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On NCAA Sanctions, Here’s What the Alabama A&M Community Should Learn from Trump Supporters

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Alabama A&M University recently received a slate of sanctions from the NCAA on issues with athlete certification throughout several of its men’s teams. The penalties include scholarship losses, postseason bans, vacated wins, fines, and recruitment restrictions.

In Huntsville, media and community members see the penalties as a big deal and a potential death-blow for Bulldog athletics. But the AAMU community should consider a larger picture emerging around concepts of news, information, and truth.

Ignore all of it and support the school. Because Donald Trump supporters are running the country doing just that.

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Study Suggests Bias in Officiating of HBCU Women’s Basketball Games

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A new study from a Middle Tennessee State University professor suggests that women’s basketball teams at historically black colleges and universities are called for fouls at a disproportionately higher rate than teams from non-HBCUs.

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North Carolina A&T Football is the Truth

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Two big wins on national television over respectable mid-major PWIs in Jacksonville State and East Carolina have given the North Carolina A&T State University Aggies a lot in just two short weeks. Greensboro is now home to a national champion with 14 consecutive wins, added legitimacy to their HBCU national title, and claim to a big bump for the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s profile.

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The Sports Business Journal Did a 21-Page Feature on Diversity — and Never Mentioned HBCUs

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Last week, l had the opportunity to read the cover story in the July 30-August 5, 2018 Sports Business Journal that purported to explore “in-depth” the challenges confronting the sports industry related to the issue of diversity and inclusion.  The 21-page piece featured insights and perspectives from a wide range of sports industry “thought-leaders.”

Not one of them was a member of the HBCU athletic community. 


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Could New NCAA Rules Clear the Way for More Basketball Talent Coming to HBCUs?

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The NCAA today announced new rules which will make it easier for athletes good enough to make it to the NBA to return to school if those dreams fall short.

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Shades of Mississippi in Historic Kentucky State Athletics Appointment

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Six years ago, Alcorn State University named Jay Hopson as its football coach. The Mississippi native was the first white head football coach in Braves history, and in the history of the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and his appointment stirred enough attention throughout the HBCU community that outlets and observers beyond our campus borders took notice.

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