Originally Posted by
Skewer
Is the NBA a racist sport? Just wondering how "racist sport" is defined.
I'd say it would be where race influences decisions in a manner not conducive to teh normal goal of the sport.
Generally in today's world that would NOT show up as total exclusion. It would be in terms like no black quarterbacks.
In cycling it would show up as black riders never ending up as the one the team explicitly supported.
I'm betting sooner or later we will see claims of racism based on this. Why? Because the vast majority of riders spend at least a couple of years as a support rider when they might do well as a supported rider. Look at the leadout train for Cavendish, at least one rider who could be a sprinter, and Andre Greipel never enve got A TDF place until he change teams. No one is saying thsi is a British conspiricy. Both Lemond and Ulrich could have won the Year before their first TDF wins, but they did not because they were not the team leaders. And look at what it tool for Indurain to get his chance as team leader.
Unless the first top level Black rider is a Merckx, Hinault or Coppi there are going to be claims odf racism, the only question is in which direction.