| Basketball In White and Black [message #1015685] |
Wed, 10 May 2006 04:09 |
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Dear Newsgroup,
I enjoy college basketball. I have watched it for many years and hope to
watch it for many more. I have noticed that the players in the game have an
increased skill level and have gotten darker in their skin color. When I
first watched college basketball in Georgia where I grew up, most of the
players were white. Now most of the players are black. Our society has
gone from a bad, dark place into a better place. Not perfect, just better.
That is fine, I have also noticed an increase in the skill and ability of
the average player.
MY QUESTION IS: are there coaches that only recruit black basketball
players? This is kinda hard on the white kids if they are not recruited.
Also are there good white basketball players that do not go to a certain
college where they are recruited, because it is a black program and all of
the teammates are black? Maybe the white player thinks that their playing
time will be reduced at a black program. I am not including, in my
question, colleges that are "predominately black college or university".
For example, Coach John Thompson built a great basketball program at
Georgetown. All of the players that I recall were black. Did John Thompson
only recruit black players to come to Georgetown?
Thanks for your comments.
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