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**drycleden** · 07-04-2012, 11:37 AM

^^Good Post...How come it seems West Africans today dont really excel in athletics as NWB? Opportunity?

It could have something to do with opportunity, but the majority of the black athletes today that I see seem to have very African body types, so it most likely has something to do with their cultural and environmental differences.

I know that Aframs tended to utilize sports to boost their own identity beyond that of their slave days, and to try to redeem themselves in the public image. That said I see a lot of athletic players from West-African countries, who just don't get as much publicity over in North America, so I think that is part of the reason we don't perceive them to have as many athletes.

I do think the other issue could be economic and social issues, which do not allow them as great an opportunity, training, and venues as the Aframs in America, which could alter the chance to extrapolate their potentiality. I do think a certain level of determination due to the Aframs history in the U.S. certainly could have been a motivator, but you can not dismiss raw athletic capacity either within that equation.

07-04-2012, 11:37 AM	#6
drycleden Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 536 Senior Member	^^Good Post...How come it seems West Africans today dont really excel in athletics as NWB? Opportunity? It could have something to do with opportunity, but the majority of the black athletes today that I see seem to have very African body types, so it most likely has something to do with their cultural and environmental differences. I know that Aframs tended to utilize sports to boost their own identity beyond that of their slave days, and to try to redeem themselves in the public image. That said I see a lot of athletic players from West-African countries, who just don't get as much publicity over in North America, so I think that is part of the reason we don't perceive them to have as many athletes. I do think the other issue could be economic and social issues, which do not allow them as great an opportunity, training, and venues as the Aframs in America, which could alter the chance to extrapolate their potentiality. I do think a certain level of determination due to the Aframs history in the U.S. certainly could have been a motivator, but you can not dismiss raw athletic capacity either within that equation.
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