Quote:I think you're missing my point.

 

There is a disparity with white and black coaches, but there is disparity in favor of black athletes in some positions. Where is your outrage there?

 

In your post, you say that white people are more unathletic, but you go on the same that black athletes are equally competent in every way. You can't have inequality in your favor but not against. My point is that there are, at the moment, positions where white people excel. On the flip-side, there are positions where black people exceed. 

 

 

 

In a sport / job / career where minorities tend to excel, I don't feel as though the RR is necessary. 

 

Since your last post (@ 10:36) addresses the point I'm trying to make, I'll use my answer to that one for this one too. Inequality works for and against both sides. I've been in locker rooms / businesses / whatever where I wasn't welcomed specifically because I was white. I was poor, and I wasn't handed anything. I worked a bunch of part-time jobs to pay for a second-rate school out-of-pocket until I got the job I wanted. I still don't make a lot of money, and I've seen people far less qualified get promoted ahead of me. Some were black, some were white. 

 

I believe that each race tends to excel in certain careers paths. It would be stupid and inaccurate to say that one is better than the other, but it would be even dumber to say that there aren't differences. I'm also not saying that one isn't capable of achieving that of the other. I just don't think we need to bump up minority candidates if we don't also bump up white minority candidates in positions where they don't excel. If your argument is for equality for everyone, then we must fight for that. I'm down for that but it doesn't seem like that's your argument. 

 

I'm not missing any point. I've already highlighted more black athletes are playing these sports and less white athletes are. Neither group is more athletic than another. Blacks simply emphasize sports more than other groups. It could be simply be because we think development of these skills will result in getting out of low-income, crime ridden environments.

 

So there are no disparities between white and black players, no one group is more athletically competent than another. There simply isn't enough white players! 

 

I also said the white QBs who do play are generally not as athletic. First you need to understand there are few white players to begin with. The pool of athletically gifted white players is already small, so when I say most white QBs are unathletic I don't think I am saying anything that isn't true. There simply aren't many. Manning, Brady, Flacco, Schuab, Ryan, Rivers, etc etc these guys are some of the best passers in the league but they are not athletic. Why are they such great passers? Simply put, throughout their career they had to be. They didn't have the ability to run around, scramble etc etc. They had to focus development on becoming a fundamentally sound, traditional drop back passers. Vick is probably a great example of someone who had freak talent but just never developed into an elite passer. Why? Because he able to get by in highschool and college on sheer talent. He never developed the mental game, the ability to go through progressions, read defenses etc etc. 

 

Again for players it is a numbers game.

 

Large pool of players = greater likelihood of more talented, athletically gifted players.

Smaller pool of players = less likelihood of more talented, athletically gifted players.

Less athletically gifted players at QB = more time refining the critical aspects of the game.

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Coaching is different. Disparities are present because of lack of opportunities not because of lack of numbers. 

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