I agree with BRC.

I think money has a large role in today's youth sports. Lots of parents will spend thousands a year on one-on-one trainers and camps and clinics. Child X has his own personal trainer for 2 years and Y doesn't. Even if Y has a good arm, child X has more experience and reps even in the 4th and 5th grade and will get the nod. It's kind of sad.

There are a lot of black soccer players though that could IMO easily be transformed into kickers.

Why aren't there any Asian quarterbacks?

Also, around here at least, high schools are going to more and more complex spread type offenses. QBs are often groomed from about 7th grade in a system to get them ready for high school. The kid who gets the summer camps (around here, often run by the high school) is going to have an advantage on understanding and running the offense over kids who don't.

Well, clearly, white people are smarter.

I would love to leave it at that, but I am afraid it would be taken seriously.

I think we would all agree that black people are typically more athletic than the majority of white people. As such, the ones who play QB are often asked to run more of an option oriented attack, and at the very least, are encouraged to run when all else fails.

White QB's are encouraged to stand in the pocket and look downfield because they won't get very far running the ball.

But, when the NFL drafts a QB, they look for a guy who will stand tall in the pocket and deliver the ball downfield.

I also think that it starts young in pee wee football.... and coaches on that level have very little clue of what they are doing.... so they emulate the NFL teams, or the college teams.... and they try to do what they do. If they have a tall white kid that can throw the ball pretty good.... they feel like they have a QB.

It is an interesting discussion, but it is good to see more and more black QB's in the NFL.

I don't know. Why don't you ask Rush Limbaugh?

Honestly... height, more than anything.

Good question - I bet they could instantly calculate the proper trajectory and speed of a fade to the back corner of the end zone.

Sure you can, it's called figure skating.

Heh, when that happens, expect this thread to hit 200 plus.

Or have you seen any Black swimmers?

To be honest in my life and what I've seen, I've never met a black person who can swim well. I used to have an in-ground pool in my backyard at my parent's house growing up and I would have our HS basketball team come over and party. None of the black guys would leave the shallow end. ROFL

And, according to Reggie White, they could take off their helmet, and rework the helmet speaker into a rocket football launcher.

Maybe it's just not a position of interest. It's not flashy, although it's very important. I find it hard to believe that leg strength and accuracy are something that only white people have, so I'd guess it's just not a "sexy" thing to do. If you have athletic ability, then why be a kicker?

There are a lot of black soccer players, so it does seem weird that there are not more black kickers in any level of football. I've never seen one in PeeWee, High School or College, much less the pros.

That's a good point too. It seems there are just certain sports that black people for whatever reason seem to stay away from.

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