The Scientific American recently published a piece
trashing “American football” as fundamentally discriminatory in a knee-jerk,
fundamentally virtue-signaling response to the tragic injury suffered by Damar
Hamlin on January 2nd. (Hamlin is apparently experiencing a
miraculous recovery, thank the Lord.)
Tracie Canada, the article’s author, apparently feels qualified to
weigh in on the subject as she is a “cultural anthropologist.” Canada wrote, “As
a cultural anthropologist, I’ve spent the last decade learning how Black
college football players navigate the exploitation, racism,
and anti-Blackness that are fundamental to its current system. I know it’s not
new to highlight the inherent violence of American football.”
“Exploitation, racism, and anti-Blackness” are fundamental to
college and pro football?
Exploited?
College football players are granted full and free athletic scholarships, the
value of which can be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Without
these scholarships, many young Black men would never get to attend college. And
now the newly instituted name, image, and likeness (NIL) agreement allows
players to openly profit off of their erstwhile amateur college football
endeavors.
As for Hamlin’s NFL? It has the highest paid players of any league
or sport. The average NFL salary in 2022 was $2.8 million dollars, 37 times the annual income of the average
white American. Roughly 70 percent of the league’s players are Black (a figure
which is similar for college football players), whereas Blacks comprise less
than 20% of the American population.
Apparently, football is racist.
Maybe white people should sue the NCAA and NFL.
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