Controversial question. Why are most athletes black?

[The Blue Elephant]

just go and look how many gold medals in different olympic sports have white and black people

i just don't see how the sports are Afro dominated from your first post

I think a lot of those olympics is a europian tradition and African countries are too busy struggling to survive to develop their athletes. No one still answered why the NFL and NBA are so Afro domianted despite the USA being such a white country?

 

[seattlejazzfan]

I think a lot of those olympics is a europian tradition and African countries are too busy struggling to survive to develop their athletes. No one still answered why the NFL and NBA are so Afro domianted despite the USA being such a white country?

speed and jumping. Basketball, 100 and 200 M dashes, CB, Safety, WR, RB, MLB steals leaders, have more blacks. Why? Who the hell knows, but the numbers don't lie.

 

[fishonjazz]

If black people decided they wanted to dominate hockey, baseball, rugby, etc then I think they could.

Black people just don't choose to play those sports as much as basketball and football

 

[The Blue Elephant]

speed and jumping. Basketball, 100 and 200 M dashes, CB, Safety, WR, RB, MLB steals leaders, have more blacks. Why? Who the hell knows, but the numbers don't lie.

Exactly. My theory still holds true. Most "races" are very similar in athleticism. However Africans have a slight advantage in sports involving running. This doesn't mean every African has better genes than every white. Like lets say 2 percent of Blacks have elite basketball genetics, only 1% of whites do.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Cornerback is perhaps the best example out there - a position that is all about speed, quickness, acceleration, jumping, etc. I don't think there has been a white cornerback in the NFL since Jason Sehorn retired.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Jimmy "The Greek" would like to weigh in with his opinion.

Who remembers that atrocity of a comment?

 

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Jimmy "The Greek" would like to weigh in with his opinion.

Who remembers that atrocity of a comment?

Hella racist tbh

Meanwhile, they call him 'the Greek'

 

[The Blue Elephant]

Jimmy "The Greek" would like to weigh in with his opinion.

Who remembers that atrocity of a comment?

Didn't he say that slave owners purposely bred their strongest workers to produce the strongest athletes? Slaves were seen as property. People bred their biggest cows and oxen, and trees with largest fruit. I don't see it being a leap in logic to suggest they would do same for slaves. How is what Jimmy the Greek saying that racist?

 

[fishonjazz]

Didn't he say that slave owners purposely bred their strongest workers to produce the strongest athletes? Slaves were seen as property. People bred their biggest cows and oxen, and trees with largest fruit. I don't see it being a leap in logic to suggest they would do same for slaves. How is what Jimmy the Greek saying that racist?

Cause everything that anyone says about any race, except the caucasian race, is racist. Duh

 

[BTP]

I think it has to do a lot with opportunity.
I may be wrong but my observation is that a lot of these guys have experienced a drastic social uplift/change due to the fact that they became basketball pros.

My experience is the most exceptions to that rule are 7 footer and kids whose parents were athletes themselves.

It's similar with soccer here in Germany.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

My honest answer. Their historical environments. Africa has always lent itself to its' people being very active. That followed up by slavery here in the colonies and later, U.S., helped create a people with a strong physical gene pool imo. In short, I believe over generations, we can change our athletic makeup through activity and training. Obviously, you can only change this by degrees from generation to generation but I believe this. In many ways, it's no different than other animals whose bodies adapt to their environments.

 

[fishonjazz]

My honest answer. Their historical environments. Africa has always lent itself to its' people being very active. That followed up by slavery here in the colonies and later, U.S., helped create a people with a strong physical gene pool imo. In short, I believe over generations, we can change our athletic makeup through activity and training. Obviously, you can only change this by degrees from generation to generation but I believe this. In many ways, it's no different than other animals whose bodies adapt to their environments.

I agree