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re: Is it weird that Latinos are still underrepresented in football and basketball?
Posted on 12/30/25 at 10:57 pm to Zappas Stache
Posted on 12/30/25 at 10:57 pm to Zappas Stache
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Zappas Stache
Speaking of dorks
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Posted on 12/30/25 at 11:27 pm to PelicanState87
Steven Monster Milam, good baseball player for LSU.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 3:59 am to theCrusher
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If you’ve been to a 3rd world country, nutrition and high quality food are an issue. Give them a few generations and they’ll get bigger.
What about Samoans and Africans?
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:33 am to Barstools
quote:Which is far and away the most popular sport in the world.
They all play soccer
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:40 am to cubsfan5150
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It’s weird how obsessed you are with race
To his point it’s weird the media never pushed OPs question like they do with black athletes/coaches/artists 5 years ago. They constantly push that narrative yet not concerned about Asians or Latinos being “underrepresented”. I wonder why that is
Posted on 12/31/25 at 5:46 am to Privateer 2007
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Heisman winner (Mendoza from Indiana)
That dude is white
Posted on 12/31/25 at 6:02 am to PelicanState87
They're getting their representation in deportations though, so there's that.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 6:21 am to PelicanState87
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I even looked at the top football and basketball players/stars in more heavily Hispanic cities like San Antonio and LA and they are still mostly Black and White athletes.
How many Canadians do you think play for the Raptors or Blue Jays? How many players on the Spurs do you think are actually from San Antonio?
Posted on 12/31/25 at 6:55 am to PelicanState87
Must be institutional racism.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 7:21 am to ob1pimpbobi
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They’re small people built for roofing and concrete work.
You forgot tunnelling for sewer line repairs...
Posted on 12/31/25 at 8:04 am to PelicanState87
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Look up NFLer Alejandro Villanueva ... 6'9" 320 ... they have plenty of athlete bodied men and women just like every ethnic group .. maybe a smaller % but still a lot of people LINK
Yeah just like there are probably a few tall Cajuns but most of us are on the shorter end.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 8:35 am to PelicanState87
They are not physically built for it.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 8:42 am to PelicanState87
You do realize that Alejandro Villanueva was Spanish from Spain.....not "Hispanic"
There are lots of big Spaniards like Marc and Pau Gasol.
There are lots of big Spaniards like Marc and Pau Gasol.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 8:49 am to PelicanState87
The majority are complete badasses until they reach high school. They seem to mature in the 8th grade.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 8:56 am to PelicanState87
There’s a much larger focus on farm teams/systems for soccer and baseball in their respective countries before coming to the US. It’s a literal culture thing.
Puerto Ricans are the exception in that they’ve produced some basketball players. And that’s likely due to them creating professional league in the 1930s.
Puerto Ricans are the exception in that they’ve produced some basketball players. And that’s likely due to them creating professional league in the 1930s.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:17 am to PelicanState87
Can they read the playbook or see over the other players?
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:18 am to PelicanState87
now do horse jockeys and soccer
Posted on 12/31/25 at 10:24 am to PelicanState87
No group in underrepresented in sports. The great thing about sports is if you’re good enough, you’ll succeed. You can’t fake being a pro athlete
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