A lot of enslaved people actually made money, but they had no power.

The reports of racial episodes are disturbing. But the players' protest is exhilarating because it is the most high-profile example to date in a continuing revolution in which the athletes who drive the multibillion-dollar college sports machine have begun to use their visibility to demand change.

Baseball is not like football, basketball where a momentum is something made. You don't really have that kind of momentum in baseball.