[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

[starfish923]

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

You are correct.
It's ONLY when football and basketball became COLLEGE oriented that black players became so prevalent in the pros. It was BECAUSE colleges were recruiting young black males to play for their college teams.....regardless of their academic fitness.

Also funny, why aren't college BASEBALL teams predominantly black, like so many college FOOTBALL and BASKETBALL teams are?

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