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I always imaged what would happen if every Black person simply left the NFL and formed their own league. We would be open to letting anyone play for us, but we would be the owners. We would have the best tailgating, the best half time show, and obviously the best players. Sure, we would have to start small, but eventually we would grow and become very profitable. We also won't rape the consumer with overpriced tickets a sport paraphernalia. Sure, the NFL would continue without us, but ultimately their supe-bowl champion would have to play our championship team. When the NFL's Superbowl champion team is routed by the new Black league, the NFL would have to deal with increasing irrelevancy, is it would be obvious to the public that they have an inferior product. Again, our new league would not be a Black only league it would simply be owned by the people who are providing the most value. Even the fans who believe the NFL's "ice is colder," would have to recognize the superiority of our new league. Obviously, this will never happen, because no player making millions of dollars year will leave the NFL to gamble on generating more wealth in the future. In my lifetime, NFL players often worked other jobs in the off season to make ends meet. Those players, mostly white, were motivated to play for different reasons.... today the NFL is motivated by greed, but that is another story.

Absolutely.👍🏿 Black folks need to do a better job of recognizing and embracing our natural abilities and talent to produce. More importantly, Black folks have to own and control their intellectual properties instead of selling ownership to outsiders. We need codification. For example, Hip-Hop just turned 50 years old. The culture has generated a lot of money. Many Black folks have been able to eat very well from it. Imagine if Black folks owned every aspect of Hip-Hop. The NFL and NBA are two sports Black folks dominate. We bring every ounce of talent, flair and flavor to the games. Yet, we don't own a team. Working for someone else provides capital. Ownership produces wealth. We need to move away from gross consumerism and become more productive in providing and owning goods and services folks need/want. Asians make 97% of their money in Black communities. They don't sell anything speculative. Every product and service sells itself. Black folks need to do better in terms of entrepreneurship before they are replaced by immigrants and AI in the labor force.😎

richardmurray Yes, when it comes to culture and entertainment.....AfroAmerica leads and is the envy of the world. We set the trends and the standards; and have been for decades. One of the positives about being brought out of Africa hundreds of years ago and raised in the U.S. is that we DON'T have a set culture. Which means we have more liberty to allow our Imaginations and Creativity to flourish. No wonder we have invented so many styles of dress, dances, and music genres.....while many other communities around the planet have been dressing, singing, and dancing the same damn way for thousands of years.

@Pioneer1 one of the problems for black people in the usa as a community is its positives or negatives are delicate in description, none are simple. I think many black or non black people who like to speak negatively toward black people in the usa in general tend to define the positives or negatives in simple terms. Yes the black community in the usa doesn't have the financial wealth of whites in the usa. Yes the black community in the usa isn't dominating the world populace like the whites from the usa. One of the most positive elements of the black community in the usa is after all of whites enslavement plus the black communities nonviolent path's challenges aside the whites who chose to abuse us after enslaving us, the black community in the usa is where it is at. Is it ideal? no. Is it the dream of the ancestors or forebears? hell no, far far from it. But, it is something rarely positive that in a country that represents the height of white european global imperial power, the usa, you have the second most abused community in said country, the first is the native american, having reached such a place as a community in such a non violent and supportive way to said country. it's delicate. It is not ideal. It is not the dream. And, many black people's true desires have died in this path. But, through all the challenges the black community in the usa is still on a slow upswing and that is something, not simple to say like we're rich or powerful, but I think those black or non black people who like to or mostly speak ill to black people in the usa don't have the ability or desire or wisdom to articulate.

Hey @Greg Thomas it was nice to meet you in Dallas last weekend. I just added your video to YouTube and to your AALBC page. Please post our bio here and I'll add it to your page too.