. Everybody knows about the South, it's still racist. Nobody is stupid." <snip> Okay, so how many other schools (Div IA) have black coaches? ND is the only I can think of and they are not part of a conference! Why the hell is the SEC the problem? Ugh! Devonna ---- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'BamaFanForever'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'RollTideFan'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 8:05 AM Subject: [RollTideFan] Couple of Links to Start Your Day > > http://makeashorterlink.com/?W243520C4 > Several of Alabama's top black high school football players for the class of > 2004 say they believe that the sidelines of the SEC are segregated because > of racism. But those same players will still consider signing with teams in > what they call the nation's best conference. > Half of the eight prospects interviewed overall -- seven black and one > white -- said they are less likely to go to the University of Alabama > because of its repeated coaching changes, while all of the black players > said they would prefer to be led in college by a black head coach. ______________________________________________________ RollTideFan - The University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List "Welcome to RollTideFan! Wear a cup!" To join or leave the list or to make changes to your subscription visit http://listinfo.rolltidefan.net
