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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are 199 'white' students at Lewis this year. Cut that in half to get 100 'white' girls. If your pony-tailed European descent white girl is what you are looking for to fill out a softball team, then you have to reduce this number even further because 'white' includes people of Middle Eastern descent. There may not be 70 European white girls in all of Lewis. How many of them enjoy softball?[/quote]

I don’t agree. The Division 1 NCAA softball ranks are rife with Hispanic players.  I think the issue with Lewis is that many of the kids there are from families with significant needs, and can’t spend time or resources on sports. Travel teams do dominate, and I think that a problem as it compels kids to specialize at a young age. Playing multiple sports when young has its benefits. But the sport attracts Hispanic players and broad ethnic generalizations don’t cut it.  Watch the super regionals this week and there is plenty of Hispanic players. And one of the things I like about softball is that it so often connects dads with their daughters. It is a shame Lewis doesn’t have a team.

My NCAA Division 1 sport was track. It was a veritable United Nations competing, and well, there was discrimination, but thankfully only the stopwatch was discriminating.

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"Rife?" Really?

Did you intend to use a different word? Rife is typically used to convey undesirable or harmful quanities.

And, no, there aren't a lot of Hispanic players on WCWS teams. Fewer than 8% of softball players nationwide are Hispanic.

Here's Oklahoma's roster: https://soonersports.com/sports/softball/roster
Here's FSU: https://seminoles.com/sports/softball/roster/season/2022-23/
Here's Tennessee: https://utsports.com/sports/softball/roster
Here's Stanford: https://gostanford.com/sports/softball/roster
Here's Georgia: https://georgiadogs.com/sports/softball/roster

yes I get the idea- an effete non athlete lecturing me -look at Texas - the wealthiest athletic scholl in the nation 
I'll leave out the remaining 11 in the super regionals, you get the idea.
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