White quarterbacks in the NFL

10/11/2009 3:27:05 PM

By RetroRalph

NFL (american football/gridiron) is now being shown in Australia so I've been catching parts of some games. One thing I've noticed is that the players are predominantly black like in the NBA except for the quarterbacks, does anyone else find this strange?

Is there any valid reason that there are so many white quarterbacks? I have a hunch that it is to do with the marketing of the game, much easier to market a team with a white quarterback to a mostly white population. I don't know enough about the game to really understand if there is some other reason why old whitey dominates the quarterback maybe someone else who is a follower can pipe in.

Speaking of NFL, one of the best games I have played was High Impact Football in the arcade, I think it has a sequel which was good too (Super High Impact Football). If you haven't checked it out have a go, I don't necessarily like grid iron that much (we have Aussie Rules Football) but this game is very fun.





2 responses to White quarterbacks in the NFL

MarshMellow wrote:

10/12/2009 12:42:34 PM

Could it be that the white kids mostly want to play quarterback so there is more competition for that among white kids? I never really thought about it until now, it does seem a bit strange really.

Ill need to give that game a go in MAME I think looks interesting.

RetroRalph wrote:

10/12/2009 10:01:27 PM

Yeah maybe the white kids are mostly going for quarterback roles so that there is a lot more competition for it... who knows. Still seems weird.

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