[Shotimes] Re:NHL Was:NASCAR numbnuts

[Ron Childs]

Of the Canadians, they could be further divided into Inuits, Frogs, and your regular "eh" types.
 
-Ron


"James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net> wrote:
>There are american people in hockey? I had no idea...

Yeah!!! And more than 1 guy.

Here's the breakdown of the 690 current NHL players:

Canada - 374 (54%)
USA - 102 (15%)
Czech territories - 70 (10%)
Russian territories - 64 (9%)
Sweden - 43 (6%)
Finland - 24 (4%)
Switzerland - 2
West Germany - 2
Norway - 1
Poland - 1
Austria - 1
Northern Ireland - 1
England - 1
France - 1
South Africa - 1
South Korea - 1




>
>Jason
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "James F. Ryan III" 
>To: "'Noah South III'" ; 
>"'SHOTimes-Mailing List'" 
>Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:33 PM
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts
>
>
>> >Any why the hell hasn't anyone taken some pot shots at Hockey?
>>
>> Hockey?!?!? Now you've gone a struck a nerve, Mr. South. "Lacking 
>> ethnic diversity" does not mean "lacking black guys". Hockey is 
>> probably the most diverse sport we have in the U.S. There are black 
>> and white players AND players from MANY different ethnicities - USA, 
>> Canada, Sweden, Poland, Russia, Czech, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
>> >[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Noah South III
>> >Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:58 PM
>> >To: SHOTimes-Mailing List
>> >Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts
>> >
>> >
>> >No, you're right. NASCAR isn't racist............but tell me, last 
>> >time you went to a NASCAR race, how many black guys did you see in 
>> >the stands?
>> >
>> >Racism and "lacking ethnic diversity" are two different things that 
>> >are often confused with one another.
>> >
>> >-Noah South III
>> >
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net 
>> >> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
>> >> On Behalf Of Rick5638@aol.com
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:41 PM
>> >> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>> >> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: NASCAR numbnuts
>> >>
>> >> 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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