Quote:The fact that this thread went from about the potential of a person playing a position in football, to the argument that he can't play said position because he's not the right skin color shows what's still wrong with america today lol.  This thread should never have escalated to this point and quite frankly i'm kind of surprised the mods didn't get involved.

Meh, it's a "touchy" subject. Anyone of any race is capable of playing any position in any sport. That's a given. But, here is the thing, if it didn't matter, then why would this Country and these sporting organizations continously keep track of the overall demographichs? That's in a way, part of the issue. If it didn't matter, then these leauges would have a "color blind" mindset towards each and every prospect that entered their leauges.

But they don't. I see that you're in the NAVY though. And much like most sports, and we saw the term thrown out there for Richie Incognito, cant remember the player, but he was dubbed "An honorary black guy". There is actually a sense of "brotherhood" and "unity" in organized sports and military branches. So, I don't know. I grew up during the 90's, and as a teen in the 00's, I had and still have friends from ALL over the place. I truly hate to judge people. But, when I do, it's based on their actions, not the color of their skin.

If Gerhart doesn't pan-out for us at RB, it's not going to be in my mindset or thoughts to say "Oh, well, it's because he's white", it'll be "He didn't pan out because he's simply not good enough to be a starting RB in this leauge, that's why he was a 2ND RD pick in Minnesotta, and not a 1ST RD pick, and that's why he was a back-up for as long as he was wearing purple and gold". Nothing more, and nothing less.

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