71. It resulted in a bitter confrontation between Collins and some black players, including Muhammad. 72. It was the move that brought black players to the NBA. 73. It is beyond the realm of thinking for most college football coaches to consider competing in big-time football without black players. 74. It never bothered me when the bigger schools started recruiting black players. 75. Jackie Robinson demonstrated to us that, for a black player in our day and age, true success could not be an individual thing. 76. Later the same evening, Collins used a racial slur while talking with a group of black players. 77. Later, as an executive, he fielded champion teams with Cleveland and the Chicago White Sox by opening the door to black players. 78. May correctly states that there was no outcry from the black players. 79. Looking back, he thinks racism had little to do with the Tigers waiting so long to promote a black player. 80. McNair becomes only the second black player to start at quarterback in Super Bowl history. |