Ram Ramblings: Raising money for scholarships is key for success on the field

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina -- I admit the tweet I sent out earlier this week was sarcastic, and probably a little over the top. Yet another football coach in the CIAA was fired and I said something along the lines that these schools have to keep cutting back on scholarships yet expect the coaches to win.

Elizabeth City State, Shaw, St. Aug's and Fayetteville State are all looking for head coaches.

That’s where Winston-Salem State is trying to stay ahead of the curve. Two important fund-raisers will take place next month with one helping women’s scholarships and the other helping with men’s scholarships.

Athletics director Tonia Walker created a “She’s Got It Covered, Classy Hat Affair” last year and it raised close to $30,000. That fund-raiser will happen at the Benton Convention Center on Jan. 23 at 10 a.m.

Helping kickoff the alumni basketball weekend for the other fund-raiser will be Stephen A. Smith, a WSSU graduate and former part-time clerk at the Winston-Salem Journal.

Smith, who worked at the Journal during ...

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