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Old Thu Jun 10, 2004, 09:18pm
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Originally posted by JRutledge
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.
Like others have mentioned, I think location is more of an issue than race in many sports. Texas is 75% white, Florida is 78%. A tremendous amount of pro football players come from these areas because these are probably the strongest two states in the country in HS football.
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