the 1 thing the USA has to do to get soccer popular in the US.....

[sidspaceman]

Originally posted by norfcath
[QUOTE]Originally posted by toot86
Its not a bad thing.. Its just When you have a White Superstar it makes the sport kinda boring.. Vinilla.. ..

All the popular sports in the USA have black STars..



By the way have you ever seen a BLack Itailian?

I [/QUOTE

Frank Bruno, boxer from Italy. May have been the European champion at one time, not too long ago.


Frank Bruno is English. The dude was actually the heavyweight champion for a very short time.

[BrianCappellieri]

Originally posted by Astorian
they should be paying Anelka that money.

No because Anelka is French not black. ;)

Well, I guess you could argue that he's black but certainly not black black.

I think is the first thread in history where the posts went off-topic for the better. And that can only happen when Toot starts it.

[sanariot]

Originally posted by lion



Lassiter, Cobi, etc. are not that great players. Wait till a really talented black player (Freddy Adu might be one) comes to the forefront in the MLS. Then you will see ...

How many people questioned Jovan Kirovski's "true age"?

[mpruitt]

thats a hell of an idea! you ignorant ************.

[BrianCappellieri]

Yes, then we will see! The sport will suddenly become popular. Not because of a World Cup win, an American star, or amazing ability but because he is black.

Every MLS match will sell out and everyone will become soccer fanatics.

[sanariot]

Originally posted by lion


Doug Williams was in the limelight for a much shorter period of time than Dan Marino was. And Williams does not have as many records as does Marino.

Could that be because of the bias there was against black quarterbacks? I've heard a lot of interviews done by Terry Bradshaw in which he says that Joe Gilliam was the better quarterback in '72 than he was and that by all rights, he should have started in their Super Bowls in the '70's.

I know what you're thinking now, "But Sean, that was the '70's, what does that have to do with today?" I'll tell you what that has to do with today, If being black was the primary factor in being a superstar, why would there not be more black players playing in the glamour position of that particular sport than there are now? Quick, name me all of the black quarterbacks in the NFL besides Donovan McNabb and Daunte Culpepper.

White superstars are just as valued as black or hispanic superstars are. Don't cry reverse racism now. I agree that dark skinned professional sports players are recognized more than they were in the past, but is that really saying too much?

[sidspaceman]

Steve Mcnair
Quincy Carter
Kordell Stewart
Charlie Batch
Aaron Brooks
Shaun King
Akali Smith
Tee Martin
Joey Hamilton
Aaron Wright
Ray Lucas

[whip]

What are you smoking boy ??? Soccer will be popular on usa when MLS/USSF hire people capable with imagination to PROMOTE a sport activity?? ah..... when MLS DISMANTLE THE COACH CARROUSEL......By the way let me have that cigarrete......

[sanariot]

Originally posted by sidspaceman
Steve Mcnair
Quincy Carter
Kordell Stewart
Charlie Batch
Aaron Brooks
Shaun King
Akali Smith
Tee Martin
Joey Hamilton
Aaron Wright
Ray Lucas

How many of them are undisputed starters?

[lion]

Originally posted by Astorian


Could that be because of the bias there was against black quarterbacks? I've heard a lot of interviews done by Terry Bradshaw in which he says that Joe Gilliam was the better quarterback in '72 than he was and that by all rights, he should have started in their Super Bowls in the '70's.

I know what you're thinking now, "But Sean, that was the '70's, what does that have to do with today?" I'll tell you what that has to do with today, If being black was the primary factor in being a superstar, why would there not be more black players playing in the glamour position of that particular sport than there are now? Quick, name me all of the black quarterbacks in the NFL besides Donovan McNabb and Daunte Culpepper.

White superstars are just as valued as black or hispanic superstars are. Don't cry reverse racism now. I agree that dark skinned professional sports players are recognized more than they were in the past, but is that really saying too much?


The Tiger Woods phenomenon clearly shows the effect of a sport's having an exceptionally talented black athlete in this country.
The same thing will occur in American soccer if a very talented black player crops up.

[sanariot]

Originally posted by lion



The Tiger Woods phenomenon clearly shows the effect of a sport's having an exceptionally talented black athlete in this country.
The same thing will occur in American soccer if a very talented black player crops up.

And baseball has lost market share because of what?

[sanariot]

If sporting success in this country was as simple a matter of having a black superstar, one would reasonably surmise that the NBA, which has the largest population of black superstars, would be the #1 sport in the country. That is not the case. That's why I see this thread about the black man being the savior of US Soccer as a big ol' pile of bullshit.

With that, I retire from this thread.

See ya.

[Metrofan CP]

What Astorian said.

I'm not a huge fan of locking threads. However, this is a thread that has gotten well of topic and is less an issue of soccer than of society. This thread has run its course ... and in record time.