tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post110062485339678401..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: The young have been rejecting basketball, the old taking it upagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-24209941319115626812009-06-04T11:37:49.898-04:002009-06-04T11:37:49.898-04:00The kids (Vietnamese) who live across the street f...The kids (Vietnamese) who live across the street from me shoot the hoops everyday.kurt9https://www.blogger.com/profile/02101147267959016924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-3564085173943455272009-06-04T09:40:55.565-04:002009-06-04T09:40:55.565-04:00notably basketball is so dominated by blacks on te...<i>notably basketball is so dominated by blacks on television that whites figure the sport "just isn't for them" and dont really get into it anymore. Whites still play football, baseball, and a few more have taken up soccer.</i><br /><br />Could be. But note, however, that the percentage of black players in the NFL isn't much lower than in the NBA. Perhaps it's because the NBA is a superstar-driven sport and almost all of the superstars are black, or because college football isn't quite as heavily black-dominated as college basketball.<br /><br />I would still imagine that indoor activities such as the Internet and gaming are bigger reasons for the decline in basketball playing than are racial factors.<br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-90922299919061237622009-06-03T22:21:48.166-04:002009-06-03T22:21:48.166-04:00Thursday,
Ive noticed the same thing you have.......Thursday,<br /><br />Ive noticed the same thing you have.......notably basketball is so dominated by blacks on television that whites figure the sport "just isn't for them" and dont really get into it anymore. Whites still play football, baseball, and a few more have taken up soccer. <br /><br /><br />One sees many white kids now taking up martial arts and weight training at fairly young ages. <br /><br /><br />The internet and better video games probably provide alternatives to going outside in the winter months and shooting hoops in the driveway like we did back in the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-83841079740019347112009-06-03T18:52:45.790-04:002009-06-03T18:52:45.790-04:00The internet not only provides entertainment but a...<i>The internet not only provides entertainment but a far more versatile way for kids to talk through adolescence.</i><br /><br />Which is why I stated that IMing isn't that bad, but that texting was the problem.<br /><br />Read before speaking.<br /><br /><i>but most high-school cheerleading squads are 5-25% male.</i><br /><br />25% -- are you crazy or stupid? Anyway, the data show that it's less than 10% -- about a whopping 5%. That certainly makes it not a girls' sport.<br /><br />Again, crazy or stupid -- the voting is open.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-18932156749310910072009-06-03T17:38:43.645-04:002009-06-03T17:38:43.645-04:00Hasn't basketball become a ghetto sport. Acco...Hasn't basketball become a ghetto sport. According to Steve Sailer, Americans whites don't like to play it anymore and they are still the largest group in the U.S.Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002311410445623799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-41375369295963625192009-06-03T16:43:36.783-04:002009-06-03T16:43:36.783-04:00You sound like your knowledge of child psychology ...You sound like your knowledge of child psychology is based on watching too much leave it to beaver. Considering your irrational obsession with the good old days (which is the 80s for you) I may not be that far off.<br /><br />The internet not only provides entertainment but a far more versatile way for kids to talk through adolescence.<br /><br />Cheerleading is a girl's sport? Not only are there actual exclusively girl's sports teams but most high-school cheerleading squads are 5-25% male.Not armand Assantenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-21797013194710404952009-06-03T13:50:47.354-04:002009-06-03T13:50:47.354-04:00I have no impression about how girls' toys are...I have no impression about how girls' toys are different from before.<br /><br />I did look into girls' sports like cheerleading, but the Stat Ab only has data for the past 3 years.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-11779215779486724662009-06-03T12:01:15.767-04:002009-06-03T12:01:15.767-04:00When you talk about 'toys' or 'kids...When you talk about 'toys' or 'kids' you invariably talk only about boys' toys or young boys, understandable since you're relating it to your own childhood. But what about young girls? How have their toys been faring, how have their childhoods changed? Just a topic that I'm sure others are interested in seeing you cover too.<br /><br />My guess is that stuff marketed to young girls is more sexualized than it was before, even if older teens aren't as sexually active anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com