Friday, April 15, 2005

Why can't O'Neal ask questions?

So who else say the Jermain O'Neal interview Tuesday night after the Celtics game? I was with the crew after our 3Deep meeting and became consumed with the content. Basically, are age restructions for the NBA racist? Hell yeah...A friend just forwarded me this
article by Scoop Jackson and it remindede me that I had not heard much about it. Well, I guess there has been some controversy kicked up, but let's get it straight. Tennis players are pros in their teens (Jennifer Capriati, Serena and Venus); Soccer players (Fred Adu) too. Let's not forget the hundreds and hundreds of hockey and baseball (Brian Taylor, where are you?) players that have been getting drafted out of high school forever. Now, I won't go as far ast to even mention the Nobel Peace Prize since this is the same JO that threw that mean jab back at The Palace at Auburn Hills, but let's get serious here. Will the tables get reversed on him and everyone will keep referencing the fight with the Pistons or will the questions he raised get serious consideration. I pray they do. Personally, I do not think an age limit is necessary because it will adversely affect Black players more. Plus, until there is a huge clamor for similar limits in all the major sports, with the NBA booming at the onslaugt of all this youthful talent, let all the antagonist that blame hip-hop & youth culture on the NBA's demise continue to sleep in the shadows of common sense. Ya heard.

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