A Word: HBCU Football Blues

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🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Former NFL star Deion Sanders turned the struggling Jackson State University Tigers into a winning team, and brought a national spotlight to football at historically Black colleges and universities. That’s why his decision to take a coaching job at the University of Colorado sparked a debate among HBCU fans. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by University of Houston Professor Billy Hawkins about why Sanders’ time at JSU had such an impact, and whether HBCUs can retain some of the momentum that Sanders helped to build. Guest: University of Houston Professor Billy Hawkins, author of The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions. Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the word, a podcast from Slate.
0:06.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:07.5	Football legend, Deon Sanders, shook the college football world by announcing that he's
0:12.3	leaving historically black Jackson State University to coach at the University of Colorado.
0:17.5	It centers a smart operator or a sellout, and what does the move mean for black college
0:22.0	athletics?
0:23.0	I can't deny you know this idea that he's human, right, and you know there's a better
0:28.9	offer.
0:29.9	Make that under consideration.
0:31.8	Deon Sanders and the future of black college athletics coming up on a word with me, Jason
0:36.5	Johnson.
0:37.5	Stay with us.
0:40.7	This is Jason Johnson.
0:41.7	I want to thank you for listening to a word, especially our Slate Plus subscribers who
0:47.1	support, helps make a word possible.
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1:09.0	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else.
1:12.4	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
1:14.6	Hall of Fame football star, Deon Sanders, shook the world of college sports in 2020, with
1:19.6	he announced that he would coach the struggling program at Jackson State University in Mississippi.
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