Hit Them Where It Hurts

The NAACP launched the "Out of Bounds" campaign calling for Black athletes to boycott state-funded universities in the Deep South in response to gerrymandering efforts that dismantle majority-minority voting districts. The campaign urges elite athletes to reconsider attending programs at schools like Alabama, Georgia, LSU, and Clemson, or to transfer to HBCUs. The effort aims to leverage college sports' financial dependence on Black athletes to pressure states to reverse redistricting maps drawn after a Supreme Court ruling weakened the Voting Rights Act.