[Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts

[Ian Fisher]

Rick
If they lost the "hardcore faithful" as you say that
would lead to less revenue and profitability. For any
business that is a problem. NASCAR has been around for
awhile and like many old institutions it is difficult
to break a mold that was set a long time back. 

If you look back into history a bit, there was a time
when baseball and boxing were primarily all white
sports. Obviously that has changed. I don't think it
means that whites have gotten less athletic and that
other races have become super athletes; I think it
means that society's perceptions and prejudices change
with the times and eventually it becomes more
acceptable and commonplace to find different people in
different positions. This isn't even a sports thing;
our military has been changing radically over the
years just to name one institution.

Ian

--- Rick5638@aol.com wrote:
> I'm not a big fan of NASCAR myself but the hard cold
> fact here is that not 
> only NASCAR but many other Motor Sports are
> dominated by "White Males" your 
> simply stating the obvious and raising an issue
> thats not really an issue. Its 
> like making the statement that the NBA or Boxing for
> that matter dosen't promote 
> ethnic diversity. Are there " White Males" in those
> sports, sure but the 
> overwhelming majority is non "White Males."   
> Lets face it, NASCAR is doing something right based
> on its sheer numbers of 
> followers. Its been THE or one of THE fastest
> growing sports by numbers for the 
> past 2-3 years. Do you think for 1 second that if
> NASCAR could field an 
> African American team that was competitve it
> wouldn't explode in growth again? I'm 
> sure they would lose some of the hard core faithful
> but the growth would far 
> out weigh the loss. To Imply a SPORT like NASCAR is
> somehow a racist 
> organization in any sense is simply an ignorant
> statement without facts to support such 
> a strong accusation.
> 
> just my 2 cents worth.
> 
> Rick
> 95 ATX
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