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Originally Posted by jsarno
Yes you are...I never once said white people are being held down in the NFL. Please pay attention to what I am saying and not making your own conclusions.
They are discriminated in basketball ONLY. Why are you lumping NFL and NBA in the same breathe? (and it's all you...not me...re-read if you have to) I have been very specific in saying that there is no racism in the NFL, black or white. That's what this topic is all about.
Well, no one came to him. The ones he went to (this is from who I recall, but I know there were more) Florida, Florida State, Miami U, SFU, Georgia U, Arkansas U, Cal, UCLA, NC State, and UMASS. All turned him down. All for players that were inferior (at least by rankings). It was wrong. This happens more than you think, but since it's not PC to talk about white people being discriminated against, no one hears about it. It doesn't make it any more wrong. Ken was 6'7" and had mad ball handling skills. No one could keep up with him. He was a track star too...and still no scholarship.
So, even by what you said, 50 states, so that means he's a top 50 player across the country, and how come no one offered a scholarship? Not a single team!!!!????
I don't know how to answer that. It's a stigma put on white players so they are not given the chance.
I tell you this, I guarentee if black people wanted to play hockey, and were kept out, they would make a huge fuss until someone made a law / rule that allowed a certain amount in. Why do the white people in this case not get that kind of respect?
Because the majority are white, you are saying there isn't a stigma against the white player? WOW. So by your thoughts, every black coach should have a black qb. But I guess, since none of them do, then I can make the leap that they think black qb's aren't as good as white qb's? That's absurd.
Come on guys...it's obvious there is a thought out there that white people can't play as good as black people in basketball. This is nothing new.
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Eh I dunno if thats necessarily true. Granted, Black people do tend to be better in basketball but come on, wasn't the Dream Team getting spanked a few years ago by all these international teams. Made up of people who WEREN'T Black?
I believe if a White guy lives and breathes basketball, he's just as good or better than any Black player. I'm not even White and I think you guys aren't giving White guys enough credit. Granted, there are no White Jordan's but come on. Its not like every White dude out there stinks.
As for Ken, I mean those are the breaks. Sometimes a guy can go to a smaller school and not an NCAA school and still get drafted (Look at Sellers, eh?) Just cause Black guys get in and he doesn't, doesn't mean it's time to pull out the race card. Lots of good people get skipped over for other prospects. That's life.
Come on now, its 2007 I thought we were past all this petty race card shit.