Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Dr. Boyce Talks with BBC World News

Dr Boyce Watkins, Finance Professor at Syracuse University, tells BBC World News that the NCAA has done a terrible job of seeing to it that African American players graduate.  He also explains the massive multi-billion dollar wealth extraction taking place via college sports.  Finally, Watkins mentions that the NCAA does a poor job of allowing Black coaches the chance to coach the sport to which Black males give so much.  Click the image to listen!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Righteous interview Dr. B, good stuff.

Anonymous said...

"Dr Boyce Watkins, Finance Professor at Syracuse University, tells BBC World News that the NCAA has done a terrible job of seeing to it that African American players graduate."

Isn't it up to the African American players to see to it that they graduate?

Anonymous said...

The white coaches are the ones who are asking the players to miss classes to play in those basketball games. They bear some responsibility too.

Anonymous said...

Dr. Boyce, you once stated that you were a fiscal conservative and capitalist. Where are the articles promoting those? How come every article has to be about such non-issues as paying players in the NCAA?

Anonymous said...

I am happy that someone of your caliber is taking on this issue. Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West are remaining silent. We need someone to talk about this.

Anonymous said...

Righteous interview. I am glad that you are taking on this problem. I played sports in college and the way they treated us made me feel like cattle.