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It's funny....these bowl games??? Lotsa black players, and not so many black fans (Original Post) a kennedy Dec 2016 OP
I noticed. Iggo Dec 2016 #1
Like Yogi Berra used to say... hughee99 Jan 2017 #2
You could say the same thing about many of the current student body mythology Jan 2017 #3
It's the same thing at regular season games and the same at the professional level madinmaryland Jan 2017 #4

hughee99

(16,113 posts)
2. Like Yogi Berra used to say...
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 03:32 AM
Jan 2017

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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
3. You could say the same thing about many of the current student body
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 03:31 PM
Jan 2017

compared to the football team.

We as a society need to be better at both getting minority students into college, but also graduating.

My undergrad (University of Colorado) is about 2% black undergrads. Grad school (Boston College) has about 4%.

madinmaryland

(65,110 posts)
4. It's the same thing at regular season games and the same at the professional level
Sun Jan 1, 2017, 06:30 PM
Jan 2017

in all sports (hockey and golf excluded since there are very few minorities playing those sports).

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