Media mentions: Mary Frances Early discusses new memoir on WABE; Salaga quoted on NIL, bowl game opt-outs
Mary Frances Early discusses new memoir on WABE
Mary Frances Early spoke about her new memoir “The Quiet Trailblazer: My Journey as the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia” on WABE last week.
The book traces Early’s life and career as a music educator, including her admission to UGA in 1961, where she was one of only three Black students.
“I was in my fourth year of teaching and saw on the little black-and-white television with my mom, we were watching the evening news, and I saw the riot that was happening at the University of Georgia, and we were horrified,” Early said.
“I said, ‘That’s not right. They can’t do that. I’m going to transfer to the University of Georgia.’ And my mother looked at me, and she said, ‘Are you sure? We just saw a riot there. It’s too dangerous.'”
Listen to the full interview on WABE’s website.
Salaga quoted on NIL, bowl game opt-outs in sports newsletter
Steve Salaga, an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology, spoke about “name, image, and likeness” (NIL) agreements among college football players and the potential impact of players opting out of bowl games in a recent interview with sports newsletter Extra Points.
Some bowl games have offered NIL to players to promote bowl games and prevent them from opting out of them, but Salaga said bowl game opt-outs do not make a significant impact in football programs.
“You know, they’re playing in the game, they’re generating their revenue off of it. They’re playing the regular season, they’re generating the revenue off of it. Financially, it doesn’t matter that much to these institutions or these programs,” Salaga said.