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In reply to the discussion: College baseball is almost [View all]Casady1
(2,133 posts)54. This applies to the USA
Caribbean players are in a totally different environment.
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Not sure what those numbers reflect, but 1.7% of professional baseball players aren't women.
onenote
Jun 2023
#6
The minimun salary for a MLB player this season is $720,000. The average cannot be 52k.
FSogol
Jun 2023
#57
If it's just the cost, how is it that over 150 major leaguers are from the Dominican Republic?
onenote
Jun 2023
#2
I don't think you get to decide what is or isn't part of a discussion on this board.
onenote
Jun 2023
#108
Can't speak for every minority group but basketball is far and away the most popular sport
Takket
Jun 2023
#7
Football equipment,shoulder pads, other pads, helmet, shoes, uniforms, travel expenses...
brush
Jun 2023
#101
huh... interesting i looked it up, the numbers of whites in D-1 mens baseball is shrinking ever year
Takket
Jun 2023
#8
Disagree, and you did not effectively rebut my points at all IMHO. You are sliding goalposts and
Celerity
Jun 2023
#16
anecdotal and also non responsive to my points, you are just repeating your original argument nt
Celerity
Jun 2023
#22
I am not a 'Mr' nor a 'guy', and you are simply using more fallacies (ad hominem attacks) which only
Celerity
Jun 2023
#123
Outfitting a youth football team costs more than outfitting a youth baseball team.
onenote
Jun 2023
#46
Football is at least as expensive to play as baseball, from high school to college...
brush
Jun 2023
#70
you're right about the number of players from often poor countries in MLB, but that is a separate
fishwax
Jun 2023
#110
As others have said - it's about interest level not race or class when it comes
radius777
Jun 2023
#28
How are they not relevant? The claim was the expense kept POC from playing baseball in the US
onenote
Jun 2023
#48
Yes. A very poor environment. Which undercuts the argument that cost explains the dearth of
onenote
Jun 2023
#62
Not relevant. The same kids that you say can't afford baseball can afford football.
onenote
Jun 2023
#82
If lack of blacks make a sport more popular with whites then please explain the NHL to me
Takket
Jun 2023
#44
I don't quite get that logic. Hockey is Canadian origin and started with just 6 original teams...
brush
Jun 2023
#77
I doubt that many people distinguish between a Black player from the Dominican Republic
onenote
Jun 2023
#49
this quickly becomes a "Black poor" thread. Gymnastics and Ice skating is pricey for parents
BlueWaveNeverEnd
Jun 2023
#31
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 "reach out and try to get more diverse groups " is what multiple studies done by
uponit7771
Jun 2023
#111