New Rules for NCAA Football are Racist

Ok I can't prove that they are racist. It's a nice catchy headline, but I do believe that it is motivated by racism.

This past week the NCAA made some rule changes for the 2011 season. The wedge will be banned from kickoffs, writing on eye black will be banned, and leaping into the end zone in a celebratory fashion is also banned.

Two of these rules bother me. The eye black and the leaping.

Isn't it convenient that writing on eye black is now banned after "Saint Tebow" has graduated from college. Tebow used to write Bible verses on his eye black. Other players would also do it. However most of these players are black. Reggie Bush started the trend, and others followed suit.

The NCAA claims that the rules are to conform with professional rules and a cleaner look. There is a problem with that statement. College football is an amateur sport, or at least it is supposed to be. College football makes millions every year. The NCAA cannot allow anything to get in the way of its almighty coin. Nobody will actually say it, but a few "thugs," or what is perceived to be thugs by the consumer will hurt business.

The celebration penalties are out of control. Some players currently somersault into the end zone just as they are about to cross the goal line. Now the NCAA will severely penalize a team that does such an action, up to taking away a touchdown. This is just a continuing trend of banning all emotion out of football that began around the time in the early 90's of the Miami Hurricanes prominence. Miami's players used to take their helmets off, draw attention to themselves, try to embarrass the other team, or otherwise do something creatively entertaining.

Well that had to be stopped. Some people were upset because they felt celebrations added insult to injury. Others wanted it stopped because it's not good sportsmanship.

Bull.

Football is an emotional game, probably the most emotional game. Scoring a touchdown is an unmatchable thrill.

I get that some people feel hurt by someone celebrating. There is a solution other than banning things. Stop them from scoring or get back at them by scoring on them. People celebrate when they are happy. It's human nature.

Football is predominantly played by black athletes. It is run by white men. I have no proof that these changes are racially motivated, but the fact is we are a country that has a history founded on racism. We have an ugly past of racial problems. Knowing that there are still a lot of negative black stereotypes out there, these rules only seem racially motivated.