The reporter was banned from covering the program. Eddie George had to convince a white man to accept a job at a Historically Black College and University. Art Briles, a serial rape enabler, has been hired by Grambling State University as an assistant coach. How is this helping the HBCUs? It isn't. It is making a mockery of them. Briles hates women. The last sentence is not libel, as Briles was fired as the head coach at Baylor in 2016 after a sex scandal discovered that the university's former president down to Briles were looking the other way and ignoring rape allegations against numerous members of the coaching staff. Over 50 girls had been sexually assaults and raped by more than 30 players over the course of four years according to a former student. It's one of the vilest sex scandals college sports has ever seen, and it's right up there with Michigan State and USA Gymnastics. Jackson thought Briles was the right person to bring to an HBCU campus that has the slogan, "where everybody is somebody." Briles denied knowledge of his players' crimes but admitted to mistakes. Briles told ESPN in 2016 that there was a failure to properly address allegations of sexual assualt. There were some bad things that happened under my watch. And for that, I’m sorry. ... I was wrong. I’m sorry. I’m going to learn. I’m going to get better.
I am not a fan. Doug Williams, Grambling's most famous player and former coach, told The Washington Post that he was very disappointed in the program. If they want to do that, that's fine. They knew where I stood, but they did it. I'm out.
The program will not have support if Briles is on staff.
I can't do that. He said that if he supports them, he will do so.
Jackson has supported Briles for a long time. The rumors that Briles was in play over the past two weeks changed when Jackson got his way.
I've gotten to know coach Briles, and he's a great offensive-minded football coach. When Jackson was the head coach in Cleveland, he brought in Briles to help with the offense. What happened at the school.
Jackson proved that he will work with anyone to win a football game. It didn't work. The team was 1-15 in the year.
Six years ago, Jackson predicted that Briles was going to get back to doing what he did before. I have been unfairly judged before. I don't try to do that with people. I try to take people for what they are, and I know I have talked to him a lot, so I'm not condoning anything.
Every few decades, HBCUs are appreciated by the rest of the country. Since the 1990s, HBCUs have not been highlighted like this at the moment. Responsibility comes with attention. The decision to hire Briles is unacceptable given what has happened at some HBCU campuses over the past few years. The executive assistant to the president at Fort Valley State University was indicted in a prostitution ring. Jackson State's president resigned in 2020 after being caught in a prostitution bust. The hiring of a man like Briles is now happening. HBCUs are trying to clean up their campuses when someone with a reputation and past gets hired. College campuses are places where girls and women have been fighting for their safety for decades, no matter if it is an HBCU or a white institution.
None of that matters. People will look the other way if football games can be won if you are one of the best spread offenses.
I hope he meant that when he said he would stay until they kicked him out. I pray that the university will realize that hiring Briles is a fireable offense and will send them both on their way. It doesn't mean that everyone deserves to be on that campus.
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