Don’t underestimate young athletes — the NAACP boycott plan could actually work

In response to the recent assault on Black voting rights in the Deep South, the NAACP has called for athletes, fans and alums to boycott public flagship universities in eight states. After a Supreme Court decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act, lawmakers in many of these states rushed to carve up majority-Black districts that had previously been protected, leading to the NAACP’s bold request. It’s the equivalent of sending an all-out blitz against Peyton Manning in his prime — highly aspir