Colour and Sport

[Elsa TLC]

That's either a badly phrased question, or it's based on absurdity.
It isn't about the ethnic composition of sport people or teams, it's about the reasons that composition is what it is.
For instance, the number of black polo players is very limited due to the obvious cost of participating in that sport, although there have been some notable black polo players, but very few compared to white players.
As ellal said, it's often about the cost of participation and the unequal opportunities for ethnic minorities to participate due to the obvious difference in the ability to fund that participation, which is due to the institutional inequality in society.

There are definitely sports that are dominated by a particular colour or ethnic culture like China to table tennis .

These days black people are making it in sport because its not just about money.

There is definitely not the racism in sport like there used to be.

 

[aveatry]

Athletics and most sports at high level are just a joke, I think all sports should be "handicapped" I think that's the phrase, take the high jump the people at high level have 6 foot legs and are 7 foot tall - the bar should be sat a percentage of your body height. Same as basketball the the average height of the team should determine the height of the net you are aiming for.

Today starts the first ever "enhanced" athletics tournament where drugs are allowed.

 

[pete01]

Today starts the first ever "enhanced" athletics tournament where drugs are allowed.

Im interested to see if Usain Bolts 100m time can be beat.

 

[foxhole]

Athletics and most sports at high level are just a joke, I think all sports should be "handicapped" I think that's the phrase, take the high jump the people at high level have 6 foot legs and are 7 foot tall - the bar should be sat a percentage of your body height. Same as basketball the the average height of the team should determine the height of the net you are aiming for.

Today starts the first ever "enhanced" athletics tournament where drugs are allowed.

 

[transam]

Always wondered who dreamt up this hop skip jump caper for the olympics ???

Damn silly imho

Quite like the woman’s beach volley ball

Damn good sport

 

[King Billy]

There are definitely sports that are dominated by a particular colour or ethnic culture like China to table tennis .

These days black people are making it in sport because its not just about money.

There is definitely not the racism in sport like there used to be.

Yes, that's right. It used to blatant, overt and institutional racism.
A lot of the institutional racism is still there. But the overt, blatant racism is heavily penalised when it's exposed. But...

Racism in sports often goes unpenalized or receives inadequate punishment because of systemic leniency, inconsistent enforcement, and a lack of strict, standardized deterrents. While major sporting bodies have anti-discrimination campaigns, the structural reality reveals significant gaps in justice

 

[Koolpc]

Im interested to see if Usain Bolts 100m time can be beat.

I have beaten that!!

 

[aveatry]

I have beaten that!!

Only on 4 legs

 

[Mottie]

Anyone remember Eric the Eel? He won his heat but then again…..

 

[Koolpc]

Only on 4 legs

Of course!!

 

[MNW67]

Im interested to see if Usain Bolts 100m time can be beat.

Is Fred Kerley most likely to do it?

 

[Brigadier]

Is Fred Kerley most likely to do it?

PED Kerley

 

[IT Minion]

Today starts the first ever "enhanced" athletics tournament where drugs are allowed.

You mean the supplement marketing event known as the Enhanced Games?

Its a little bit too much squid games for me. The competitors know that by abusing drugs they can get an edge and the more they abuse them the more edge they have. But that sort of abuse can cause long term damage or immediate death.

They claim they only allow FDA approved drugs, but that's more or less every PED there is. Forget steroids, that's EPO which kills more elite cyclists than cars. They're essentially ruling out cocaine. Methamphetamine and Morphine would still be allowed. And that's assuming they're running competent pre-event drugs testing to eliminate the non-approved drugs.

 

[mikehammer69]

hmm would be funny if someone at the enhanced games got banned for taking something disallowed