On Thursday — in much quieter but more impactful news — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced “it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system,” per CBS News.
The announcement of a civil rights investigation into the state’s water crisis came after Jackson lost water pressure for days following a late-August storm system.
“We’re operating in crisis mode,” said Jackson State head coach Deion Sanders at the time, via Instagram. Sanders said the team was forced to move players staying on Jackson State’s campus into hotels in the days following the water shortage.
The decision by “College GameDay” to broadcast from an HBCU school should be celebrated. How ESPN and “College Gameday” covers the water crisis could determine whether the praise was justified.
