The guys discuss the lack of diversity in the war rooms during the NFL Draft. Chat on if ex-players are interested in and have a path to become team evaluators, scouts etc. Chat on the head football coaches at HBCU's being down on the fact that zero players from HBCUs were drafted this season. COVID really hurt HBCU football. NFL GMs and evaluators couldn't travel and see teams play - if they played - like years past. Evaluators weren't going to judge a player based off what they saw in the 2019 season.
Chris Walker, Former College Basketball Head Coach; Current CBS CBB Analyst & Author
Chris is promoting his book 'The Elephant In Our Room An In Depth Conversation About Race, Poverty, Education And Sports Within The African American Community'. Chris's years as a coach and recruiting showed him things he didn't like and he felt he needed to do something. Yes there are things that are happening systematically, but there are things we need to talk about and do for ourselves in the community. Lets talk about how we see ourselves within the community. We need to educate on kids on what they can be outside of just making it to professional sports. Yes its uncomfortable to have these discussions with other cultures, but its also uncomfortable to have these conversations within our own culture. The conversation must be had though. We need to eradicate poverty. Poverty is what stops kids from learning and getting opportunities.