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yeah, not sure it's racist. Just incredibly stupid an not true. He is a smart guy, wonder what his angle is
They were talking about the LLWS on PTI and how the group of kids from Chicago was the first all black team to make it to the LLWS in over 30 years or something. Tony asked if this could be a trend for inner city baseball. Wilbon said no, because young black kids' role models are basketball players or maybe football players. Then he took it a step further and said the statement above. My jaw dropped, as did I'm sure a bunch of people at ESPN.
I've been saying the same thing for a long time. Is there an asianpeoplemeet.com and a hispanicpeoplemeet.com?
Bowling is pretty self explanatory. I think a fatherless kid could figure it out on his won.
Little League baseball probably does take more parental involvement/organization than basketball at a young age.
There is a Christianpeoplemeet, or something similar. Not sure of the others you mention.
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Are we sure it's not true?
I think most of us that disagree think it has nothing to do with black kids playing less baseball. That doesnt mean that their dads are not around.
They wanted to call its whitesonly, but some arian group already took that domainfarmersonly and christianmingle
I agree with basketball. But baseball and football seem like the same amount of parental involvement. I also think any kid with a ball and stick can play baseball. I think his thought that "not having fathers" is incredibly stupid.At that age? Yes.More than football?
If you started a whitepeoplemeet.com dating service in a country where white people were the overwhelming minority nobody would have a problem with it.
Trying to sprinkle a little bit of guilt over your snow flake head. Kinda like the guilt fairy....
....I grew up playing with black kids on naval bases, their fathers were allowed to join the service as has been the case in my lifetime..
Not sure your point there.
Oh I see. You believe in the "token" way of doing thingsNot sure your point there.
There are pics of white guys, black guys, asian guys, wommen, gingers and a bunch of fat and ugly guys. That's pretty diverse for bowling.
Maybe not, but like I said, there are other factors that are more important (like football being more popular). But the parental involvement aspect could simply be another hurdle once you get past the main hurdles.More than football?
I think anyone who's not white should be proud that we don't partake in bowling on a professional level.Oh I see. You believe in the "token" way of doing thingsNot sure your point there.
There are pics of white guys, black guys, asian guys, wommen, gingers and a bunch of fat and ugly guys. That's pretty diverse for bowling.
Seriously, is that what determines if it's racist or not? The size of the group that it caters to?
Gotcha. Yeah I'm not sure you can tie the lack of present fathers to the baseball option.
I can't argue those, but that doesn't sound right. But to be honest, I don't know. So I'll take your word.Maybe not, but like I said, there are other factors that are more important (like football being more popular). But the parental involvement aspect could simply be another hurdle once you get past the main hurdles.More than football?
It depends on the area I'm sure, but in many areas (like where I've been), youth football is generally run by the schools while youth baseball is pretty much an entirely parent run organization not affiliated with the school or city.
For a football team, you might only need 3 parents heavily involved for every 40 kids with the local government footing much of the equipment bill. A youth baseball team might have 3 parents for every 12 kids with kids buying much of their equipment.
I don't think single parents play a factor in to which sport a kid plays. No father to have a catch? Guess I won't play baseball. Let's go throw a football instead.
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But kids don't travel to play basketball. Why do inner city kids have to travel at all to play baseball? There should be more kids per capita in the city than on a rural farm team. And as far as equipment, why do they have to buy anything other than a glove?
yeah... good gosh 67% what is going on in that community?
I'm no expert (don't have kids), but I could see baseball needing as much or more than football at that age.I can't argue those, but that doesn't sound right. But to be honest, I don't know. So I'll take your word.But that sounds more like cost over parents. I just think what Wilbon said is utterMaybe not, but like I said, there are other factors that are more important (like football being more popular). But the parental involvement aspect could simply be another hurdle once you get past the main hurdles.More than football?
It depends on the area I'm sure, but in many areas (like where I've been), youth football is generally run by the schools while youth baseball is pretty much an entirely parent run organization not affiliated with the school or city.
For a football team, you might only need 3 parents heavily involved for every 40 kids with the local government footing much of the equipment bill. A youth baseball team might have 3 parents for every 12 kids with kids buying much of their equipment.
