white is right
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I went to a school with a guy who ran a hand timed 12.X in junior high. He never participated in track and field and it wasn't even encouraged. I knew another guy who ran similar times and didn't want to train with the team but wanted to train during his own time and the coach told him to show up at 8am or don't bother to run for the school. Needless to say neither guy did track for my school.Racial funneling is a great term Leonardfan and yes it does get more stringent every step up the ladder. I sense public frustration over the lack of white skill players and speed oriented guys. Note the excitement when a white guy does run to daylight. I think that elite speed needs to be nourished, emphasized and nurtured. The chronic fatalism of coaches and sports people surrounding white speed only stunts developing players progress. While tons of white kids may have the base to become very fast it takes years of development for it to reach the ceiling. There is simply not enough encouragement given to white athletes to reach their potential when it comes to speed. While black athletes cultivate it daily too often white athletes are stuck in rigid systems that discourage running to daylight.
The combine annoys the living crap out of me-- (and yes it is not a full sample} because it reinforces the stereotypes and I agree with Don this run Rich run thing is a bad joke.
By the way Don I like the streamlined site . And I like the expanding message which cuts down on clutter.
Anyway Leonardfan it seems on the surface next years combine should be better than these last two. I am sure we will start discussing it in the not too distant future.
I like Fackrell a lot. Love to see him slip into the first round. I don't think he is yet up to full speed due to the acl injury.
Lets see what happens on the pro days.
Contrast this with this million to one shot who only ran a 12.X as freshman in high school and might become a world or Olympic champion and has already won a bronze medal......http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=6727570
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