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The NFL's Diversity Problem
American Thinker ^ | October 16, 2009 | Jack Cashill

Posted on 10/15/2009 11:06:19 PM PDT by neverdem

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To: Republic of Texas

Absolutely. These people, e.g. Irsay, Goodell, and the other pompous hypocrites, need to have their noses rubbed in it. Blacks are over represented; Hispanics are under represented. Not just in football; how about TV ads?


21 posted on 10/16/2009 2:30:10 AM PDT by Malesherbes (Sauve Qui Peut)
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To: Malesherbes
Did the Irsays leave Baltimore in the middle of the night because Baltimore demographics change to a white Indianapolis
22 posted on 10/16/2009 2:46:38 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: neverdem

Criminals in the NFL, no problem. But we CAN’T have divisive comments.


23 posted on 10/16/2009 3:05:16 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is fading.)
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To: neverdem

Yeah, the Plantation system is alive and well in the NFL, the massrs have the house servant and field hand thing down pat.


24 posted on 10/16/2009 3:18:13 AM PDT by Rome2000 (OBAMA IS A COMMUNIST CRYPTO-MUSLIM)
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To: neverdem
Little old widow ladies on limited, fixed incomes have to pay much higher property taxes on their homes in NFL cities to finance the bonds used to build NFL stadiums WHILE MILLIONAIRE PLAYERS PLAY THE GAME AND OWN THE TEAMS.

The NFL is the biggest con game on Earth.

25 posted on 10/16/2009 3:32:18 AM PDT by NoControllingLegalAuthority
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To: neverdem
As it happens, only the white-dominated, "white collar" positions of kicker and quarterback have rules specifically designed to protect them from rough play.

Tell that to Joe Theisman

26 posted on 10/16/2009 3:37:12 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: neverdem

I love this. Right back at ya. What’s the population percentage of midgets (little people). They need to be hired as long snappers or something.


27 posted on 10/16/2009 4:56:18 AM PDT by nhwingut (The media's love affair with Obama reminds me of a dog humping a telephone pole.)
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To: neverdem

Yes, the NFL does need racial diversity. In addition to the lack of americans of mexican decent, there is a lack of
oriental americans. Just like basketball, blacks have taken
iver most positions in the NFL.


28 posted on 10/16/2009 8:12:17 AM PDT by upcountryhorseman (An old fashioned conservative)
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To: neverdem
"Divisive comments are not what the the NFL is all about," agreed NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. "I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position in the NFL."

Is Goodell going to step down then? After all, his comments are divisive because they exclude conservatives. Hypocrisy is a defining characteristic of liberals.

29 posted on 10/16/2009 8:20:11 AM PDT by highlander_UW (To anger a conservative tell him a lie. To anger a liberal tell him the truth.)
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To: traditional1
I believe ALL of pro sports has a disproportionate number of blacks

You need to check Major League Baseball.

30 posted on 10/16/2009 8:23:37 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: TBP
The Irsays are the ones who stole the Colts from Baltimreo in the middle of the night.

Maybe had the state of Maryland not tried to use eminent domain to seize the Colts from the Irsays, the team would still be in Baltimore. Just sayin.

31 posted on 10/16/2009 8:28:21 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: Publius Valerius

Yeah, MLB is rife with discrimination against white players, too. I think their “testing” is discriminatory, and favors non-whites....that should be enough for an EEOC Complaint, as it is in the government and private job qualifications, always.....


32 posted on 10/16/2009 8:30:39 AM PDT by traditional1 ("don't gots to worry 'bout no mo'gage. Don't gots to buy no gas...Obama, he gonna take care o' me")
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To: Publius Valerius

Irsay join ing in the smear attack on Rush shows what kind of people the Irsays are.


33 posted on 10/16/2009 8:31:59 AM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: traditional1

Well, if you think it’s discriminatory, then I encourage you to tackle that project. Best of luck.


34 posted on 10/16/2009 8:32:28 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: TBP

The Irsays? Bob is long dead. It’s just Jim.

But don’t give me this “they are terrible people because they moved out of town in the middle of the night” nonsense. They moved out of town in the middle of the night because the State passed legislation to take the Colts by eminent domain—the middle of the night move was to beat the state from seizing the Colts’ facilities and property.

It was Maryland that ran the Colts out of town. Maryland was too tightfisted to build a new stadium and was crapping all over Irsay. So he left.


35 posted on 10/16/2009 8:35:47 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: TBP

Right, so the Ravens should leave and go where so Colts can return? Cleveland? Oh yeah, they have a team. Does this mean the Chiefs go back to Texas? The Titans go back to Texas? The Rams to LA, the Cardinals back to Chicago? It gets a bit hazy after that.


36 posted on 10/16/2009 8:40:28 AM PDT by Military family member (GO Colts!!)
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To: Publius Valerius
"Well, if you think it’s discriminatory, then I encourage you to tackle that project. Best of luck."

Right....with the Court system we have today, a populace educated in Public Skoolz (OJ-type Juries), common sense only applies to WHITE guys' actions. Hiring the most-qualified ONLY works when there's no minority to file a complaint, or bitch about tests written in plain English (which they can't speak and don't understand).

We already have too many requirements for Hispanic text, and soon will have Ebonic test requirements, too......

37 posted on 10/16/2009 9:15:24 AM PDT by traditional1 ("don't gots to worry 'bout no mo'gage. Don't gots to buy no gas...Obama, he gonna take care o' me")
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To: Voter#537

I only have Nascar left. I truly gave up on the nfl, long before vick.

LLS


38 posted on 10/16/2009 9:47:53 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (hussama will never be my president... NEVER!)
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39 posted on 10/16/2009 10:58:22 AM PDT by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem

We just put females on nuclear submarines. Are the stakes there high? Interpersonal harmony is a key job performance input, and each Ohio-class sub carries more firepower triggered IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

If we’re integrated there, well, I want to see 50% female linebacker representation.


40 posted on 10/16/2009 2:47:12 PM PDT by gaijin
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