Shadowlight
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Leo fan and 22 do such a great job on college football.. Perhaps and I think Leonard is a bit more positive than me we can continue to make progress at WR through the back alley way and mid major avenue. I do not think anyone here likes these trends but if they make it to the pros with an unorthodox path ie: Cooper Kupp then OK I will accept our fate. But Jeeze wouldn't it be friggen nice for say a stud athletic fast white wide out to be recognized by the high school scout services and then get recruited by lets say Tennessee, make a name for himself on a national level and then get drafted in the first round. Is that asking for too much? Anyone remember Vols wide receiver Richmond Flowers from the 60's? Good God talk about athletic. Beyond the pale!!! His son played for NC or Duke I believe.Great post. The recruiting services play a huge role in this as they are the first and biggest hurdle/filter set up to eliminate white athletes as they control the high school to college football step in the caste system.
Just from looking at the list of white WRs I posted you can see most of them do not go to big time programs (9 of them are from smaller conferences - mac, mwc etc.). Twenty-Two put it perfect, "WR's will have to weave their way thru the maze of oppression & white privilage...walk-on(see Jordy & a plethora of others)....send tapes(see Hansen & others)...disguise themselves as back-up kickers(see Hastings).....force their way into the front of the Summer Camp line(McCaffrey at RB)...stay away from baseball, soccer or other sports...etc".
Look at Chad Hansen's path from gaining a scholarship at Idaho St. because another commit decided not to go to Idaho St. and than had to take it upon himself to send out his tape and land a spot at Cal. The announcers play dumb and say they can't understand why he was not recruited and that line is repeated over and over anytime their is a white WR making plays during a broadcast. They are so racially neutered/conditioned to not bring up the truth. That is why I root for hell for all of our guys who go out there and play well in the face of true systemic discrimination and defeat all of the odds.