NBA gets an 'A' for diversity

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  1. BoBoBREWSKI

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    The NBA can thank the Trail Blazers for helping them get this "A".

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5267604

     
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    I know 1/2 of me helped with this!
     
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    I don't think they are talking about the office workers though right? Any time I'm up in the offices I see nothing but white frat boys in cheap suits! You know the ones that when you buy a tool set from SEARS they throw in a suit! Must be the ticket sales guys.
     
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    This is meant for discussion, and nothing else, but does anyone think that the slight dwindling interest in the NBA has anything to do with the diversity it has?
     
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    What dwindling interest?
     
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    How does S2 measure up? I know we got at least one Mexican here.
     
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    Both attendance and tv ratings were down from last year. They have been declining in recent years. TNT's playoff ratings were down 13% from last year.
     
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    They were a really boring playoffs.
     
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    Did you not read the article? It's about the front offices. The top 2 people in charge in the Trail Blazer front office are black and one is a female.

     
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    Ya right! You're funny dude!
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Not trying to start something, just curious..but what do you mean?

    I'm not a big fan of the concert aspect of the NBA, or the over the top rap/hip hop gentrification that the NBA has done in the last 10 years.

    No other sport comes close to the wanna-be cool factor of the NBA. Don't know if a single minority (or double majority minority...or double jeopardy) has anything to do with that.
     
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    I think the NBA is the most most up in your face pro league there is! Where else do the players land in fans lap on a regular basis? No helmets, no walls. I love it. Who cares about #'s, the league is doing great right now, but I will admit for the first time in over 15 years, the playoffs straight sucked!
     
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    If the league stuck with the 80's rap scene, I'd be jammin' it.

    Like, HCP's favorite song of all time.

    [video=youtube;A-ssRppY2b4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ssRppY2b4[/video]
     
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    Let me get this straight. The NBA is overwhelmingly dominated by blacks (at 77%), and this is an example of "diversity"? What kind of logic is that? Since blacks make up only 12% of the general population, I'd say they are grossly over-represented and whites are grossly under-represented.

    "Diversity" is all about achieving parity, but these statistics don't represent any kind of parity at all.
     
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    To be honest I don't think I could watch an NBA that was 50% white!
     
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    I think it has more to do with the other jobs associated with the NBA.
     
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    This more front office than front court.
     
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    julius Living on the air in Cincinnati... Staff Member Global Moderator

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    how do you look in a mirror then?

    Oh..that's not what you meant.
     
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    3% X 30 teams X 15 players per team = 13.5 Mexicans

    So there are 13 Mexicans and 1 half-breed who is half Mexican, half mule. Who is it?

     
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