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As a lifetime NAACP member, it is ‘Out of Bounds’ for playing politics with football

NAACP campaign weaponizes Black athletic talent for partisan gain while ignoring blue-state gerrymandering

By Curtis Hill Fox News

Published May 27, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Dems, NAACP urge Black athletes to boycott Southern schools over redistricting

Outkick host Dan Dakich blasts Democrats and the NAACP for urging Black athletes to boycott Southern college sports over redistricting.

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The NAACP, once the vanguard of the fight for equal justice under the law, has launched a campaign called "Out of Bounds." Its goal: pressure Black athletes, fans, and donors to boycott college football programs in southern states over congressional redistricting disputes.

What does college football have to do with redistricting? Absolutely nothing. This is not civil rights advocacy. It is the weaponization of a beloved American pastime — and the economic leverage of Black athletic talent — for raw partisan gain.

As a life member of the NAACP, former Indiana attorney general, and prosecutor who has spent decades committed to equal justice, I write with sorrow and anger. The organization that helped dismantle Jim Crow is now entangling amateur sports in the culture wars, turning gridirons into political battlegrounds and risking the very opportunities it claims to defend.

The NAACP’s targets are predictably one-sided: Alabama,........

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