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To: Mercat
"I have become increasingly uncomfortable with ... watching black kids mostly risking it all to try to make it into the NBA."

By "risking it all" do you mean a torn ACL?

12 posted on 03/21/2015 9:24:48 AM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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To: Flag_This

Actually I do although I recognize that “risking it all” should be reserved for our service men so I apologize for that. I assume that some if not most of these kids have this one shot at success and no wonder they are going one and done. What they do is a difficult full time job and they are learning a lot of skills that are not necessarily related directly to basketball. I find myself loving them like they were my own sons and then I worry. Once I realized that dynamic, I disengaged. I have enough kids and people to pray for. So I’m glad that they are getting this shot but I guess I’m cranky I can’t afford the tickets. LOL


20 posted on 03/21/2015 9:29:15 AM PDT by Mercat
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