NAACP calls for Black students to boycott Southern college sports

The NAACP on Tuesday urged black athletes to boycott college sports across eight Southern states, due to allegations that they are undercutting minority voting rights through redistricting efforts. 

The civil rights organization launched a campaign targeting public universities in Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Georgia, which have redrawn or moved to redraw their political maps. NAACP alleged such moves were meant to “limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation,” and said the Out of Bounds campaign is aimed at targeting flagship public athletic programs in those states that recruit Black athletes and generate more than $100 million in annual revenue. 

“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,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said. “Out of Bounds is our answer: we