Student-Athletes and Mental Health

While there are resources for student-athletes, knowing when student-athletes need them can be challenging, so making these services available may not be enough. Whether it's individualizing and finding a way to add mental health checks to the yearly health check. Or just emphasizing mental health more and possibly creating a class or workshops for student-athletes to talk, learn, and reflect. It will help them off the court, and addressing mental health in athletes will also help them perform better in their respective fields of play.

Basketball is gradually turning into baseball

Still, no one addressed that he is saying you don't have to look in the United States for players anymore. Of course, most players are still African-American, but who knows what that will look like in another 50 years. Look at draft picks over the last 20 years, search where the NBA invests in scouting, and follow the money.

Think about how many industries Black people were prevalent in at one point, and remember what happened when those jobs started being outsourced overseas.

Brian Flores possibly sacrifices his chance to coach again in the NFL

Brian Flores is suing the NFL for discrimination in hiring after receiving accidental text messages from New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. The NFL has a long history of discrimination against Black Head Coaches and Coaching candidates. The Rooney Rule has been unsuccessful in increasing the number of Black coaches in the NFL. These … Continue reading Brian Flores possibly sacrifices his chance to coach again in the NFL →

GOATS for the wrong reasons

Drake is great, dont get me wrong. I got Drake songs that will remain in rotation, but his music isn't as great as some make it to be. His singing voice is average, and his bars may or may not be his. I put him in the same category as Britney Spears, Madonna, Beyonce, and Michael Jackson. Some may take offense, but it is not supposed to be a knock. I refuse to put him in the same category as Jay-Z, Biggie, and Nas.

We need the Lox vs. Dipset energy in our classrooms for our Black Boys

The energy that we witnessed on and off stage at the latest versuz that took place on August 3rd was amazing to watch. The more I thought about the performance and the things that made it so dope. The more I realized that the very energy we saw on display in Madison Square Garden is exactly what is needed in the classroom for our Black boys. Unfortunately, these elements are also what get Black boys in trouble in classrooms all over the US, including here in my city of Seattle, WA.