Affluent White student-athletes are profiting from the labor of their poor Black peers

Definitely a delusional article. No one forces them to study in a place or play a sport.

WFH mileage wrote:

Ronald Raegan wrote:

They need to stop redistributing the wealth. Make every sport sink or swim with their own revenue!

I guess track is out....

Track will be out unless they make it more interesting . Longest race 800m, get rid of field events , add different relays and mixed relays . The 2k steeple is longest running event , but add hay bails, moveable hills , water that is waste deep. Also have sharp shooters shooting rubber bullets at competitors randomly.

The white coaches force them to play.

sunflower wrote:

Pretty much the entire university funding model is built on disproportionate funding from affluent families of any race. If everyone got out exactly what they put in the college system would look entirely different. For example, look at all the income med schools generate. The students/residents aren't being treated fairly there either. Look at the schools with large endowments that came from affluent famies. That disproportionatly benefits others.

This is with everything, just go back to elementary school. Instead of buying your supplies and keeping them, you buy your supplies and it goes into a big stock for everyone. That’s because the poor kids don’t contribute. And it continues throughout life. And the sad part is, if your poor and a minority, you cry oppression when you don’t realize how much you’ve relied on others supporting you your whole life.

Blacks take much more from society than what they contribute. Check the crime rates and welfare rates and incarceration rates. Check the endowments at any university and you will find that 99% was donated by whites while blacks pay a lower amount to attend.

Pokey Thomas wrote:

Let's take this foolishness a step further - why are blacks disproportionately represented in football and basketball? Are the white student-athletes being held down by racism?

Recently (after the b*tch a** white boy comment) I have thought about this, specifically in basketball. There are a lot of very successful white european basketball players, much more than white american players. There must be a reason for this and I was curious if that comment showed the reason.

Basketball players have to begin playing for clubs and going to camps when they are young. Do these white players get called names like this at a young age and told they are white and can't play get discouraged and quit or no longer try as hard? I kind of am inclined to believe this as montrez harrell (clippers player who made the white boy comment) apparently did not understand what he did wrong when doc rivers (clippers coach) approached him. This applies to every race that isn't black. I know these camps can be very racist, I have heard countless tales of young asian american players going to camps and constantly getting called Jeremy lin or yao ming by peers and coaches. This cannot be a very supportive atmosphere for certain races.

Again I could be wrong but the fact that there are very few white american stars compared to white european stars makes me think there must be a reason for this and the recent comment by harrell got me thinking this.

Squelch wrote:

There are many black people who don't like white people and will act against them based solely on their white skin color. I can't believe we have a level of ignorance where it is believed that the only people capable of racist thoughts and behaviors are white people.

White people aren't the only people capable of prejudice but racism doesn't really function like that. Even if ALL blacks were racist towards whites that would only be 14% of the population and wouldn't affect white people getting opportunities. It's wrong and bigoted but doesn't prevent you from going about your life.

Squelch wrote:

And your comment about "due to other factors" would seem to apply in many situations, including ones where white people ARE dominant. Or does that logic also not follow in your mind?

I've never said 'other factors' aren't also present in situations where white people are dominant

cry me a river wrote:

Pokey Thomas wrote:

Let's take this foolishness a step further - why are blacks disproportionately represented in football and basketball? Are the white student-athletes being held down by racism?

Lol at the triggered white people. It's so hard being a white student-athlete. Golf, squash and sailing all matter!

So just get rid of all collegiate athletics and let the poorly treated black kids pay for expensive AAU travel teams.

appleswan wrote:

Pokey Thomas wrote:

Let's take this foolishness a step further - why are blacks disproportionately represented in football and basketball? Are the white student-athletes being held down by racism?

Errr.... No! White people are not subject to racism so any areas they are not dominant in is due to other factors! I can't believe we have this level of ignorance

I live in a predominantly Hispanic and African American county in the US. Of course, Hispanics identify as white, black, or mixed. As a non-Hispanic white, I can say there are disadvantages since we are such a small percentage. Each ethnicity (not race particularly) is a clique and they look after their own. Typically, the non-Hispanic white with 20 years of experience and a Master degree will get passed over for the job in favor of the Hispanic with 5 years experience and a Bachelor's degree. I won't go as far as to call it "racism" (which is so CASUALLY tossed around these days). But yeah, there is such a thing as reverse discrimination in certain environments. I find it ignorant that you make such blanket statements.

Whodunit wrote:

Pokey Thomas wrote:

Let's take this foolishness a step further - why are blacks disproportionately represented in football and basketball? Are the white student-athletes being held down by racism?

Talent?

Hmm, but the opposite case exists in the things that really matter to a technologically advanced society (ie. the things that make us rich, peaceful and successful) - whites overwhelmingly dominate the upper echelons of science, physics, engineering and maths - this is even with massive cheat/wholly racist incentives [I think you call it 'Affirmatative action'] which adds a few hundred SAT points to a black or brown persons score, and allows them entry in to the top universities and courses etc?

I also wonder when white people will get a 20m head start in the 100m. You know, the athletics version of 'Affirmative Action', since black people are so much more talented at most sports. I'd vote for white people getting at least a 300 m headstart in a 5000m. Much more in the marathon. Maybe a 1km headstart would be appropriate there.

Let's be consistent and fair..

And in swimming, "swimmies" for the blacks. Fair is fair.

America has been and continues to be built on the backs of black people. This is nothing new.

Pokey Thomas wrote:

More BS propaganda from the left. If the poor black football and basketball players feel oppressed then they should not take part in college athletics. No one has a gun to their head to live the life of a king, be treated better than anyone on campus and receive a free education. Sounds really tough.

How about the fact that the money these players are supposedly generating is mostly coming from white fans. Let's stop with the race insanity and searching for oppression where there is none. It demeans the people that are actually oppressed in this world.

Both of your posts are outstanding and right on! Enough of the race baiting. Even my black friends are tired of it.

ARJJEJ1277 wrote:

Both of your posts are outstanding and right on! Enough of the race baiting. Even my black friends are tired of it.

Your black friends...LOL!

Please research the quality of schools/education for minorities during their formative years before embarrassing yourself again with posts like this.

Then let’s have greater school choice so everyone will have the same academic opportunity. I’m all for that but I doubt teachers unions are.

There is another significant reason for poor education. It is single parent families. When a single mother is left to try to raise her child or children by herself and work sometimes more than one job, that child has a huge disadvantage. The role that And welfare plays I’m the black and also creeping more into the white community is huge.

tj wrote:

I also wonder when white people will get a 20m head start in the 100m. You know, the athletics version of 'Affirmative Action', since black people are so much more talented at most sports. I'd vote for white people getting at least a 300 m headstart in a 5000m. Much more in the marathon. Maybe a 1km headstart would be appropriate there.

Let's be consistent and fair..

I wonder how a 400m race looks like if there is no staggered start. Everyone starts from the same line whether you are in Lane 1 or Lane 8. Wouldn't you think that's fair?

Runner10287 wrote:

cry me a river wrote:

Lol at the triggered white people. It's so hard being a white student-athlete. Golf, squash and sailing all matter!

So just get rid of all collegiate athletics and let the poorly treated black kids pay for expensive AAU travel teams.

That can't happen. That free labor provided by these incredibly talented black kids is making way too much money for the colleges, media, etc.

That is what is happening. Blacks are in lanes 1 and 2. Hispanics are in 3 and 4. Whites are in 5-6-7 and Asians are in lane 8.