An End to Negative ‘Race Card’ Recruiting for BYU? Posted: Feb 3, 2004 in Total Blue Sports Magazine. By late tomorrow afternoon, a significant, positive and historical breakthrough will become self evident: BYU football – with as many as 15 black athletes signed – will have finally shattered the color barrier in recruiting. The black "race card," used against BYU for decades by rival coaches, players, family and their friends, will be a thing of the past – for the most part.