• Diversity in Sports: An Analysis

    From BTR1701@3:633/10 to All on Wed Jul 15 18:17:09 2026
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDfvmRJnx-s

    The conclusion was obvious, wasn't it?



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  • From Rhino@3:633/10 to All on Wed Jul 15 18:48:26 2026
    On 2026-07-15 2:17 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDfvmRJnx-s

    The conclusion was obvious, wasn't it?


    I can't help but wonder why we don't apply analysis to even more basic
    aspects of sports teams. For instance, given that all teams seem to
    include a geographic component in their names, why don't we ever even
    ask how many of the players on that team are from that city, state or
    country? For instance, I've never heard of anyone looking at, say, the
    Toronto Maple Leafs to determine how many of the players are from
    Toronto, or even Ontario or Canada. I'd bet that very few teams in very
    few sports actually have even a single player from that city, state or country.

    Then again, as far as I'm concerned any sport that you watch - as
    opposed to participate in yourself - is nothing more than entertainment.
    Sport is when you run, jump, wrestle or whatever but whatever you
    *watch*, whether live or on TV, is entertainment, pure and simple, no different than going to see a concert or an art exhibition or a
    fireworks show.

    --
    Rhino

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  • From Adam H. Kerman@3:633/10 to All on Wed Jul 15 23:37:12 2026
    BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDfvmRJnx-s

    The conclusion was obvious, wasn't it?

    It's like actual discrimination against a French ethnic playing on the
    national team. They must play on the African national teams, right?

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