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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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.
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Well basketball and football are near the top of the most played sports in America. The NF has listed that information every year, not sure it is on their website.
In my area there are Hockey and Lacross teams for example, but they are club sports and not supported by the IHSA. Only a very small percentage of schools have any of these sports and it is usually in the more affluent communities. And these are communities that are not bubbling over with people of color in those schools. Even in the NHL, there are way more players from other countries than from America. The TV ratings are also a reflection of that as well.
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Originally posted by Dan_ref
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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This also explains why many pro basketball athletes come from Chicago, New York or Philly as well. And many other pro football players come from Dallas, Miami or the many other communities that have a great deal of African-Americans.
Peace