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USA Today asks: 'Why is the Badgers' roster predominantly white?'
The Cap Times ^
| 4/3/2015
| Todd D. Milewski
Posted on 04/03/2015 10:57:26 AM PDT by gorush
With the Wisconsin men's basketball team about to make its second straight Final Four appearance, national media outlets are looking into all sorts of angles on the team.
On Thursday, USA Today published a story trying to answer this question: "Why is the Badgers' roster predominantly white?"
Reporter Josh Peter interviewed former Badgers players, assistant coaches and UW-Madison officials to get into why Wisconsin is so unlike the other Final Four teams in terms of racial makeup.
(Excerpt) Read more at host.madison.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: race
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I've been waiting for this article, predictable.
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posted on
04/03/2015 10:57:26 AM PDT
by
gorush
To: gorush
C’mon. Give them a chance. Its not easy being a small minority in an all-black sport.
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posted on
04/03/2015 10:58:27 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: gorush
Because it's cold in Wisconsin!
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posted on
04/03/2015 10:59:03 AM PDT
by
defconw
(Fight all error, and do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. -St. John Cantius)
To: gorush
Well it ain’t because they’re smart.
To: gorush
WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING BADGERS!
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posted on
04/03/2015 10:59:15 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: gorush
Why, its RACISM©, of course.
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posted on
04/03/2015 10:59:27 AM PDT
by
skeeter
To: gorush
Why are the other THREE teams predominantly black?
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posted on
04/03/2015 10:59:39 AM PDT
by
Bryanw92
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: gorush
Apparently USA Today thinks that only blacks can play basketball.
To: gorush
"Why is the Badgers' roster predominantly white?"Because it is difficult to get a suntan in Wisconsin?
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:01:55 AM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Red Badger
WE DON'T NEED NO STEENKING BADGERS!!
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:02:33 AM PDT
by
Slyfox
(I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep for ever)
To: gorush
Reminds me of the time Barkley said the 76ers were racist because they had ONE white player on the roster....
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:02:46 AM PDT
by
Feckless
(The US Gubbmint / This Tagline CENSORED by FR \ IrOnic, ain't it?)
To: gorush
On Thursday, USA Today published a story trying to answer this question: "Why is the Badgers' roster predominantly white?"
I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that some of Wisconsin's players hail from...Wisconsin.
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:02:47 AM PDT
by
Milton Miteybad
(I am Jim Thompson. {Really.})
To: gorush
They’re good at layups and 3’s? They’re good at setting screens? They play defense? They make their grades, usually?
Did I miss anything? Oh yeah, free throws...
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:04:30 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
(Chamberlain at least loved his country, please don't insult his memory by comparing him to 0.)
To: gorush
If the Ferguson Report suggests that everything must match population norms, then shouldn't all basketball teams have only one blink player?
-PJ
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:05:29 AM PDT
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: gorush
To: gorush
Because they maintain academic standards
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:05:42 AM PDT
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: gorush
I’d like to know the breakdown of how many homosexuals and pedophiles are on the team.
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:05:45 AM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
("I want to be America's first, historical, male first lady." - Slick Willie)
To: gorush
To: gorush
Because the black players in the state seem to prefer University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee rather than UW at Madison?
To: gorush
They aren’t white. Some are off white. Others have a pink or red hue.
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posted on
04/03/2015 11:08:59 AM PDT
by
albie
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