Another authoritative voice praises Duffy Daugherty’s leadership integrating college football

PHOTO: MEAC commissioner Dr. Dennis Thomas. Visit my website homepage, Tom Shanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN My phone call was placed to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference commissioner Dr. Dennis Thomas. I wanted to ask him about the significance of Duke football’s decade-plus willingness to share the wealth, scheduling games with HBCU opponents. Thomas got on the phone. First, though, he said he wanted to discuss another subject. Uh, oh. Writers don’t like to hear that. My mind began racing. I…

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MEAC commissioner praises Duke’s history scheduling HBCUs as “win-win”

PHOTO: Duke coach David Cutcliffe greets NC A&T's Antoine Wilder (9) and Joseph Stucky (8) after their 2019 game at Wallace Wade Stadium. Visit my website home page, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM -- In July, The Athletic posted a story praising UCLA football – and rightly so -- for scheduling future games with two HBCU schools, Alabama State in 2022 and North Carolina Central in 2023. The Bruins joined a trend of Power 5 schools sharing the…

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