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no idea, but i'd imagine similar time periods going each way would cancel each other out it also doesn't explain why west africans are super athletic in today's sports

If you pick the best of the best from the african region you went into, then cut the list more by who all actually survive the trip. Add in buying the most physically fit ones at the market and breed between each other for years doing nothing but physical labor (no fancy book learning here). Oh add in about 100s of years of this through 8-10 generations, plus after freedom, all they could is hard labor work, and you have the black athlete.

You just don't dissipate these traits over time because less than a century ago, we started being allowed to play in sports. Education could be had if you were good and money could be made if you were great. Playing basketball, track, and football kept the genes chugging along and now you have 6'5 245 guys running 4.5s which was rare just 10 years ago and in a few years it'll be common.

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Posted by Datbayoubengal

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Posted on 5/20/13 at 11:04 am to Datbayoubengal

it's also like how the white athletes are getting better. You play with better competition and over time you and yours become better athletes. Look at people like Luck, Dalton, Rodgers, etc who are using their wheels more in games because the DEs are getting bigger and faster. We are evolving at an incredible rate as far as athleticism and technological innovation go.

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Posted by OzChuffnugg

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Posted on 5/20/13 at 7:18 pm to IgotKINGfisherSpeed

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Football ball is all about being athletic. Soccer is more like basketball a game which is more skill than athletic ability.

Totally disagree with this!!! There are a lot of football players that are not very athletic. Take for example linebackers, linemen, fullbacks. They may be fast and really strong so they are good at those positions, but watch them do other athletic things and it is sometimes a joke. Don't get me wrong there are guys at those positions who are incredible athletes. However, you can succeed in football without being extremely athletic in some positions. There are great football players, Jimmy Graham, Antonio Gates, Tony Gonzalos who were decent basketball players who turned into excellent football players. Soccer I'm not to sure about, but basketball players make really good wide receivers and defensive backs. The most athletic positions on the football field.

But that isn't want the argument in this thread is about. However on this topic, why are the majority of excellent basketball players black? Most black basketball players who reach the NBA and NCAA are tall, strong, and extremely athletic. While most of the white guys and Europe players who make it are larger, slower, and mainly post players. Why aren't there many 6'4" to 6'8" white guys who are freak athletes like LeBron, Carmelo Anthony, Rudy Gay, Jordan?

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