How are you going to test the whole population? A small amount of blacks run sub 10 and people seem to act like it is common knowledge that ALL blacks have better straight line speed to the point where Whites can't even come close which is ridiculous. I would say on average the difference is minimal.
Withe agility, you can see it on the field, all the way down to high school . My theory is that Whites tend to have shorter limbs, including legs which makes it easier to change direction, basically better agility. Also helps with initial burst. I forget what site talked about this I will have to look it up. I think I remember it saying that most Whites with this kind of body have better balance as well, like,guys with frames similar to Welker. But we have seen many long limbed Whites and there is more variety with black people, especially since many have some White in them. So the difference might also be minimal but that still means Whites are more agile on average, even if it is minimal.
But that's my theory/opinion, no way to scientifically test it, just like blacks and straight line speed, but somehow that is regarded as scientific fact.
Why are we talking about the average joe though? Shouldn't it be focused on athletes?
Fascinating posts all. The original one raises important questions. Still, I do think Gibbon makes good points about being sure that claims we make in favor of white athletes must be documented carefully and objectively confirmed, because white liberals will eagerly tear it all to shreds if they can. I think WHITE liberals are more to fear than black people due to higher intelligence and obsessive attack-dog mentality.
Not sure our boys "change direction" better than blacks. Who could possibly change direction better than Willie Gallimore, Gale Sayers, Barry Sanders, Billy Sims, and so many other great black running backs? The great white running backs I'm most familiar with - Mike Alstott, John Riggins, Jim Taylor, Larry Csonka - were piledrivers. McCaffrey has some good moves and power, too. There have been a few white runners with great moves - Hugh McElhenny and Jon Arnett - but on the whole our guys are not as good in a broken field as black runners are. And, face it, we are not as fast in the sprints. You see this not just in America, but over the world, especially in the summer Olympics.
What bugs me most, though, is the perception that quarterbacks aren't good athletes. I was on a forum the other day comprised solely of white guys and the debate was "Who is the Greatest Football Player of All Time?" Well, all these white fellows are nominating names like Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Barry Sanders, even O.J. Simpson. I said that Tom Brady is the greatest of all time. Immediately that choice was attacked. They responded, "We mean football players, not quarterbacks." I said, "So a quarterback is not a football player?" They said, "We mean athletes."
What do you say to people with this kind of mentality? So the guy with 7 Super Bowl rings is neither a football player nor an athlete? Amazing. We can't even win over our own race. In another forum the question was raised, "Is Tiger Woods the greatest athlete of all time?" An astounding proposition! No one ever raised the question that Jack Nicklaus or Arnold Palmer or Ben Hogan or Gary Player or Sammy Snead might be the greatest athlete of all time. But, of course, they were just white guys.
I watched a You Tube video in which the famous black boxing trainer Don Turner (of Evander Holyfield) was asked by a young white reporter his opinion of Rocky Marciano. The young white fellow strongly implied that Marciano was overrated, fought no one worth mentioning, was too small to have been great, etc. Don Turner turned on that reporter and told him in no uncertain terms that Marciano was among the best ever, that he hit harder than any fighter he'd ever seen, and that he'd destroyed the careers of greats such as Ezzard Charles and other fine fighters because of his incredible punching power. Turner then asked the white reporter if he though Walcott (black fighter) could have beaten Wlad Klitschko, and the reporter said, without hesitation, "Yes." But when Turner asked this reporter whether Marciano (conqueror of Walcott) could have beaten Klitschko, the reporter hesitated, obviously doubting Marciano. Turner then said sarcastically, "Why? Because he's white?" and turned to go.
We can't even convince our own race that whites might be athletically equal to blacks.
One other point: I think white football players work together better as a TEAM. If the NFL (or NCAA) were open-minded enough to not dictate politically correct directives and could tolerate all-white teams, I believe white teams would get more than their share of championships. White athletes are much more disciplined, play with greater intelligence, make fewer mistakes, and don't allow emotion to control them. Whites also have surer hands for catching, play more disciplined defense, commit fewer costly penalties, and obviously will have far better quarterbacks in both passing and decision-making, as well as greater coolness under pressure. But, of course, administrators would never allow it. While Bear Bryant's and Darrell Royal's teams were dominating college ball in the 1960s, the NCAA and media were apoplectic that Alabama and Texas had no blacks. But segregated Texas and Bama teams won 6 national championships between them from 1961-1970, so they were doing quite nicely without them, thanks.
I am a graduate of the U of South Alabama, so I sometimes travel there for a football game. Several years ago I witnessed the only football game I've ever seen between an all-white team and a (virtually) all-black team. South Alabama was all black save at QB, while their opponent, Cal Poly, was all white - every single player. I heard South Alabama fans around me saying that South should win easily since Cal Poly was just a team of white nerds. The result, however, was unexpected by hometown fans: Cal Poly was leading by something like 48-7 when I left at the close of the 3rd quarter. Those highly disciplined white nerds were beating the pants off the local all-black team. But you know, I could not manage to pull for my own team in that game. After all, blood is thicker than alumnus membership.
All-white football teams at the high school, collegiate, or pro level would, I think, beat all-black football teams more often than not. And maybe that is one reason the power structure won't allow competition between segregated football teams.
