Big Ten Conference to stop scheduling non-Division I Teams

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  1. Husker Ed

    Husker Ed Founding Member

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    The same area is recruited by the Big East, ACC, and SEC in football. It hasn't done much for the Big East or ACC in that sport. The position that the "black belt", as you call it, is better because of the ethnicity of the population is a bigoted one.
     
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  2. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Because they are leagues that emphasize basketball and they have done very well because of the regional ethnicity. Check out where the best track and field schools are, too . . . 22 of the last 24 championships went to the SEC. Florida State was another and only Stanford from outside the southeast.

    Your inability to understand obvious demographics is not my problem.
     
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  3. Husker Ed

    Husker Ed Founding Member

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    And your inability to see how you hiding behind "demographics" to justify a bigoted position is not my problem.
     
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  4. Tiger_fan

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    take a look at Nebraska's 2013 roster

    ALABAMA
    Black RB Homewood, Ala. (Homewood)
    Black CB Leeds, Ala. (Leeds)

    GEORGIA
    Black RB Gainesville, Ga. (North Hall)

    VIRGINIA
    Black CB Springfield, Va. (West Springfield)

    LOUISIANA
    Black WR Baldwin, La. (West Saint Mary)
    Black WR Winnfield, La. (Winnfield Senior)
    Black TE Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel)

    FLORIDA
    Black WR Bradenton, Fla. (Manatee)
    Black DT Orlando, Fla. (Freedom)
    Black DE Tampa, Fla. (Gaither)
    Black CB Miami, Fla. (Westlake Prep)
    Black CB Weston, Fla. (Cypress Bay)

    TEXAS
    Black QB Cibolo, Texas (Steele)
    Black RB Katy, Texas (Katy)
    Black WR Arlington, Texas (Sam Houston)
    Black OL Pearland, Texas (Bellaire)
    Black OL Carrollton, Texas (Creekview)
    Black OL Houston, Texas (Alief Taylor)
    Black DT Keller, Texas (Fossil Ridge)
    Black DT Houston, Texas (Eisenhower)
    Black DT Galena Park, Texas (North Shore)
    Black DE Mesquite, Texas (West Mesquite)
    Black DE Arlington, Texas (Bowie)
    Black LB Spring, Texas (Klein Collins)
    Black CB Arlington, Texas (Juan Seguin)
    Black CB San Antonio, Texas (Madison)
    Black CB Spring, Texas (Klein Collins)
    Black S Fresno, Texas (Hightower)


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  5. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Look, I posted evidence to support the notion that demographics plays a large part in SEC success. Let's see you prove your personal accusation of bigotry, Huckleberry. Nebraska has more scholarship football players from the Southeast than from Nebraska. Black scholarship players mostly. Nebraska signed 10 players from the southeast this February (all black) . . . and one player from Nebraska.

    Everybody sees it but you.
     
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  6. Husker Ed

    Husker Ed Founding Member

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    I am well aware of what Nebraska's roster looks like and where Lincoln, Nebraska is located. If you want to take the position that the south produces more talent, I would agree. But to say it's because of the color of the skin is short sighted, simplistic, stereotypical, and WRONG. We obviously are not going to agree on this. This discussion has been going on for hundreds of years and unfortunately it continues to this day.
     
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  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Black athletes dominate football, basketball and track. It is neither bigoted nor stereotypical to state this fact. Neither is it so to point out the demographics of the southeastern states. That is another fact. A third fact is that players tend to not stray too far from home. Add it all up.

    You are the one alleging bigotry here and you have not offered one single fact to support yourself.
     
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  8. Husker Ed

    Husker Ed Founding Member

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    Again, we are not going to agree on this. If you want to believe that the color of skin makes a difference I am not going to try and change your mind. I disagree. I am not going to waste any more time discussing this with someone who wants to use racial stereotypes to make his point. It is a FACT that you believe that the color of someone's skin makes them better at football, basketball, and track. I find that disturbing and sad.
     
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  9. KyleK

    KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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    Then explain why the majority of elite athletes are black. Pick any pro football team or basketball team. Any. They are all majority black.
     
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  10. Husker Ed

    Husker Ed Founding Member

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    I stand corrected. It is not bigotry. By definition it is racism.
    http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/racism
     
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