In the era of college sports where players suddenly went from amateurs to paid professionals, perpetual have-nots at historically black colleges and universities would seem to be in an impossible financial position.
Yet HBCU administrators insist they have a unique product to sell, even as the rich-poor gap of big-time athletics seems to be pushing them to the brink.
“Clearly from a resource and funding perspective, [HBCUs] have been historically bad, right?” North Carolina A&T athletic director Earl Hilton said Friday ahead of his basketball team’s appearance in the HBCU Classic, an annual NBA-sponsored game between traditionally Black institutions.
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