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Originally Posted by blakngold4
actually, i didn't. you just missed part of the point. it's true that any league action would affect lots of black players, as the league is 80% black, but when you consider the general population of the league compared to the early entrants in the draft, you get a totally different story. one white american kid has been drafted out of high school. one. i can't think of any white kids turning pro after their freshmen year of college, but marbury, melo, abdur rahim, maggette, and others have made that work too. so, when you consider that standard league rules would take 80% of their toll on black players, and the players affected by this rule would be 97 or 98% black, it's VERY easy to see how this could be construed as racist, WITHIN the framework of a league that's mostly black anyway.
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Simple demographics and a slight bit of common sense will tell you that the leauge will continue it's progression with more black players then white players. Therefore, any rule change that has to do with limiting players entering the league (targetted at namely college freshman/highschool players based on the proposed age limit) will effect a specific group of people - that group of people being, not white, nor black. It being these young kids entering the draft.
We're saying the exact same thing, your just telling me WHY it could be racist -- I'm just simply telling you it's not.