[itsinthebag]

What's wrong with just getting the best players, period.

[T. Jefferson]

Half of the men's basketball players were black, as were 44 percent of football players.

Joe Morgan was dismayed to find that there were so many blacks in these sports. "There must be some way to get more whites to fit the quota. It sends the wrong message." Yeah, right. Joe Morgan, once a racist, always a racist.

[JohnLongIsland]

``There's a perception among African-American kids that they're not welcome here, that baseball is not for inner-city kids,''

unfortunately if baseball players came out on the playing field wearing some gangsta style uni's and flashing a lot of bling bling the inner city kids would elevate in droves towards the sport. sorry joe morgan, but your statement shows that you are still of the ted and hillary plantation mentality.
JMHO

[Sociopathocracy]

Sounds like a perfect opportunity for Jesse Jerkson to blackmail MLB.

[Dog Gone]

Is there a similar outcry to get more whites and hispanics into the NBA?

[Horatio Gates]

The pool of African-American players just isn't there. And as baseball becomes more college-oriented in its draft, there aren't a lot of players to pick.

Funny I don't recall the NFL ever mentioning this as a problem. If African Americans want to play there's nobody stopping them from trying

[judgeandjury]

``Of course I noticed it. How could you not?'' Morgan said while the Astros took batting practice before the opener in Chicago.

I've watched the first two games and five 1/2 innings of game 3 of the World Series up to this point, and I hadn't noticed that the Astros didn't have any black players on their roster. But then, I guess this is the type of thing that you'd notice only if you were actually looking for it, as Morgan apparently was.

[judgeandjury]

``We're diverse because we're looking for the best in talent and character,'' general manager Ken Williams said before the Series started. ``It just happened that way. I could care less what the makeup of the club is as long as it works as a whole.''

I think Williams meant to say that he couldn't care less. By saying that he could care less, he's not indicating where his present level of caring is on this matter, other than to say that it's not at zero.

[JackDanielsOldNo7]

``Of course I noticed it. How could you not?''

I did not notice it until I saw this article. So stick it Joe.

[starfish923]

Thirteen percent of the population CAN'T be in everything. It SURE can't be tops (professional baseball, for example) in everything. It can't even be 13% in anything sometimes.

The QUOTA system simply doesn't work. People just don't FIT into quotas, when the "job" REALLY is based on performance, even if those quotas are mandated.

That just life and Joe Morgan wants it both ways.
That just ISN'T life. But it IS reverse racism.

[1Old Pro]

Is anyone complaining about the lack of Blacks playing Hockey or curling? How about the lack of Whites in the NBA?

Why don't we stop worrying about these ridiculous quotas?

[Mr. Jeeves]

``We're diverse because we're looking for the best in talent and character,'' general manager Ken Williams said before the Series started. ``It just happened that way. I could care less what the makeup of the club is as long as it works as a whole.''

Uh oh. Williams is just asking for a nasty note from Jesse Jackson reminding him of his responsibility as a leader in the "community" to demand more preferences. ;)

[Rakkasan1]

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