tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post6962390748900869619..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Rush Limbaugh and black quarterbacksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-18456220851611910122010-12-07T07:18:27.545-08:002010-12-07T07:18:27.545-08:00What is funny about these thinly veiled racial ass...What is funny about these thinly veiled racial assault on Blacks is that Michael Vick and Vince Young were among the highest racist QBs in the NFL for 2010. <br /><br />There is even talk of Michael Vick being the league MVP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49836763796899511642009-10-27T16:51:11.844-07:002009-10-27T16:51:11.844-07:00"Aside from some of the true "free form&..."Aside from some of the true "free form" guys like Ornette Coleman, the improv is based on the underlying chords and scales of the music. They don't just play anything they want."<br /><br />No one said Jazz musicians 'just play anything'. Any kid can do beat pots and pans, but that's not Jazz--it's not even music. We simply said improvisation is much more important in Jazz than in classical music. Improvisation is not 'playing anything' but exploring/expressing variations--often surprising and unexpected--through an intuitive genius for rhythm and beat(grounded in bold personality and individuality). <br /><br />There are certain underlying rules all forms of music to be sure, but rules are looser in modern Jazz than in traditional Jazz or classical. We never said improvisation = playing anything = Jazz. After all, polka, klezmer, and bouzouki music are also often improvised, but that doesn't make them Jazz. <br /><br />I was praising Jazz musicians for having lightning fast reflexes and intuitive mastery of musical forms. To be sure, there is improvisation to mask one's lack of talent VS improvisation to go beyond mere technical mastery. Similarly, there are abstract painters who can't draw a simple face or scenery VS abstract painters who've mastered representation and venture beyond it. Picasso was a technically accomplished artist who expanded the boundaries of art, not a talentless hack hiding behind avant-garde cliches.Middletown Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-9628048958122770842009-10-27T12:28:29.808-07:002009-10-27T12:28:29.808-07:00Jesus I'm not even a practicing musician but t...Jesus I'm not even a practicing musician but the comments on Jazz are ridiculous. <br /><br />Aside from some of the true "free form" guys like Ornette Coleman, the improv is based on the underlying chords and scales of the music. They don't just play anything they want. <br /><br />And the reference to the junkie Charlie Parker is hilarious given the reverence on the thread to Rush Limbaugh, also a junkie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75768368236934850582009-10-26T15:47:09.673-07:002009-10-26T15:47:09.673-07:00"I think a man's advantage over those ani..."I think a man's advantage over those animals lies within his head than his legs. Making fires and working together is also useful when you are in the tropics.<br />Trying to outrun (rather than avoid, intimidate, or kill) those kind of animals is bad. Most of them are faster than people and many of them are more likely to attack if you flee."<br /><br />Yes, making fire and cooperating are useful in ALL societies, and indeed Africans knew how to make fire and worked together. But, there were differences in the extent to which those factors were utilized in North and South. For people in Northern areas, it wasn't MERELY useful but ABSOLUTELY necessary for survival. It wasn't merely a choice or advantage but a dire necessity. Those failings to conform to this need were killed off immediately by the environment. In hotter Southern areas, your community or tribe might do less well than one that learned and developed new skills and cooperated well, but that didn't mean that your tribe was gonna freeze to death right away. <br />Also, in colder climates people had to develop better clothing, build more elaborate shelters, preserve food better, and think more strategically. <br /><br />And yes, while it is hopeless for a single individual to outrun a lion or leopard, running is a useful strategy for survival in a group setting. If you're on your own and come upon a hungry lion, you're dead even if you're Carl Lewis. But, if there are ten of you and there's a badass lion, the slowest runner will be eaten by the lion while the rest can 'run like a mothafu---' and survive. Over time, the slower ones get weeded out. This is true of most prey animals. Because they move in herds, the lions or hyenas generally drag the slower, weaker, or less alert ones down while the faster, stronger, and more alert make a dash to safety. <br /><br />Since all human communities were social, they had to rely on numbers for survival. When it came to fleeing from danger, the faster/stronger ones had better chance of survival while the weaker ones turned into lunch. There was bound to be more weeding out of the weaker in Africa. Since blacks had to be very alert to danger and react instantly, blacks developed fast-twitch muscles and stronger bones. Also, the hot weather reduced the portion of body fat and favored muscle mass. <br />Also, colder climates produced people with more body fat--for caloric storage in the winter--, which meant they had less muscle mass. Also, the development of agriculture meant more food, which meant more people--even weaklings--got to survive and pass down their genes. Compare the more robust herdman-like Mongols with the long sedentary and agricutlural Southern Chinese and Vietnamese who are physically pitiful. My guess is long yrs of agriculture in Southern China even allowed weaklings and gimps to survive and pass down the genes whereas the harsher conditions in Mongolia favored the bigger tougher guys. <br /><br />Of course, sometimes the strongest and proudest get killed first. Tough warriors might run into battle out of martial pride and get killed while the weaker and cowardly members might stay behind or take off from the battlefield. (In school during Dodge Ball, the most athletic and bold often got clobbered first while the more cowardly ones lasted longer because they stayed in the back.) During WWII, cowardly Italian soldiers had better chance of surviving than brave German soldiers who fought to the last man.Middletown Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-56747939431231285372009-10-24T12:45:21.543-07:002009-10-24T12:45:21.543-07:00"True, there used to be even lions in Europe...."True, there used to be even lions in Europe. But cold weather killed off most of them. Humans survived the cold weather--Ice Age--because they could use their intelligence to make fire and build shelter and work together. So, eventually, the only truly dangerous(to humans) left in Europe were wolves and bears(and some tigers in Siberia). Africa has wild dogs, hyenas, lions, leopards, african buffalo(meanest buffalo in the world), elephants(much bigger and more aggressive than the Asian kind), gorillas, babboons, hippos(bad tempered beasts), rhinos(even worse tempered than hippos), and whole lot of killer snakes. And, Africa also has more insects carrying malaria, so the weaker members of society tended to be weeded out. Only the tough, fast, and funky could survive in Africa."<br /><br />I think a man's advantage over those animals lies within his head than his legs. Making fires and working together is also useful when you are in the tropics.<br /><br />Trying to outrun (rather than avoid, intimidate, or kill) those kind of animals is bad. Most of them are faster than people and many of them are more likely to attack if you flee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-13996731568821053592009-10-23T11:29:35.840-07:002009-10-23T11:29:35.840-07:00Terrelle Pryor: The bane and shining glory of OSU....Terrelle Pryor: The bane and shining glory of OSU. He has the skills to be a good quarterback, but he doesn't always make the best decisions when it comes down to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-42858276395530305102009-10-22T21:40:53.159-07:002009-10-22T21:40:53.159-07:00I know what he'd be in the dictionary Noah Web...<i>I know what he'd be in the dictionary Noah Webster, but what would he be in YOUR mind's eye?<br /><br />In matters of family and sisters and sex is there really any such thing as "mulatto?"</i> <br /><br />I think we've been over this - he'd be what he is. Dictionaries are for regular folks too.<br /><br />Ceteris paribus, my preferences for my daughter's husband would run in order from white, mustifee, etc., etc., all the way to sambo, black.<br /><br />Re reflexes, don't conflate them with foot speed or even fast twitch musculature. We should establish that blacks actually have faster reflexes before we look to explain why, which is something I've yet to see. The only tests I've heard about show whites with quicker reflexes, which again is distinct from foot speed or gross movement response time, which AFAIK favor blacks.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-37350535677534535442009-10-22T10:49:21.122-07:002009-10-22T10:49:21.122-07:00Now might be a good time to plug the Topological T...Now might be a good time to plug the Topological Theory of Autism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-38800365935104473532009-10-21T20:11:19.797-07:002009-10-21T20:11:19.797-07:00"There were quite a few dangerous animals in ..."There were quite a few dangerous animals in Europe. Whatever could have happened to them?"<br /><br />True, there used to be even lions in Europe. But cold weather killed off most of them. Humans survived the cold weather--Ice Age--because they could use their intelligence to make fire and build shelter and work together. So, eventually, the only truly dangerous(to humans) left in Europe were wolves and bears(and some tigers in Siberia). Africa has wild dogs, hyenas, lions, leopards, african buffalo(meanest buffalo in the world), elephants(much bigger and more aggressive than the Asian kind), gorillas, babboons, hippos(bad tempered beasts), rhinos(even worse tempered than hippos), and whole lot of killer snakes. And, Africa also has more insects carrying malaria, so the weaker members of society tended to be weeded out. Only the tough, fast, and funky could survive in Africa.Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-32525360941795131742009-10-21T06:18:49.715-07:002009-10-21T06:18:49.715-07:00"Blacks had to be quick, lightening fast in r..."Blacks had to be quick, lightening fast in response to stimuli. Whites and Asians, who evolved in colder climes with fewer dangerous animals, probably learned to huddle and work together through long cold winters and, as a result, became 'lamer'."<br /><br />There were quite a few dangerous animals in Europe. Whatever could have happened to them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-59422119239144474182009-10-21T00:30:16.917-07:002009-10-21T00:30:16.917-07:00Well Albertosaurus, I think you go too far in sugg...Well Albertosaurus, I think you go too far in suggesting that improvisation is an "atavism" in music, or that it's not particularly difficult. Improv didn't fit with the direction classical music took, but that was only a temporary trend, not an endpoint. I don't think we have "gone past" improvising. As for difficulty I would say that its difficulty depends on the form and on the performer. Improvising a recitative can't be very hard if you know the style (I don't, I always fast forward the recitatives on my CD's, life is too short for Italian talk-singing IMO). Picking up a lute and improvising a passacaglia on the "flow my tears" melody (as some 17th century English musician might have done rather often) would take some skill, though no great talent.<br /><br />But assuming a form with a lot of scope for creativity, improvisation is really about as difficult as the standard to which you hold yourself - much like composition. When I listen to jazz, I can pretty well "sense" the performers struggling to squat out one little idea, then another, then play G-F-D-G-F-D about a million times when they can't think of anything. They seem to think that is acceptable. I have a feeling J.S. Bach didn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46604385204480375882009-10-20T20:56:31.497-07:002009-10-20T20:56:31.497-07:00Flutie broke all of Moon's records in the CFL....Flutie broke all of Moon's records in the CFL. Garcia was his backup in Calgary before he went to San Fran.<br /><br />"His career CFL statistics include 41,355 passing yards and 270 touchdowns. He holds the professional football record of 6,619 yards passing in a single season. He still holds four of the CFL's top five highest single-season completion marks, including a record 466 in 1991. His 48 touchdown passes in 1994 remains a CFL record. He earned three Grey Cup MVP awards, and was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Player a record six times (1991-1994, and 1996-1997)."<br /><br />Desmond JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-49591239766160368072009-10-20T20:10:08.213-07:002009-10-20T20:10:08.213-07:00I was just reading through Sid Luckman's Wikip...I was just reading through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Luckman" rel="nofollow">Sid Luckman's Wikipedia page</a>, and learned that he finished third in the 1938 Heisman balloting, and that second place went to a fellow named <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Goldberg" rel="nofollow">Marshall Goldberg</a>.<br /><br />Weird - two of the top three being Jewish.<br /><br />Seems almost like Jews used to try harder at assimilation than they do nowadays.<br /><br />Ah, who am I kidding? Komment Kontrol isn't going to approve that line of thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61095219390485884992009-10-20T20:09:30.852-07:002009-10-20T20:09:30.852-07:00"in visual arts it's much easier to "..."in visual arts it's much easier to "improvise" than it is to be "disciplined" and emulate another artist or style;"<br /><br />-Bon Jour, is this the Louvre?...Yeah, I'm over here in America and I just completed this "paint-by-numbers" Mona Lisa you should be very interested in...yeah...yeah I have a vase of flowers and dogs playing poker too...Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-45590995822076980452009-10-20T17:42:54.938-07:002009-10-20T17:42:54.938-07:00"For the umpteenth time, he'd be mixed or..."For the umpteenth time, he'd be mixed or mulatto or quadroon if you want to get specific - oh forget it."<br /><br />I know what he'd be in the dictionary Noah Webster, but what would he be in YOUR mind's eye?<br /><br />In matters of family and sisters and sex is there really any such thing as "mulatto?"Truthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17286755693955361308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-12681371514357359172009-10-20T16:17:46.531-07:002009-10-20T16:17:46.531-07:00He is reaping what he has sowed, KARMA, "pali...<i>He is reaping what he has sowed, KARMA, "palin and simple" like his followers.</i> <br /><br />Heh, yeah, the Universe had to step in on this one.<br /><br /><i>"But, the media only describe him as a black guy."<br /><br />And if some guy with 1/4 "jazzy black genes" and 3/4 "studious white ones" wanted to marry into your family, would he be white?</i> <br /><br />For the umpteenth time, he'd be mixed or mulatto or quadroon if you want to get specific - oh forget it.<br /><br /><i>It is also the case that people think that musical improvisation is difficult and a sign of ability or creativity. Not so.</i> <br /><br />I can't speak for music, but I had some training in art years ago and from that perspective your position dovetails nicely with my experience; in visual arts it's much easier to "improvise" than it is to be "disciplined" and emulate another artist or style; improvisation is pure you, emulation takes tons of practice. It's easy to imagine something similar in music; you're coming up on that tricky passage the master wrote - are you going to attempt it, or fill in with something of your own, something in which you're confident? Or maybe just feel your way through? Or as a singer; man, that note is way out there, dunno if I can hit it; if I attempt it, my voice will certainly break if I fail; if I don't attempt it, it may not be the master any more, but there'll be no broken notes...<br /><br />Whether or not all that applies to music is speculation, but it isn't speculation vis-a-vis visual arts in my experience; I've got this angle down, I can draw it in my sleep - that angle from the master is great, but I might flub it because I don't have it down yet.<br /><br />To make more of a 1:1 comparison, consider caricature, which is often rendered in real time.<br /><br />What I'm saying is, maybe one man's improvisation is another man's working within his limits, and playing to his strengths.Svigorhttp://majorityrights.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-5639119003233034562009-10-20T16:17:08.329-07:002009-10-20T16:17:08.329-07:00With regard to my previous post on Orton- this is ...With regard to my previous post on Orton- this is from his Wikipedia page.<br /><br />"Overall, the Bears had a record of 10-5 in games that Orton started, including an eight-game winning streak after a 1-3 start. Despite the team's success, Orton finished with the lowest quarterback rating in the NFL (59.7) among all "qualified" quarterbacks (those with 224+ pass attempts).[2] Despite the low rating, the Bears coaches repeatedly insisted that they were pleased with Orton's performance. The coaching staff asked Orton to minimize mistakes and to let the rushing attack and the defense win ballgames rather than employing an aggressive passing attack. Measuring Orton by victories, his rookie season was a successful one even by historical standards. Orton's 15 starts and 10 victories are both rookie records for Bears quarterbacks, and the 10 victories are the third most in the NFL since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, behind only Ben Roethlisberger's 14 victories in 2004, and 11 victories by Joe Flacco in 2008."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-61476547123507799492009-10-20T15:18:20.452-07:002009-10-20T15:18:20.452-07:00"A mediocre Jewish QB like Rex Grossman...&qu..."A mediocre Jewish QB like Rex Grossman..."<br /><br />I don't think Grossman was Jewish. Grossman can also be a German name.<br /><br />Howver, some hbd'ers and sports enthusiasts might be interested in the small resurgence of the Jewish pitcher: Scot Feldman of the Rangers, Jason Marquis of the Rockies and the up-and-coming Aaron Poreda of the Padres.green mambanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-50803394820088556952009-10-20T14:27:47.138-07:002009-10-20T14:27:47.138-07:00Good Lord I hate it when people act like jazz musi...<i>Good Lord I hate it when people act like jazz musicians invented improvisation, and black people are natural improvisors because they invented jazz, which is the apex of improvisation amen.</i><br /><br />Yes indeedy!<br /><br />This anonymous poster gets the music issue right. Western music moved away from performer improvisation as it developed and became more sophisticated. The kind of improvisation heard in jazz is an atavism.<br /><br />It is also the case that people think that musical improvisation is difficult and a sign of ability or creativity. Not so. I remember being asked to step in at the last minuet and sing one of the roles in <i>Cosi fan Tutte</i>. I learned the one short aria and all the many ensembles but not the recitatives. I just faked them. The conductor was amazed at my ability but she was wrong. It's very easy to create recits if know the key and the words. Singing recits while making up both the words and the notes is a bit more difficult but still easier than memorizing what Mozart wrote.<br /><br />Most so called jazz improvisation is not spontaneous, original or difficult. The idea that a black quarterback (and only a black quaterback) can just create a successful field campaign off the cuff is like the idea of "the whore with a heart of gold".albertosaurushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209465319904999278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-11701042819077285812009-10-20T13:08:48.050-07:002009-10-20T13:08:48.050-07:00Six years later, 2009 is turning out to be a bust ...<i><br />Six years later, 2009 is turning out to be a bust for black quarterbacks in the NFL. Not a single one is having a good season.</i><br /><br />Yet the PC press insists that they're all having great years. What? It doesn't? You mean that saying this vindicates Limbaugh's attack on McNabb is a complete non-sequitur? Imagine my surprise.Mike Schillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757322677259634481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-46094329508267068502009-10-20T12:50:52.530-07:002009-10-20T12:50:52.530-07:00On a related note, a report on FSU's program l...<i>On a related note, a report on FSU's program last week suggested that "some" of the football players could read only at a second-grade level.</i> <br /><br />Which is what I keep trying to tell people on this board [only to be deluged with copious servings of derision and ridicule]: You need an IQ of about 90 to have any hope of tackling the 3Rs [reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic].<br /><br />And if it is true [as I fear] that American blacks born in the last several decades have <a href="http://www.bible-researcher.com/murray1.html#note44" rel="nofollow">a mean IQ no higher than about 80</a>, then a young American black has to be about ONE STANDARD DEVIATION above the mean just to have any hope of tackling [much less mastering] the 3Rs.<br /><br />Reading "only at a second-grade level" is EXACTLY what you would expect of a young adult black with an IQ in the 80s.<br /><br />In fact, to expect anything more would be delusional.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76139103966763919792009-10-20T10:40:43.081-07:002009-10-20T10:40:43.081-07:00It's hard to say what happened to improvisatio...<i>It's hard to say what happened to improvisation in classical music but I think when it got all turgid and Wagnerian, largely due to Wagner, composers worried more about manufacturing "masterful" chromaticisms and orchestral effects, and less about the ability to whip up a melody ex tempore.</i> <br /><br />Bruckner came out of the Wagnerian school and he was <a href="http://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=anton+bruckner+improvisation" rel="nofollow">a legendary improviser</a>.<br /><br />But, then again, Bruckner was kinda special.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79731229968330026282009-10-20T06:05:27.705-07:002009-10-20T06:05:27.705-07:00ben tillman said
> What's the HBD explanat...ben tillman said<br /><br />> What's the HBD explanation? <<br /><br />For shame. Eye color does not exist in a vacuum, statistically cut off from other traits that are explanatory.<br /><br />Light cool eye colors track with whites. For example, "blue-eyed," in some languages, is a synonym for "overly trusting."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-6297126812037328112009-10-20T01:07:21.852-07:002009-10-20T01:07:21.852-07:00"Good Lord I hate it when people act like jaz..."Good Lord I hate it when people act like jazz musicians invented improvisation, and black people are natural improvisors because they invented jazz, which is the apex of improvisation amen. They just happened to invent jazz right after serious white musicians quit improvising, and improvising constantly and publicly, for about the first time in Western history. The great 'Baroque composers' were better known in their day as fantastic improvisors (Handel, Scarlatti, and of course Bach, lots of others too), and Baroque forms had their genesis in improvised instrumental passages."<br /><br />Yes, I'm aware that 'classical music' was big on improvisation before it was refined into a repertory tradition. But, there is a major difference between Western classical music and jazz. Western music doesn't need improvisation to convey its essence whereas Jazz is nothing without improvisation. A classical pianist can memorize a tune note-for-note and give a perfectly wonderful performance. But, a jazz musician who memorizes another jazz musician's performance note-by-note would be a fool.<br /><br />The nature of mprovisation in classical music is different than in Jazz. The essence, style, and form of classical music stress dignity, refinement,nobility, etc, so there is less room for free flowing wild improvisation. Classical music must improvise within a strict or narrow perimeter. It cannot do the Duke Ellington and certainly not the Charlie Parker thing. Classical music cannot let it 'all hang loose'. If classical musicians improvised like jazz or jam artists, they would not be making classical music but popular or avant garde music. <br /><br />The difference between classical music and jazz is like that between traditional poetry vs free form poetry. Though there is room for variations in the traditional form of poetry, it must stick to certain basic ground rules. Free form poetry, on the other hand, can be whatever it wants. <br /><br />Early jazz was somewhat defined in form but starting with Charlie Parker, jazz became very free form where improvisation wasn't just an element but the very essense. Baroque music had a core form which could be improvised around the edges. Modern Jazz was improvisation at the very core and toyed with form with wild abandon. Also, as Jazz was emotionally less inhibited, repressed, or defined than classical music, Jazz could make forays into more primal and 'liberated' expressions. Its improvisation was total and running wild.<br /><br />Given that blacks have been the major shakers of Jazz and wild music--Hendrix was one of great giants of the 20th century--, one could argue blacks have a greater tendency for off-the-cuff expression and perception. It could the result of evolution as blacks evolved in a continent filled with many dangerous animals. Blacks had to be quick, lightening fast in response to stimuli. Whites and Asians, who evolved in colder climes with fewer dangerous animals, probably learned to huddle and work together through long cold winters and, as a result, became 'lamer'. Notice that Asians are good in classical music where the trick is to practice and perfect a given form, but they haven't been very good at Jazz where you have to be brazen, wild, and take the stage and do your thing. And, we see this is comedy and behavior too. Black comedians are more jazzy and wilder. If black expressiveness in everyday life were translated into music, it would be more like Jazz than the natural behavior of whites or Asians or Mexicans. Jackie Chan is wild comedian in terms of stunts, but his personality as a comedian is rather 'lame'. <br /><br />Finally, consider boxers like Ali. Ali wasn't just strong and fast but had a certain intuitive sense and jazzy improvisatory coordination of all his body parts and senses. Or consider Sugar Ray Leonard vs Roberto Duran OR Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake Lamotta. Duran and Lamotta were tough hombre brawlers who just charged in. Both Sugars, on the other hand, had a better overall coordination of their physical and mental skills. They could charge in when necessary but also play the matador.Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-29403957069753984432009-10-19T22:55:54.291-07:002009-10-19T22:55:54.291-07:00In a nation of 304 million people, according to th...In a nation of 304 million people, according to the Census Bureau, it is between 76% (2005-2007 community survey) and 80% (2008 Estimate) White. And 12.5% or 12.8% Black.<br /><br />While I am far too lazy to break out demographics for younger people who could be NFL QBs, I assume that the population disparity holds true for Whites-Blacks. I.E. there would be roughly the same proportions among younger populations. IF QB at the Pro level are the best of the best, the simple population proportion would ensure that the position be mostly White to be successful. Since there is a much larger population base to choose from in the first place. Hispanics being generally too small and uninterested in football vs. soccer to significantly contribute to the NFL QB ranks.<br /><br />As for NFL kickers, they are like Olympic swimmers. The subject of extensive and expensive coaching since early teens, with low payouts (only a few win gold medals in the Olympics or go to the NFL as kickers).<br /><br />I do think the ability to rapidly recognize patterns and react instinctively is keeping older guys in the game -- tonights Chargers vs. Denver had a guy who was a Safety in his mid thirties for Denver. There because he could "see" the Game. <br /><br />That's probably Belicheck's main contribution -- the choice of football player (often a veteran) over pure athlete.Whiskeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854764809682029464noreply@blogger.com