Apparently "well spoken" is now a strength in scouting college players

[FreedS[ohh]lave]

 

[GetSomeMoney]

Good

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Not trying to have the face of your franchise sound stupid. The game is only half of it. Its a business

 

[hashmander]

stanford's david shaw makes recruiting decisions like that. you got to know your situation. i don't see anything necessarily wrong with it. i think that's better than bringing kids into an environment they obviously won't be successful in. and one thing you can say about stanford is that they want all their athletes to be a success off the field.

 

[Real]

Good.

 

[backbreaker65]

It should be, I never understood why my people thought it was an insult to be well spoken.

 

[Ronnie Lott]

Have losing teams that can speak well brehs

 

[BlackAchilles]

It should be, I never understood why my people thought it was an insult to be well spoken.

I only take it as an insult when white people say it to me and I get the vibe that they added "for a negro" in their heads after.

 

[BXKingPin82]

Id fail instantly
I have what they call Samuel L's Syndrome
cant go a sentence out this muthafukka without saying muthafukka
wild different variations too

 

[Costanza]

Im just going to say this, when you hear lebron speak about basketball or anything... you know thats a smart dude... he never stepped foot in a college class but i guarantee he could have a 4.0 gpa...

now when i hear andrew wiggins speak... i feel like thats my little cousin who always needed me to help with his social studies homework.... how is he going to lead a team if hes dumb as hell.

 

[yoyoyo1]

they don't want stupid ass slow ass southerners in their teams. stanford actually has a rep they want to maintain.

your little black faux-outrage thread failed. you are better than an annoying feminist, sir.


please try again, fail again, fail better next time

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Have losing teams that can speak well brehs

Exactly........Have your entire front 7 be English majors but give up 287 yards rushing per game............

 

[Black Magisterialness]

It should be, I never understood why my people thought it was an insult to be well spoken.

because in the context of professional athletics (which are made up of many minorities) most of the time it's coded language for "doesn't sound like a typical negro".

It's not a bad thing to be well spoken, and if you intend for one of these kids to be the face of a franchise at some point they should be somewhat articulate. But its not something I would use as a talking point...

there are somethings best kept in the boardroom/locker room ect. Not because its bad, but it will be PERCEIVED as insensitive.

 

[FakeNews]

Personally I've never had another black person tell me I'm too well spoken or I sound too educated. Only non blacks have told me that

 

[Tony D'Amato]

But Jameis Skrong