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I read somewhere though that seemed legit that as good as IMG sounds and costs, their teachers make jack...and so they’re scraping from bottom of barrel. Not sure where I read that but I usually don’t automatically believe what I read
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OT Politics a bit but it’s BS that you can’t deduct private school on your taxes.
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Yeah I looked at one point for my son
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In the predominantly black NBA, all you hear about with the good players is how hard they work. Even the most gifted players ever: Jordan, Kobe, LeBron- the prevailing narrative is how hard they work at it to be the best Definitely white guilt here
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Fair enough. It’s a legit chip.
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I was height specific there:)
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Really? Chip on the shoulder for height thing... appear to think they’re better than they actually are.. same kind of Twitter stuff
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How does the NFL really market Patrick Mahomes individually speaking? That’s the envy here that people want for Mookie Betts. Companies pay Mahomes a shitload of money to tie his face to their product. That’s why you see him. Baseball players don’t have that, regardless of race. I doubt MLBs marketing budget (not just inner city programs) isnt similar to the other major sports Anyways, kind of repeating points at this point so I’ll leave it at that
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NBA didn’t need to spend dime on marketing Zion. Nike’s $200m and his time at Duke did that Mike Trout makes a couple million a year getting the occasional Subway commercial. Last I knew Lonzo f***ing Ball was shopping around for a shoe deal that dwarfs that
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Deck is stacked against mlb in this case. They’d have to spend/try 20x harder just to keep up
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Best 1 actually
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Yeah and guess what? When they go to those colleges and get huge national exposure, they come to the NBA/NFL with the marketing end of things already in the bag. Again, ask a guy off the street to name the best 2 college baseball players
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It just dawned on me but Stroman and NBA Isaiah Thomas are really similar in how they carry themselves. Didn’t end well for IT
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He could’ve turned his nose up at 5/75 or something thinking that was an insult. We don’t know. I’m not a fan though, so I won’t be rooting for him
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Well basketball everything is paid for as I mentioned. It’s pretty clear that there’s even payments going out there to steer kids to certain programs. Big money in it. Football you don’t really need to be on fancy travel team. Football and basketball recruiting is 100x more intense than baseball. If you have gamebreaking size and speed, the top football programs will find you no matter where you are
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Yeah I’d be interested in the hard numbers of how much they’re putting towards the programs based on revenue vs that of NFL or NBA. Spitballing but I doubt there’d be much difference.
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He seems like the type of guy that think he’s worth a mega deal. Can’t say I hope it works out for him
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As was mentioned, you can say same about Trout. Again, a lot of what you’re talking about comes down to the profitability for 3rd parties. Do you see anyone in baseball getting $100m endorsement contracts? If Mookie was an NBA player his face would be all over (and not from pocket of NBA), so how is that mlb’s fault? It starts with the fact nobody gives a s*** about college baseball compared to the huge business that is college football and basketball. The money and resources pouring in from 3rd parties to develop and steer kids early on just isn’t there for baseball.
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What was the participation rate for blacks in the NBA and NFL in 1980? If that went way up and baseball came a little down, his take makes sense. So does all of it. In 1980 there was just so much different in terms of training, access to elite sports, etc. The games are nothing like they were. Genetics have come to the forefront now with everyone having access. Now all the 7 foot black dudes are highly athletic and the huge linebackers run 4.3 40s. To not concede that African Americans are genetically superior in this case as a whole is like refusing to say males are stronger than women. In baseball, it’s clearly a more level playing field. It’s not that black aren’t built for baseball, it’s just that they’re not genetically dominant at an elite level (ie in their ability to throw a 95mph fastball). His post was completely accurate but just something you don’t want to hear
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I understand it’s part of the reasoning, yes. While the other reasons as well. But what I’m saying is there’s no middle man profiting off baseball, so that gives an unfair advantage to the NBA in terms of making the game accessible. It’s not up to MLB to subsidize travel team costs On a mass scale anyway. They have the RBI program and other similar grants as the other leagues.
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Nice takedown metafour. He’ll never see the facts though
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NBA is such a powerhouse in inner cities because everything is paid for on the good AAU circuit. Right down to clothes and shoes. Going across state lines for games: accommodations paid for. That’s because there’s people (shoe companies and coaches connected to colleges) that are profiting from the endeavor. It’s capitalism at work There is no such thing in baseball. Not any elite travel team I’ve seen anyway.
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Why is the NFL so much better in promoting football to minorities than baseball? I know the NBA is in another class but that’s due to a variety of financial reasons for a lot of involved people Seems like just because blacks are more physically suited for football they wind up doing that. Then you get the “white guilt” people that are upset that they aren’t dominating baseball too since that’s how it is in basketball and football
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I’m not so sure we know the actual reasons Renteria was fired. It’s certainly not out of the realm that some/or most of it came from non-baseball reasons like the clubhouse etc. Then they go out and hire a polar opposite so its weird situation
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You don’t have to take that as a military drill sergeant. Just spitballing obviously but say Renteria was a cool guy and he buddies up with Moncada and he’s known as paying favorites... leads to some locker room discord.. then you decide to go with another personality type.
