"Love is not a word. It's an action." - pg 314
Over the course of four weeks, we hosted a book review webinar entitled The Luxury Of Huddle Up centered around Coach Thompson's profound statement " I NEVER HAD THE LUXURY OF JUST BEING A BASKETBALL COACH." from his outstanding autobiography entitled "I CAME AS A SHADOW" co-authored by Jesse Washington of the Undefeated.
Hosted by itsBIGGERthantheball, LLC and the T. Alexander Foundation, Sunday, February 14 at 3 pm, we hosted the final installment of our dynamic four-part conversation on "I Came As A Shadow."
We focused on the calls to action Coach Thompson left to us...
Our conversation was segmented as follows:
- "The world is changing, and college athletics need to adapt...Since the NCAA won't hold everyone accountable, playing players might as well as be legal."
- "Thinking our way to greatness." - How are we protecting the educational opportunities for today's student-athletes?
- "There are no Black college coaches today with major influence. We took our eye off the ball." - Recapturing the purpose.
Moderators for this conversation are:
- Coach Edniesha Curry, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, University of Maine
- Tracy Jones, Founder, T. Alexander Foundation
- Dr. Emmett Gill, Executive Director, Athletes & Advocates for Social Justice in Sports
- Kevin Sutton, Assistant Men's Basketball Coach, University of Rhode Island
- SPECIAL GUEST, co-author of I CAME AS A SHADOW, Jesse Washington of the Undefeated.
The conversation was so good.
We had to share it!
Enjoy!!!
PTI
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