Been meaning to do this article for a number of weeks now.
I will say the article just below, my reaction to the George Seifert article, may also add more dimensions to this -- think of the racial make-up comparisons of most non-quarterback position players in the National Football League...
But there is a very real hamstringing problem with professional and what Keith Olbermann calls "college-pro" football, and it will existentially kill football (regardless of whether you think this is a good thing or not.
You cannot save football, as a sport, on a nationwide basis, by bleaching it White.
Oh, it's not that the NFL isn't trying:
- A USA Today article from June notes, from Feb. 2019 to Feb. 2020, 31 major coaching and coordinator positions went open. 24 of them were filled by White men. And six of those 31 who went out were Black. So a net gain of only one such position in that year.
- There have been nine Black head coaches in the NFL 2012-2020. Only THREE remain.
- There are NO Black owners in the NFL, and only two non-White ones (the Khans in Jacksonville, Kim Pegula in Buffalo).
- Even with a 2 1/2 percent drop in three seasons, the NFL is still 70% Black.
- And even though this is the highest number in history, only TEN of the 32 quarterbacks starting in the NFL Week 1 this season are Black.
And here's probably the most damning part of this:
- Opensecrets.org, a political think-tank, reported last week that 85% of the $4.2 million dollars given to candidates and PACs have been given to Republicans, including the entirety of $2.2 million given by the owners of the New York Jets! And all of that is either pro-Trump PAC or the RNC by Woody Johnson IV.
.... a donation that, if he succeeds, WILL END YOUR MOTHERFUCKING LEAGUE, YOU MORON PIECE OF BUTTFUMBLE SHIT!!!!
Do you have any idea what social media and Conservative websites are saying about your potential investment and all that in this league, which usually would be a printing press, but, sans Cowboys games, a double-network airing stunt, and Tom Brady, has been taking a double-digit percent BATH in the ratings at every freaking turn????
And, even if you do think you're getting out of this with just "good and compliant Black men", you'd have to literally purge this league of half it's players at minimum -- not to speak of what happens in college. And, since Jimmy The Greek was right, you'd be replacing them with far inferior athletes across the board!
This country rejects lesser football, especially at the pro level. From the USFL to the WFL to the WLAF/NFL Europa to the AAF to TWO versions of the XFL (though the second one wasn't at fault!), this country has a standard of professional football that White athletes of the levels which would be required CANNOT MEET.
THEY CAN'T!
I don't think they can get out of this, regardless of the amount of scoring in the league, without a new President. Because if Trump gets back in...
I've already had one dream of some Proud Boy joker idiot pulling out a gun at an NFL game and mowing down a Black wide receiver...
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