Scoops civil response to Whitlock

[Tom Petty]

jfs - please tell me you're not suggesting we should tell people how to write.

 

[ChickWriter1975]

I was not a fan of Scoop's comparison to the NBA, but I don't think it's a stretch to say most young, black kids don't dream of being sports reporters, they dream of playing professional sports.

Obviously, it's more attainable to be a sports reporter. But since young, black kids never see sports reporters & editors -- this is where the poor numbers come into play -- then that just isn't a dream or ambition they will have. But I could just as easily say the same thing about doctors and lawyers.

Still, I don't think it's a good thing for Scoop to tell black youngsters the NBA is more attainable, although he did a much better job the second time around of explaining his rationale.

 

[HoopsMcCann]

anybody else think scoop may have told them that so he could boost his own ego, saying he's better than some mid-level nba scrub, since it's so much more difficult for a young african-american to get where he is than to where stephen jackson is?

just a thought

an imbecile with an audience is a dangerous thing

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Wow, Scoop, maybe if you wrote like that in the first place people wouldn't think you are such a clown!