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77. One thing about kickers that you seem to have missed

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 12:00 AM

Feb 2016

Kickers come from mostly soccer backgrounds.

Soccer, until relatively recently has not been a sport that AAs have been drawn to.

With more AAs being exposed to soccer there will be more becoming kickers in high school, colleges and then NFL teams.

There you have it.

Also, the kicker is not a glamour/face-of-the-franchise position so there won't be the decades-long resistance that stopped black players from becoming QBs in the NFL.

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Bill Romanowski - Racist Or Misunderstood? [View all] SoCalMusicLover Feb 2016 OP

There is a reason it took forever to have Black QB's...and it had nothing to do with talent randys1 Feb 2016 #1

It's Scary SoCalMusicLover Feb 2016 #2

Doubtful. linuxman Feb 2016 #6

Purely racist. Started in high school, then on to college. randys1 Feb 2016 #7

I'm not convinced. linuxman Feb 2016 #9

Not excluding them the traditional way. Ask yourself this simple question randys1 Feb 2016 #11

Perhaps because there weren't enough good ones? linuxman Feb 2016 #12

Oy, I give up...Black people werent allowed to be QB until relatively recently, starting in randys1 Feb 2016 #14

Then give up. linuxman Feb 2016 #16

Yes, I give up because your position is white people are better at being QB than Black people randys1 Feb 2016 #18

That's nice. linuxman Feb 2016 #20

My goodness no doubt. gollygee Feb 2016 #22

Yeah, I was surprised we even had to discuss it. randys1 Feb 2016 #23

. linuxman Feb 2016 #28

You think white people are just biologically better at swimming gollygee Feb 2016 #30

Do white people lack access to basketball courts? linuxman Feb 2016 #32

Black neighborhoods sometimes lack open space for play (and swimming pools for that matter) gollygee Feb 2016 #36

I disagree. Strongly. linuxman Feb 2016 #39

Race is not a biological thing gollygee Feb 2016 #40

That is plainly wrong. linuxman Feb 2016 #44

There is no biological difference between white and black people to explain gollygee Feb 2016 #45

Feel free to Google it. linuxman Feb 2016 #47

Please let me know which websites you would recommend gollygee Feb 2016 #48

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/7884135/Centre-of-gravity-theory-for-dominance- linuxman Feb 2016 #56

A few responses gollygee Feb 2016 #94

I don't think I've ever seen a more racist post on DU. kwassa Feb 2016 #46

That's not what eugenics means. At all. linuxman Feb 2016 #49

Prove your thesis, racist. kwassa Feb 2016 #50

Take your linuxman Feb 2016 #55

Oohhh boy... pangaia Feb 2016 #60

No, not all. linuxman Feb 2016 #66

This thesis you propose is racist, and based on nothing. kwassa Feb 2016 #72

You called me a racist? linuxman Feb 2016 #73

Your theory is racial. Find the science, or you are a racist. kwassa Feb 2016 #75

Soooo.... linuxman Feb 2016 #78

Come on. You're not using your head brush Feb 2016 #81

Exactly my point. linuxman Feb 2016 #83

You're still missing the point brush Feb 2016 #84

I get what you're saying linuxman Feb 2016 #86

Huh? brush Feb 2016 #90

You are really digging yourself a hole here. pangaia Feb 2016 #59

I'm having a conversation. linuxman Feb 2016 #68

That was the Washington team in '88. Doug Williams hifiguy Feb 2016 #25

You're 4ight. My mistake. linuxman Feb 2016 #26

No prob. hifiguy Feb 2016 #27

I would submit 1939 Feb 2016 #31

The Hogs were the first GIGANTIC O-line hifiguy Feb 2016 #35

That Super Bowl with Denver was a classic 1939 Feb 2016 #41

YYeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiii pangaia Feb 2016 #64

It wasn't Riggos game. 1939 Feb 2016 #67

I guess I was thinking of riggo in general. pangaia Feb 2016 #70

HOGS FOREVER !!!!! pangaia Feb 2016 #63

One of the biggest comebacks in SB history. pangaia Feb 2016 #62

I read a little about Doug Williams Bradical79 Feb 2016 #96

Maybe you should check your facts. pangaia Feb 2016 #57

Maybe you should read the thread and see I already acknowledged that. linuxman Feb 2016 #58

Jesus, I almost alerted on that post. pangaia Feb 2016 #54

Not really true. You have to consider many HSs and even colleges don't run Press Virginia Feb 2016 #74

WHAT ??? pangaia Feb 2016 #53

One thing about kickers that you seem to have missed brush Feb 2016 #77

Most AA are mixed race. wildeyed Feb 2016 #80

The problem starts before NFL Bradical79 Feb 2016 #91

Well...it's a 'merit'...'MONEY' system. trof Feb 2016 #29

That's exactly what I'm saying. linuxman Feb 2016 #69

Really Dude..... BronxBoy Feb 2016 #51

Those things were certainly race related, no doubt. linuxman Feb 2016 #61

Funny you would mention baseball 1939 Feb 2016 #95

And how many black head coaches are there? Still? pangaia Feb 2016 #52

Not sure. Maybe you could start a thread about it. linuxman Feb 2016 #65

It had more to do with what has won in the past Press Virginia Feb 2016 #79

There is a reason it took forever to have Black coaches...and it had nothing to do with talent KamaAina Feb 2016 #97

"You will never last a minute in the NFL with that attitude" ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2016 #3

manning stormed out in 2010 after losing. JanMichael Feb 2016 #4

Of course, spitting in the face of an opponent is very manly. HuckleB Feb 2016 #5

Much ado about nothing, IMO. karadax Feb 2016 #8

Understanding Why You Don't Call A Black Man A Boy SoCalMusicLover Feb 2016 #10

The fact that Romanowski is a racist doesn't excuse Newton from being a whiny ass crybaby tularetom Feb 2016 #13

I hear ya. cwydro Feb 2016 #38

Considering that was the Bountygate Saints team hifiguy Feb 2016 #42

Not racist. Floridanow Feb 2016 #15

If not racist, he's at least pretty damn oblivious. linuxman Feb 2016 #17

Oblivious gets my vote! N/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2016 #37

The existence of a black friend does not mean someone is not racist. N/t gollygee Feb 2016 #19

Exactly. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #33

Some of my best friends???? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2016 #43

Racist. Has he ever called out Tom Brady for being one of the biggest fucking crybaby's madinmaryland Feb 2016 #21

Roidhead asshole. hifiguy Feb 2016 #24

Good points roscoeroscoe Feb 2016 #85

JJ Stokes Mendocino Feb 2016 #88

Is both an option? oberliner Feb 2016 #34

Racist Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #71

Racist Mendocino Feb 2016 #76

racist asshole. words have meaning. spanone Feb 2016 #82

This asshole abuses roids.. one_voice Feb 2016 #87

Douchebag? Definitely. Racist? Hard to say. Initech Feb 2016 #89

Romanowski doesn't get the benefit of the doubt, in my opinion Bradical79 Feb 2016 #92

pretty much Johonny Feb 2016 #99

Racist fuck, even though the tweet was on point. sir pball Feb 2016 #93

Well, he did say that he thought most former NFL players had CTE. KamaAina Feb 2016 #98