NAACP calls for boycott of Southern college sports programs over voting rights
The campaign targets programs that generate more than $100 million annually and urges recruits to withhold commitments until states restore fair congressional maps.
- On Tuesday, the NAACP launched the "Out of Bounds" campaign, urging Black athletes, fans, and donors to withhold athletic and financial support from major public universities in eight Southern states where officials are restricting Black voting rights.
- Redistricting battles intensified after the Supreme Court weakened a key provision of the Voting Rights Act earlier this month, prompting Republican-led legislatures to redraw maps that civil rights groups argue erase Black voting power, though Republicans cite legal compliance.
- NAACP President Derrick Johnson noted these programs generate more than $100 million in annual revenue, arguing, "Black athletes should not be asked to generate wealth, prestige, and power for state institutions while those same states strip political power."
- The Congressional Black Caucus sent letters to NCAA President Charlie Baker and conference commissioners, stating members will oppose the SCORE Act unless leadership publicly opposes redistricting efforts in states housing major athletic programs.
- Organizers urge current athletes to use NIL platforms and transfer options to press universities for positions against racial vote dilution, with the boycott continuing until states adopt voting protections and commit to transparent redistricting.
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NAACP asks athletes to boycott Southern schools
The NAACP is calling for Black athletes, alumni and fans to withhold athletic and financial support from public universities within Southern states that are in the process of redistricting following a recent Supreme Court decision.
NAACP Demanding College Sports Boycotts Over Changes to Congressional Maps
"The NAACP will not watch the same institutions that depend on Black athletic prowess to fill their stadiums and their bank accounts remain silent while their states strip Black communities of their voice." The post NAACP Demanding College Sports Boycotts Over Changes to Congressional Maps first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
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Views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author. Few organizations have been as tainted by politics as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and its intrusion into collegiate football is another pitiful example of its ideological slavery. Once a widely respected and admired civil rights defender, the modern NAACP has descended into pure partisan hackery and now functions solely as a yappy attack dog …
NAACP Urges Black Athletes to Boycott 8 States
The NAACP launched a campaign Tuesday urging Black athletes and fans to withhold financial support from public universities in states that are working to “limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation” in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court ruling that narrowed the Voting Rights Act.
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