re: College Baseball Rosters of UCLA and Miss. State

6/10?

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If your job was reliant on you getting the best players possible, then you wouldn't care what color they were. The best player will get a scholarship no matter what their ethnicity is.

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Being the "best" can also mean being the most diversified. Think about the different experiences minorities come from (low income areas of cities like Jackson) teaming up with a rich white kid to play on the same team. Not only would you likely have more team unity and therefore more wins, the media and fans would also appreciate the narrative. Think about what Michael Oher did for University of Mississippi (although it's still questionable whether the terms "ole miss" and "rebels" are politically correct)

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Being the "best" can also mean being the most diversified. Think about the different experiences minorities come from (low income areas of cities like Jackson) teaming up with a rich white kid to play on the same team. Not only would you likely have more team unity and therefore more wins, the media and fans would also appreciate the narrative. Think about what Michael Oher did for University of Mississippi (although it's still questionable whether the terms "ole miss" and "rebels" are politically correct)

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Oh
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Michael Oher was the first black guy at Ole Miss?

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There is no collusion, they do get recruited. How many minorities do you see in professional baseball? TONS. When you're one of these poor kids that can't afford college and a baseball team drafts you in the 30th round or something, you take the offer, get some money and play minor league ball.

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This brings up a good point. If these minority athletes are choosing to be drafted (instead of attending college), I would argue that these forced decisions are much more risky than what privileged players are forced to deal with. As a result, maybe the Players Association and MLB should work out an agreement where there is a security blanket for those minorities who choose to go pro over school. It could be where they offer a payout to go to school or even partner with the NCAA/SEC to force historically white schools (see: Ole Miss/LSU/Bama/UGA,South Carolina) to offer free tuition to those minorities who skipped college and went straight to pros and failed - sort of an affirmative action in sports if you will. Thoughts?

I really hope you're just trolling. If not, I hope you don't procreate

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thegeneral3

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Your online persona is that of a bigoted race pimp. Most contracts for kids coming out of high school already involve college tuition coverage after career is over, but you already know that with your vast knowledge on the topic at hand.

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affirmative action in sports if you will

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The last thing this world needs is more bullshite entitlement programs. You and that racist Jackson mayor must be buddies.

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I didn't want to raise this topic on the main page of Tiger Rant or SEC rant because I was afraid it would take away from the more sports focused posts, but does anyone else notice the disparity of minorities that are not playing in the national championship game? If other sports, such as basketball or football, African-Americans are clearly better suited athletes than whites then why not baseball? If not African-Americans, then there must be legitimate Hispanic athletes that should be playing on these baseball teams.

Are we at the point that either Congress (or NCAA) should mandate certain minority scholarships percentages for African-Americans/Hispanics that coaches must recruit? Let's face it - it's no longer the 1950's anymore and we should likely embrace this new standard.

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I agree! Since blacks only make up 12% of the population 12% of players on all college teams should be black. This should include basketball and football as well.