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Old Thu Jun 10, 2004, 01:46pm
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Originally posted by JRutledge

I think you make a great point. But I do believe that most Athletes in America are African-American.

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Admittedly I'm guessing - and so are you of course - but right off the bat I would have to disagree with this, unless you confine your definition of an athlete to some sports like football, basketball and maybe some track events. I bet the ncaa keeps these statistics somewhere though.

But I do agree that the sport a particular athlete winds up focussing on is not just due to his ability, but due to his opportunity and even pressure from parents & peers.

Explains why you see more hockey players than water polo players coming out of the northeast and Canada than in Arizona & Southern California.
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