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re: Some local wannabe writer talking about LSU's lack of black baseball players
Posted on 3/14/13 at 6:07 pm to CourseyCorridor
Posted on 3/14/13 at 6:07 pm to CourseyCorridor
It's not a problem. The best players will play in the end, regardless of race. It just so happens the better majority are white. The same goes for blacks in basketball and football. It's not an "issue," so treating it as one is unnecessary, IMO.
ETA: Further, it's not like there is any issue of discrimination here either. If that were the case, sure, this would be a relevant news.
ETA: Further, it's not like there is any issue of discrimination here either. If that were the case, sure, this would be a relevant news.
This post was edited on 3/14/13 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 3/14/13 at 6:18 pm to brewhan davey
^^^^^
thats the long and the short of it if you have one black and one white receiver but the white one runs better routes he should play
if you have a black pitcher and a white pitcher and the black one controls his pitches better well you guessed it he should play
now if you want to talk about culture then it seems purely from participation that there are more blacks that play basketball and more whites that play baseball...its culture just like there are many latin and southern americans that play baseball/soccer you rarely see them play football its just a culture thing its just what everyone seems interested in
and by the way Ill advocate for Carter...nicest guy you can meet
thats the long and the short of it if you have one black and one white receiver but the white one runs better routes he should play
if you have a black pitcher and a white pitcher and the black one controls his pitches better well you guessed it he should play
now if you want to talk about culture then it seems purely from participation that there are more blacks that play basketball and more whites that play baseball...its culture just like there are many latin and southern americans that play baseball/soccer you rarely see them play football its just a culture thing its just what everyone seems interested in
and by the way Ill advocate for Carter...nicest guy you can meet
Posted on 3/14/13 at 6:19 pm to brewhan davey
quote:
It's not an "issue," so treating it as one is unnecessary, IMO.
Again just bc something isn't an "issue" doesn't mean you can't still write about it.
Posted on 3/14/13 at 9:16 pm to brewhan davey
I do think it is a problem for the sport that it has lost what used to be a large part of its audience going forward and a good chunk of its domestic talent base.
It is not an LSU baseball problem, but it is a baseball problem.
I think it is reflected in TV ratings. Same thing is starting to happen with hoops, I'm afraid. Both are becoming more niche, which is unfortunate.
It is not an LSU baseball problem, but it is a baseball problem.
I think it is reflected in TV ratings. Same thing is starting to happen with hoops, I'm afraid. Both are becoming more niche, which is unfortunate.
Posted on 3/15/13 at 9:37 am to brewhan davey
I'm not sure why anyone here is surprised by the raw racism that has dominated a thread that was, for the most part, factual as well as just repeating what is widely known to be true by any serious baseball fan. Just drop in to the Political Talk link & go thru any thread bout blacks, Jews, Arabs, Hispanics. Just glad that while many athletes LSU recruits do read the Tiger Rant, few if any ever drift over to that site. LSU fans are well represented in some of the more virulently racist posts. The article was most definitely not LSU. It just happened to be written by a black.
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