{"id":2604867,"date":"2026-05-20T07:29:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-beg-college-athletes-to-ditch-sec-schools-in-states-with-redistricting\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T07:30:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T11:30:38","slug":"leftists-beg-college-athletes-to-ditch-sec-schools-in-states-with-redistricting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftists-beg-college-athletes-to-ditch-sec-schools-in-states-with-redistricting\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftists Beg College Athletes to Ditch SEC Schools in States with Redistricting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a 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               <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses how college football-especially the SEC-is treated like a religion in the South and is viewed as a premier league for top programs and NFL-level talent.It then argues that progressives are targeting the SEC for political reasons: citing an Associated Press report,it says the NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus have called on Black athletes and fans to boycott Southern college sports programs located in states that changed electoral districts ahead of the November midterms.The piece claims this includes many SEC states (such as Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and South Carolina) under a campaign called \u201cOut of Bounds,\u201d and also says the groups encourage alumni to stop donating.it quotes House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, who describes the actions as unprecedented attacks on black political portrayal and urges the targeted institutions to \u201cdo the right thing,\u201d using comparisons to historical civil-rights figures and moments.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ask anyone in the South, and they can confirm to you that college football is more or less a religion there.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the Southeastern Conference \u2014 better known by its acronym of SEC \u2014 has become one of the crowning jewels for Southern football fans.<\/p>\n<p>The conference is known for producing swathes of NFL-caliber players, dynasties like Alabama, and consistent top-tier programs like Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>While the proliferation of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >college athletic money<\/a> has somewhat closed the gap between the SEC and its fellow power conferences, the conference is still viewed as the gold standard of college football (though some fans are quick to call the conference overrated, that\u2019s a longer discussion for a different piece).<\/p>\n<p>Given the left\u2019s often-loud <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-view-hit-lowest-low-ever-joy-behar-attacks-narcissistic-jesus-blasphemous-air-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disdain for religion<\/a>, perhaps it should come as little surprise that progressives are now going after the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s all got to do with politics.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/black-athletes-ncaa-boycott-voting-rights-67fdb6561b7fb3dfd3c2a804047a68e5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>, the NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus are calling on black athletes and fans to boycott Southern college athletic programs \u2014 including a bevy of SEC schools \u2014 that reside in states which have redistricted their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-redistricting-stands-a-year-out-from-the-midterm-elections\/\" title=\"Where redistricting stands a year out from the midterm elections\">electoral maps ahead<\/a> of the highly anticipated November midterms.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the NAACP is calling to boycott any and all college athletics in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and South Carolina \u2014 a veritable who\u2019s who of the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>The progressive advocacy group is calling this campaign \u201cOut of Bounds,\u201d and are targeting the states that \u201chave moved to limit, weaken, or erase Black voting representation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The groups are even going so far as to urge school alumni to stop donating to these programs.<\/p>\n<p>Joining these two groups was House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/19\/us-news\/hakeem-jeffries-calls-for-black-athletes-to-boycott-sec-schools-in-states-that-took-up-redistricting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And if you know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reeling-hakeem-jeffries-responds-shocking-virginia-redistricting-ruling-exploring-options\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anything<\/a> about Jeffries, you know he had quite a bit to say \u2014 including the invocation of Jim Crow-era laws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an unprecedented moment, featuring an unprecedented attack on black political representation, and therefore it requires an unprecedented response,\u201d Jeffries said during the Capitol Hill event.<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cWe are here standing in solidarity with NAACP in its call for athletes to boycott institutions within the SEC that belong to states that have unleashed these Jim Crow-like racially oppressive tactics, which is unacceptable, unconscionable and un-American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we believe that the silence of these institutions is complicity, and we will not stand for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The wild comparisons didn\u2019t end with Jim Crow, as Jeffries 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