Shadowlight
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I believe we are seeing it creeping in now but the change in the caste weather will likely take place from the top down. No doubt when I am staring at say the top 100 WR class of 2017 and all I see is a black wall of players it looks like this living hell has no end in sight and could even get worse. Maybe only 5% of the top 100 (usually towards the bottom) are white. And the massive cultural barriers including slotting all play a giant role in the configuration of what major college football teams look like in this day and age. Don is right, the white athlete faces Mount Everest type challenges to make it to the top.
Perhaps I am being too naïve but the biggest force for change will come from the fans themselves. The National Anthem debate was seen by some media quarters as a key reason for the "slippage" of the NFL last season. But hidden in between the lines was this white fan force that is coming to the realization that white players are a dying breed and they don't care so much for that idea. There comes a point where human nature starts to force changes. When white fans today are subject to the day to day caste haze that rules the sports air waves today and the humiliation and inferiority they start to feel as a result of the onslaught then push back starts to occur. Remember that heavy metal chestnut song "We're not going to take it anymore." You can only spit on and humiliate people for so long before they wake up and start fighting back. When many of the white fans start seeing a league that features virtually no important white players and there are black QB's handing off the ball to black RB's and throwing the ball to black WR's who are covered by black DB's with nary a white in sight beyond a field goal kicker and some lineman the NFL will find itself with a marketing dilemma.
I believe the NFL is slowly recognizing the fact that if white players of import were to fall out of the system they will see a very negative impact financially. And since money talks I sense the NFL at the very least does not want to see white players of importance fade from view. White players are GOOD FOR THE BOTTOM LINE and at the end of the day that somewhat moves the needle in the right direction.
Perhaps I am being too naïve but the biggest force for change will come from the fans themselves. The National Anthem debate was seen by some media quarters as a key reason for the "slippage" of the NFL last season. But hidden in between the lines was this white fan force that is coming to the realization that white players are a dying breed and they don't care so much for that idea. There comes a point where human nature starts to force changes. When white fans today are subject to the day to day caste haze that rules the sports air waves today and the humiliation and inferiority they start to feel as a result of the onslaught then push back starts to occur. Remember that heavy metal chestnut song "We're not going to take it anymore." You can only spit on and humiliate people for so long before they wake up and start fighting back. When many of the white fans start seeing a league that features virtually no important white players and there are black QB's handing off the ball to black RB's and throwing the ball to black WR's who are covered by black DB's with nary a white in sight beyond a field goal kicker and some lineman the NFL will find itself with a marketing dilemma.
I believe the NFL is slowly recognizing the fact that if white players of import were to fall out of the system they will see a very negative impact financially. And since money talks I sense the NFL at the very least does not want to see white players of importance fade from view. White players are GOOD FOR THE BOTTOM LINE and at the end of the day that somewhat moves the needle in the right direction.