"He's got emotional problems man!"

Agreed, not knowing the guy, I find it hard to jump to the coded conclusion, but that's left to the individual and I can see why that is there (especially given stereotypical French attitudes toward minorities). My defense was just spurred by how a majority of people are ready to call this guy a racist and the article…

1. African transfer fees are less expensive for the most part.

To busy telling Whitey to shut up that you can't bother to comment?

Your first part is exactly what I am talking about, and I believe that's what he meant and why he said "when you take him". I think it is a combination of some mostly true generalizations about players who are developed in Africa and the fact that former athletes are hardly ever the most articulate of people. Africa…

By starting your quotations just four words later, you make the quote completely different. The "when you take him" changes the entire quote. He's saying that these players are beyond Europeans in physicality because of how the game is played where the player is originally from, but may not be as developed in other…

He said there will be less on the squad not "explicitly saying he's not going to sign Africans". You couldn't even get through his first quote, which the author agrees is a fair point, without having comprehension issues. If Bordeuax is actually losing 12 players (I don't follow Bordeuax) two months every two years,…

Never said there are not African players with great skill, but not every African player is Weah. We're looking at players in aggregate. There will be outliers, but for the most part, they tend to fit a certain skill type. For the Nordic type, you can look at Zlatan's skill and mentality, but he is the exception, not…

We're talking about on-field intelligence, which can be taken to mean any number of things. Many of these players rely on their physicality to get them to the big time, which means they may be less developed in other facets of the game. If a player has always been able to use their strength to push someone off the…

All members. I am not saying that African players can not break their prototypical mold, but the way the game is played through development on that continent lends itself to a much more physical game and style of player. If there was no support to the claim then yes it is racist, but African players tend to have a…

African Cup of Nations is held bi-annually. Gold Cup is, but I would venture to guess that there are more Africans than North and Central Americans in Ligue 1. So you could argue that in addition to those WCQ, friendlies and training camps that those players also have a tournament every other year that is very…

You have to admit that the United States, despite being one country, has a very diverse population yet many of the players (even from different backgrounds) tend to fall in line with a stereotypical American player (more profoundly before Jurgen arrived).

I'd like to hear a counterpoint. I think Audi-os, Amigos! put it in an even more articulate way than I did.

Off putting? To some. Racist? Not so much. American players generally have a higher work rate, but lack the technical skill to succeed on the international level. Is that racist? He's right, African players tend to be cheaper, more physical and stronger than typical players you'd find in Northern France or somewhere…

FSU has a pristine image?

The second part is really what did Penn State in. Was there competitive advantage? I believe so, but comparing recruiting classes after-the-fact does not tell you much about how the climate would have been different around the Penn State football team during the early-2000's if they had taken the right steps. IMHO a…

Penn State had great success on the field from 1998-2012 and those wins were based on a pristine image which was a lie. As a result, those wins need to be taken away.

If the Phillies offer to eat a majority of his contract, I will trade 2 perfect condition baseballs, a water cooler and one black pen. My plan is to have Ryan Howard get me coffee for the next two years and everytime he gives me a bad cup of joe I can turn to him and yell "Hey Ryan, Ya really struck out on this one!…

+1 Mounted horseman.

Yea, it's not like this was an NFC East game.