Truthteller
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Leonardfan, if history is any guide, you will be proven to be correct. I think this is a very important topic, particularly for lurkers to know about. The fact that virtually the same percentage (74% to 78%) of blacks and a small group of fat Polynesians are drafted year-to-year, for almost two decades, is statistically impossible (as bigunreal notes) in a nation where blacks comprise a bit over 12% of the population. Also, within that 12%, there is a ton of dysfunction, meaning a significant number of younger black males are ensnared in criminal justice system or victims of urban violence well before they even leave high school and can never be drafted. Yet, somehow, someway, things never change, even if the black talent pool dwindles a bit. Why?
Below are two great, partial posts from bigunreal from 2011 and 2012, respectively. Can anyone say anything has changed between the 2014 NFL Draft and the 2018 NFL Draft to prove bigunreal or any of us wrong, in regards to showing how the powers-that-be rig the draft process to make sure only about 53 to 59 whites (excluding kickers and punters) are drafted year after year?
Finally, if some intrepid reporters over at ESPN really want to do some investigative reporting for Bob Ley's Outside the Lines, they might want to look into the topic we've been discussing in this thread the last seven years. How about just once, instead of doing the same trite reports they've done a million times over the last 30 years: Why aren't there more black head coaches in the NFL? Why are African-American's disappearing from baseball? Is the name Redskins racist? Blah, blah, blah, who cares anymore?
Below are two great, partial posts from bigunreal from 2011 and 2012, respectively. Can anyone say anything has changed between the 2014 NFL Draft and the 2018 NFL Draft to prove bigunreal or any of us wrong, in regards to showing how the powers-that-be rig the draft process to make sure only about 53 to 59 whites (excluding kickers and punters) are drafted year after year?
This is clearly a planned event. There is little or no happenstance involved, otherwise the randomness factor would ensure that the average number of white players drafted wouldn't be virtually the same every year. The same thing goes for roster sizes, which can only reach a certain level of whiteness before it has to be corrected. That's obviously what happened to Green Bay. They will have less whites this year. If the Packers really wanted to win, why would they dismantle their roster after winning the championship? Wouldn't you want to keep a successful organization as intact as possible?
Riddlewire has this exactly right. There are no good coaches. They all love thugs and favor blacks over whites, because they love getting that fat paycheck and the adoration of the jock sniffers in the media. As was also noted, these guys are not stupid. If they were actually trying to build winning teams, they wouldn't continue to load up on subpar blacks that fail to pan out on an interchangeable basis season after season. And once again, the few white skill players or high profile defensive players continue to go to teams where they will not have a chance to start. The randomness factor, as noted earlier, ensures that this sort of thing could not just happen as frequently as it does.
How much of a deviation is there between the total number of white players drafted year to year? It seems to me that it's always in the mid to high 50s. I submit that this is statistically impossible. Without a strict quota system, there is just no way that an aggregate number of separate, "competing" organizations could manage, collectively, to arrive at nearly the same figure after every draft.
The other thing that is simply impossible to explain innocently is the way no team ever gets above 25 white players on their roster. If the Packers really wanted to win, why would they dismantle their roster after winning the championship? Wouldn't you want to keep a successful organization as intact as possible?
Finally, if some intrepid reporters over at ESPN really want to do some investigative reporting for Bob Ley's Outside the Lines, they might want to look into the topic we've been discussing in this thread the last seven years. How about just once, instead of doing the same trite reports they've done a million times over the last 30 years: Why aren't there more black head coaches in the NFL? Why are African-American's disappearing from baseball? Is the name Redskins racist? Blah, blah, blah, who cares anymore?