William C. Rhoden Quotes

• A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power.

  William C. Rhoden

  People, Made

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date in a continuing revolution in which the athletes who drive the multibillion-dollar college sports machine have begun to use their visibility to demand change.

  William C. Rhoden

  Sports, Athlete, Player

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• College football is no more of a minor league than, say, the universities' schools of journalism, engineering or music are. We can argue at another time whether football should occupy the same space on campus as those disciplines, but for now, it does. The critical point is that a coach is less concerned with preparing athletes for the next level than he is with molding them to fit a system that helps him win games, keep his job and, eventually, move on to a position with a more prestigious program.

  William C. Rhoden

  Football, Jobs, Moving

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• Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.

  William C. Rhoden

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

  "Sports Update: Kobe Drama". "News & Notes" with Farai Chideya, www.npr.org. October 18, 2007.

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