The Black Coaches Association has a very important role in college athletics. They try to make the search for college coaches a more open and equal process. However, their boycott of South Carolina is unfounded. Lou Holtz didn't announce his retirement until several weeks into the season. South Carolina had a chance to get a superstar coach in Steve Spurrier and they went for it. If they had wasted time trying to sign him, he might have gone elsewhere. I'd rather they did that than just parade in a few Black coaches for fake interviews just for appearances sake.
If you want to boycott a school, how about Notre Dame for firing Tyrone Willingham way too soon. Everyone from the outgoing school president to the Black Alumni of Notre Dame are embarrassed and upset by the administrations handling of the situation. Classy to the end, Coach Willingham blamed himself for his dismissal. But Irish quarterback Brady Quinn makes an excellent point: "Think about it: It's not even allowing one of his recruiting classes to get all the way through." So what does mean? They never gave him a real chance to succeed.
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I think one of the Tribune sports columnists pointed out that this was the first time that Notre Dame has fired a head football coach before his contract was up. I think he still had two years left on his contract.
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