What will it take for some black people to see that we are expendable to these people?
Until we as a people start to understand the mathematics, this will continue. It all starts from Pee Wee ball when coaches see a special athlete they treat them different, then parents see the Anthony Davis and Patrick Mahomes contracts the parents think, oh my kid can make that kind of money. They only pay a select few big money, the rest get smaller amounts for a short period of time. When you add up say a $220 k contract for 2 years, that's only a $44k job for 10 years and most of these youngsters in the league spend their money at a much faster clip so they can end up broke in 5 years. My son is about to graduate from PV and I'm seeing him and his classmates graduating making 2-2.5 times that moderate athlete average pay per year and their pay will continue to rise over that 10 year period. Don't get me wrong, I watch sports, I'm going to watch my Chiefs and just finished watching Prairie View alum Khaderel Hodge make a nice catch with the Cleveland Browns.
But to answer your question, until our people realize that except for a select few that professional sports is fools gold, we will keep falling for the okie doke, while the others keep educating their kids and making all the money.