Rhoden Agrees With Sheff

the overwhelming huge majority of "potential athletes" are wasting their time, and should be told so at every opportunity.

 

And that has what to do with addressing the fact that AFrican Americans arent playing the game?


once again, we're addressing irrelevant topics that are relevant at other times, not here.

 

It's a good thing they're wasting less of their time playing baseball, and they should waste less of their time playing football and basketball, too.

 

Big chee is more concerned with the 1 in 50,000 who make it as a professional athlete than the 99 0f 100 17 year olds in the african american comunity who cannot read at their age level.

The beauty of the academies set up in Latin America is that they also have school as component of overall development.

 

That's right. This has turned into an education vs. sports participation argument. And we have to bear witness to Booms insights about African American community and their reading level.

 

Big chee - you never said - how do you feel about Bill Rhoden and Gary Sheffield sharing same editor and book publisher?

 

I don't have too. You haven't proven their points as being wrong. How about attempting to discredit their points rather than their character or book deal?

You can't.

 

Meanwhile ... just a few weeks after being called on the carpet by a black leaders, the Braves' first pick in the draft was a black kid from metro Atlanta. Coincidence?

 

What black leaders called MLB to the carpet? Who believes that AFrican American athletes who have shown to be good baseball players aren't being picked? That isn't the issue. The problem here are that enough AFrican Americans aren't playing the sport compared to yesteryear, reaching the success level as that kid drafted by the Braves.

 

For which you and Gary Sheffield seem to hold MLB responsible.

 

The Rainbow Push Coalition met with Schuerholz and other Braves executives in early May to discuss the absence of American blacks on the Atlanta 40-man roster.

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/41203/

 

Yes, I do since they haven't marketed the game to the African American community. On one hand MLB will herald Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson and other former Negro League players, yet refuse to market the game to that community. ONly for people like you to say "it's their fault."

Not surprised.