The White Flight From Football

[get these nets]

fuhrer.sterns plan has been realised though

the rules changed & made skill the primary resource over raw athleticism/physicality

the slow flat-footed euros are eating they come from that euro pro system with years of professional skill development

the league is not that raw pre 00's hood shyte it's a product produced for a majority euro country

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There are two parts of that story and you're leaving out the other half..... that since the Kobe year draft that young American athletes are skipping college instruction (and competition) or going one and done..... that was in 1996. The gates have been open since then and the quality of college play has declined. Euro league play is better than college basketball system even the top conferences in D1.

Kobe is significant because he was the first full qualified player to skip college. He did well in school/SAT so he would have been eligible to play his first year in college. The other high school people that declared eligible did so because they were were partial qualifiers and would have had to sit out year. Kid from money with good grades declared early, it was over for college basketball after that.

 

[010101]

There are two parts of that story and you're leaving out the other half..... that since the Kobe year draft that young American athletes are skipping college instruction (and competition) or going one and done..... that was in 1996. The gates have been open since then and the quality of college play has declined. Euro league play is better than college basketball system even the top conferences in D1.

Kobe is significant because he was the first full qualified player to skip college. He did well in school/SAT so he would have been eligible to play his first year in college. The other high school people that declared eligible did so because they were were partial qualifiers and would have had to sit out year. Kid from money with good grades declared early, it was over for college basketball after that.

true

euro.development from early as possible vs. the grass.roots to ncaa pipeline

but really nba development is the best of all & the earlier talent can get there the better

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[Chrishaune]

look at luka.the.slugg dropping step back flat footed set shot buzzer beaters though*

You will have ballers but they won't be taking over The League anytime soon.

 

[010101]

You will have ballers but they won't be taking over The League anytime soon.

nah not on the floor

but they will get behind whoever they can support

they just gotta be iight to reach star status

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[get these nets]

The white kids who play are generally from money but they will take a free ride to school if they can. If the aim is to get access to college education via scholarships, lacrosse has the easiest path. No big money in the sports on professional level is what keeps the better athletes from focusing on it.

For the record, Jim Brown played lacrosse for fun/stay in shape at Syracuse. You already know....he is arguably the greatest lacrosse player ever from what I've read. GOAT in two sports...............Legend in two games like Pee Wee Kirkland

 

[Geek Nasty]

I’ll tell you this (as a former college football player who did well academically)

It’s not that easy. For me (and only speaking for myself) I had a single mom who was as involved as she could be. But growing up I (like most athletic boys) gravitated toward sports. I played sports with my friends, played sport video games, watched sports on TV, etc. from a young age. I wasn’t influenced to focus on sports over school, my mom (and the educational system) taught me that in order to stay on the teams I was playing on, I had to keep my grades high (and I did )


I admit I didn’t read the full article, but what does get lost in the sports vs. academia conversation is that playing team sports can instill values that go well beyond the playing field. You learn discipline, team work, healthy respect of authority, dedication toward a goal, how to bounce back from adversity or disappointment, etc. It’s not that these lessons cannot be taught elsewhere, but they were definitely reinforced in me during my years of playing sports. I wouldn’t be the man I am without being on all of the teams and learning with and from my teammates and coaches

This is the whole point of team sports, the lesson gets lost in all the media hype and overzealous fan fukkery

 

[Dr. Acula]

Her son has a learning disability and mental illness yet she’s encouraging him to accumulate concussions thru football

The damage is already done...

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

African-American kids should play soccer (football).

real shyt.i wanna see us dominate this sport globally.

 

[UncleTomFord15]

Black people really need to stop with the mindset that sports or entertainment is the only way to make it in life

 

[FaTaL]

i always felt that lacrosse could be the next sport to rise up, i really like the speed and contact but theres just no money in it right now.

i guess its pickleball instead

 

[CopiousX]

I had that same face when i read that






Its a shame that some kids never have a chance on day one.