But he also said it wasn’t just about Jackson St. He said he builds up Jackson St. and then what? There was already resentment from other schools in the SWAC and it was only going to get worse.
At the end of the day, he showed Jackson St and the SWAC what was possible. He showed you can get top recruits. He showed you can get sponsorships. He showed you can generate way more revenue and negotiate better deals. It’s up to them to build from that.
But you got 11 other schools that weren’t on the same level. Grambling just lost to LSU 72-10. They still playing in these money game blowouts for peanuts, something Prime put a stop to when he first got there.
Even if he stayed, it would’ve taken 20 years to elevate the SWAC.
We have to stop making the mistake of thinking this could happen for many more people other than Prime.
He has the charisma to go to a place like Colorado that's been a doormat and bring players with him, but also get the white fanbase behind him as well.
Everybody cannot do this. This man might be the prototype for coaches in the NIL/transfer portal era.
If Eddie George (Tennessee State) is still taking money games and going to Notre Dame to get beat down, then we have to be realistic and say Deion is just different. That's not possible for everybody. Eddie George is well liked by people.
So these HBCUs have always had a hinderance in front of them. They have been purposefully underfunded to the point now that they are way behind the PWIs. They don't have all of the corporations and money people behind them like PWIs, so they can't compete on that level either.
The corporations followed Deion because he's always been a spokesperson in commercials for the past 30 years. They don't treat every black man like they do Deion. One thing about Prime is he's always been about making money and that's what these corporations are about 100%. So they fit well together. That man had fried chicken commercials during the Colorado game this past Saturday along with Aflac and Almonds, etc.
And top black players don't choose to go to HBCUs when they can go and have access at PWIs. We've seen this game long enough. Jackson State is right back to getting beat by these other SWAC teams the season after Deion left.
he’s Gucci if he attracts some 4/5 stars at Colorado? Are you kidding? Colorado is the warm up, this is just to show y’all what he’s capable of. I think it’s a matter of when not if he leaves for a major Power 5 job. Colorado gets 2 maybe 3 seasons of Prime
But I want them to take it as far as they can
