Here's an excellent post by Riggins44 with an example of how white men are heavily discriminated against in football.
"Well yeah, look at Mike Hass' career. Had a stellar high school career, was first team all state in Oregon, had 7 TDs in one playoff game. Yet still wasn't offered a single D1 scholarship. Had to walk-on, as so many talented white players are forced to do, at Oregon State.
Had a stellar career at OSU, still holds 9 Pac-10 and OSU receiving records, including:
- The first receiver in Oregon State and Pac-10 history to have three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons, and is only the 10th player in NCAA history to do so.
- Holds the Oregon State record and is third in the Pac-10 for receiving yards in a career with 3,924
- The only player in Oregon State and Pac-10 history with two 225-plus yards receiving games.
- His 293 receiving yards against Boise State in 2004 is an Oregon State and Pac-10 record for most receiving yards in a single game.
- His 14 receptions against Arizona State in 2004 is an Oregon State record for most receptions in a game.
- His 20 receiving touchdowns ties him for the school record for receiving touchdowns in a career.
- His 90 receptions in the 2005 season is an Oregon State record for most receptions in a single season.
- His 220 receptions in his college career was an Oregon State record for most receptions in a career
- His 1,532 receiving yards in the 2005 season is an Oregon State and Pac-10 record for most receiving yards in a single season.
He won the Belitnikoff Award as the Top Wide Receiver in the nation his senior year. According to Wikipedia, "At the 2006
NFL Combine, Hass (unofficially) ran an 4.61 second
40-yard dash, a relatively slow time for a wide receiver, but was reportedly very impressive during the pass catching drills." As we can all see from watching so many NFL games, the "talent evaluators" around the league often place more value on being able to run fast in a straight line than on actually being able to catch a football. But only in certain cases, and we here at CF know what those certain cases are.
Pre-draft analysis had him projected as a third or fourth round pick, but this outstanding talent slipped to the 6th round. Some "experts" said he lacked size and speed. He was 6-1, 206 pounds, so he certainly was not on the small side for an NFL WR. More like average size but obviously far above average ability for a college WR.
And yet, this All-American, Belitnikoff Award winning, record setting athlete, as far as I know,
never even played a down during the regular season on an NFL roster. He was very impressive in several pre-season games, but his NFL career consisted on being signed to 3 teams' practice squads from 2006-2010. Not one team saw fit to sign Hass to their regular squad at any point. It appears that for some reason Hass was blackballed from the NFL. To me, this case is maybe the most obvious example of the Caste System. Though there are so many, it's difficult to choose just one."