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re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:38 pm to Broski
Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:38 pm to Broski
I thought the article was a very fair description of the current state of college baseball when it comes to black players.
It certainly was not critical of LSU.
It praised Mainieri's record for recruiting black players, even to the point of explaining we lost two black players from this year's team for valid reasons.
Mainieri's comments about the NCAA's draconian scholarship restrictions for baseball is the same complaint Skip Bertman voiced for years regarding the unintended consequence of discouraging kids from poor, black families from pursuing a sport where they can not expect to have a full scholly like they can for football and basketball.
I noticed this past weekend when the teams lined up for the national anthem before Sunday's game that Washington has no black players also.
It certainly was not critical of LSU.
It praised Mainieri's record for recruiting black players, even to the point of explaining we lost two black players from this year's team for valid reasons.
Mainieri's comments about the NCAA's draconian scholarship restrictions for baseball is the same complaint Skip Bertman voiced for years regarding the unintended consequence of discouraging kids from poor, black families from pursuing a sport where they can not expect to have a full scholly like they can for football and basketball.
I noticed this past weekend when the teams lined up for the national anthem before Sunday's game that Washington has no black players also.
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Posted on 3/13/13 at 2:39 pm to LSURussian
Guess I should have actually clicked the link.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:21 pm to LSURussian
The over/under on the percentage of posters in this thread that actually read the whole article is set at 10%. I'm putting my money on the under. Nothing wrong with that article.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 3:43 pm to LSURussian
quote:
I thought the article was a very fair description of the current state of college baseball when it comes to black players.
It certainly was not critical of LSU.
It praised Mainieri's record for recruiting black players, even to the point of explaining we lost two black players from this year's team for valid reasons.
Mainieri's comments about the NCAA's draconian scholarship restrictions for baseball is the same complaint Skip Bertman voiced for years regarding the unintended consequence of discouraging kids from poor, black families from pursuing a sport where they can not expect to have a full scholly like they can for football and basketball.
I noticed this past weekend when the teams lined up for the national anthem before Sunday's game that Washington has no black players also.
This.
Nice story.
Posted on 3/13/13 at 6:04 pm to LSURussian
quote:
I thought the article was a very fair description of the current state of college baseball when it comes to black players.
It certainly was not critical of LSU.
Thought the same. Didn't think it was bad at all.
But I did actually read it.
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