Grambling Football

[GP1]

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This article doesn't go into detail about how bad the conditions at Grambling are, but you can look that up for yourselves. Let's just say, mold growing on walls and floors, mold growing on players equipment, lockers falling down, floors falling apart and staph infections.

When adults around athletics, meaning administration of schools and NCAA, don't do what is right by the players, they players have to take control. They did in this case and everyone who watches college football should note that social causes start out slowly and then build a momentum of their own. Yes, the All Players United (APU) is a social movement that probably quietly picked up some steam last weekend. Without the players, there are no games. The members of the NCAA should take note of what happened last weekend. It will be happening again more in the future.

I was watching Lou Holtz carry the party line about the players having to play on Saturday because of what not playing will do to Jackson State. It's amazing, homecoming went on without them and people still had a good time. What Holtz probably has no idea of is that of all the people in the country who would understand when injustice is being committed, people in Jackson, MS at an HBC would understand the most. Holtz really sees it through the eyes of college coaches. Most coaches and ADs wouldn't care if every player on their team had a staph infection as long as they were winning.

But then again, I would assume that some on the board think mold, staph infections, buildings in disrepair, etc are all OK as long as the coaches/ADs get the money they have worked for as long as the players get a nice trip to Hawaii or something. Right CK?

[Zipmeister]

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This article doesn't go into detail about how bad the conditions at Grambling are, but you can look that up for yourselves. Let's just say, mold growing on walls and floors, mold growing on players equipment, lockers falling down, floors falling apart and staph infections.

When adults around athletics, meaning administration of schools and NCAA, don't do what is right by the players, they players have to take control. They did in this case and everyone who watches college football should note that social causes start out slowly and then build a momentum of their own. Yes, the All Players United (APU) is a social movement that probably quietly picked up some steam last weekend. Without the players, there are no games. The members of the NCAA should take note of what happened last weekend. It will be happening again more in the future.

I was watching Lou Holtz carry the party line about the players having to play on Saturday because of what not playing will do to Jackson State. It's amazing, homecoming went on without them and people still had a good time. What Holtz probably has no idea of is that of all the people in the country who would understand when injustice is being committed, people in Jackson, MS at an HBC would understand the most. Holtz really sees it through the eyes of college coaches. Most coaches and ADs wouldn't care if every player on their team had a staph infection as long as they were winning.

But then again, I would assume that some on the board think mold, staph infections, buildings in disrepair, etc are all OK as long as the coaches/ADs get the money they have worked for as long as the players get a nice trip to Hawaii or something. Right CK?

In high school we didn't need lockers for our practice uniforms; they could stand up by themselves. We would have won more games if we had played them in our practice gear. The smell alone would have incapacitated most of the competition.

[GP1]

In high school we didn't need lockers for our practice uniforms; they could stand up by themselves. We would have won more games if we had played them in our practice gear. The smell alone would have incapacitated most of the competition.

Was your high school have a contract with NBC to nationally televise an annual game against Southern University?

[Zipmeister]

Was your high school have a contract with NBC to nationally televise an annual game against Southern University?

Not that I recall; I believe we only played other high school teams.

[Dave in Green]

As a graduate of Louisiana Tech University, located just a couple of miles from Grambling, I'm well aware of the economic challenges that over the years have faced historically black colleges and universities such as Grambling. In addition to all the usual challenges that these schools have faced, Louisiana has thrown an additional burden into the mix with massive education budget reductions. Over the last five years, Louisiana's budget for higher education has been drastically slashed by 80% -- from $1.4 billion to less than $300 million. That's the lowest level since 1961, and traditionally underfunded schools such as Grambling are at the bottom of the heap and sinking. The current situation with Grambling's football team is just the tip of the iceberg of Louisiana's economic crisis in higher education.

[lance99]

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This article doesn't go into detail about how bad the conditions at Grambling are, but you can look that up for yourselves. Let's just say, mold growing on walls and floors, mold growing on players equipment, lockers falling down, floors falling apart and staph infections.

After I saw these pictures this morning and the result of the article, it sounds like more of an coverup

[Zipmeister]

After I saw these pictures this morning and the result of the article, it sounds like more of an coverup

I agree with anlance.

[GP1]

The current situation with Grambling's football team is just the tip of the iceberg of Louisiana's economic crisis in higher education.

From the looks of lance99's post, you are right on the money. My guess is there are problems throughout LA in terms of the condition of buildings in higher education.

I still feel good about what these players did and I wish there would be more from other schools in the future. It's time to shake up the power structure in college athletics and make them a little nervous.