Nicholson's
Speech Highlights BCSIDA Meeting
New Officers
elected
July 1, 2002
Rochester, NY - The Black College Sports Information Directors
Association (BCSIDA) heard inspiring words from Collie Nicholson
to highlight their annual meeting during the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA) Workshop.
Considered the genius behind the ascension of Grambling football
to international recognition, Nicholson provided a brief recap
of a carefully executed plan to bring recognition to a small school
in Louisiana.
"I was at the right place at the right time," said Nicholson.
"We had a five year plan to make Grambling, Black America's football
team. Just like Notre Dame built a Catholic base, we wanted to
build a Black base with Grambling football.
The combination of President Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones, football
coach Eddie Robinson and Nicholson made the execution of the plan
possible.
"We had a strategy that included 400 Black newspapers, the
Grambling Football Highlights Show and playing games throughout
the country," Nicholson stated. "We played in 27 of the 50 states
before packed stadiums."
Nicholson is slated to receive the Trailblazer Award from CoSIDA
and consented to speak to the Black College sports information
directors while he was in town.
BCSIDA also elected officers for the next three years. South
Carolina State SID Bill Hamilton was elected President. Other
officers elected were Vice President Patricia Harvey (Hampton),
Secretary April Emory (Elizabeth City State), Treasurer Marlon
Reed (Mississippi Valley State) and Parliamentarian Kia Mason
(N.C. A&T). Conference and Independent Representatives to the
Executive Board were Shera White - Central Intercollegiate Athletic
Association, Lecounte Conaway - Mid Eastern Athletic Conference,
Wallace Dooley - Southwestern Athletic Conference and Ken Marshall
(Central State) - Independents. The membership postponed filling
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference representative
position until further information was available concerning the
illness of Charles Mooney, SIAC Assistant Commissioner for Media
Relations.
BCSIDA was founded in 1984 for the purpose of preserving and
promoting intercollegiate athletics at Historically Black Colleges
and Universities. The organization meets annually in conjunction
with the CoSIDA workshop and has been instrumental in fostering
relationships with others interested in furthering their professional
standing.
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