Tuesday, June 16, 2009

The SEC Leads The Nation In NFL Draft Selections For 2009

Thanks to the Modern Day Civil Rights Movement the best College football by far is played in the Southeastern Conference in the land of Hominy Grits,Cornbread,Buttermilk, Fried Chicken,Chitlins,Greens(Collard- Kale- Mustard -Turnip- Dandelions and Poke Salad) Red Beans&Rice, Corn On and Off the Cobb,Hog Maws,Pork Chops, Pig Feet, Pig Ears,Ham Hocks,Hog Jowls,Neck Bones,Oxtails,Turnip&Beet Tops,Lima Beans,Butter Beans,(Native American Succotash)Green Peas, Kentucky Wonders, Liver mush, Biscuits, Yams,Okra, Cat Fish,Whiting,Porgies,Bluegills,Virginia Spots,Oysters,Crab, Corn Meal Dumplings, Chicken Dumplings, Chow-Chow, Sweet Tea,Hoe Cakes,Hush Puppies,Crackling's,Country Fried Steak, Onions,Garlic, Bay Leaf, Bread&Rice Pudding,Squirrel,Opossum, Rabbit, Deer,Raccoon,Guinea Corn,Salmon Croquettes,Red Velvet Cake, Black- Eyed Peas,Virginia Ham,Sweet Potato Pie, Gumbo,Southern Potato Salad,Duck,Quail, Pheasant,and Spuds.

The SEC had the most selections in the 2009,National Football League player draft. The SEC had 37 of its players selected followed by the ACC with 33,the Pac-10 with 32,Big 12 and Big Ten with 28 each and the weak Big East with 27.
The Mountain West Conference had 16 players selected while the Western Athletic Conference and Conference USA had 10 each.
Boston College is the only ACC school located North of the Mason-Dixon Line,which reinforces my point relative to where the best college football is played.

Eleven of the 12 SEC schools had at least one player selected in the draft,South Carolina led the SEC with seven players selected followed by Georgia and LSU with six each and Alabama and Ole Miss with four each.

The SEC has now led or tied for the lead in the most selections in an NFL Draft in 10 of the last 12 years.

Since 1990,the SEC has had 739 players selected in the NFL Drafts,tops in the nation. "Go Dawgs"

The SEC had eight players selected in the first round,which was tied fourth highest in SEC history. In 2007,the SEC had 11 players selected in the first round,2005 and 1998 had 10 each,1999 had eight in the first round.

Since conference expansion in 1992,the SEC has had 107 first round selections in 17 drafts,an average of 6.29 selections per draft.

*The SEC like all college football Conferences has an atrociously poor record of affording equal opportunity to African American candidates in all the systems of hiring for Head-Coach and promoting to Coordinators and hiring Assistant Coaches. Playing football in the SEC is reminiscent of the old Ante-Bellum south where the Black slaves did all the work and labored on the plantation with white overseers in the central positions of power. These Colleges and Universities bring in millions of dollars in revenue each year off of the blood,sweat,and tears of many Black athletes. So why would anyone with some semblance of smarts labor and play for a team that would not hire one of their race as an overseer or(Head-Coach)?
African Amerian high school recruits and their parents should show some intelligence and avoid going to those Institutions that refused to hire qualified African American candidates for the position of Head-Coach,Coordinators,and other Staff and Faculty positions.The lack of hiring of highly qualified African American candidates by 99.9% of all Colleges and Universities in the United States will only change when Blacks in concert with white allies"Take The Bull By The Horns" as this is the part responsible for guidance. Many times the Black Coaches Association headquartered in Indianapolis Indiana,has spoken out about the lack of hiring of African American Head Coaches,an equal number of times the matter has been dropped."For a dog to be effective,he must not only have a bark but a bite." The ultra conservative College Presidents along with Athletic Directors, Alumni Associations,Booster Clubs are the principle culprits for the lack of hiring African American candidates for the position of Head football Coach and other positions throughout their Institutions of higher learning. College Presidents and the rest of the college hierarchy don't think Blacks embody the ideas they think their school does and most suffer from the "Al Campanis Syndrome." The NFL Rooney rule was brought about by pressure from Black players,and there is no such demand among College players or their parents.

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