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The NFL lifts race norming. Race norming is where, during calculations of brain damage caused by the sport on althetes was modified for African Americans because the general consensus is the they aren't as smart as everyone else.

Black athletes did not receive compensation for the same level of cognitive function as white athletes. This didn't make them happy, hence today
 

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How could that have possibly been legal?
There's a lot of things that people think are illegal (and probably should be) but aren't.
Google "Minimum marriage age [insert state here]" for an example of this. Some of them even have different ages depending on your sex (usually younger for women, or girls, as the case may be).


The NFL lifts race norming. Race norming is where, during calculations of brain damage caused by the sport on althetes was modified for African Americans because the general consensus is the they aren't as smart as everyone else.

Black athletes did not receive compensation for the same level of cognitive function as white athletes. This didn't make them happy, hence today
See, when I heard about this, I thought it was because of the widely held belief among some that African American men have thicker skulls and are thus more resistant to brain damage.
 

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There's a lot of things that people think are illegal (and probably should be) but aren't.
Google "Minimum marriage age [insert state here]" for an example of this. Some of them even have different ages depending on your sex (usually younger for women, or girls, as the case may be).


See, when I heard about this, I thought it was because of the widely held belief among some that African American men have thicker skulls and are thus more resistant to brain damage.
Even if someone told me that I’d have (wrongly) assumed it was just a quirk trait that occurred in black men at a rate of something like 1 in 1,000,000 as opposed to happening in white men at a rate of 1 in 100,000,000.


I’d probably be angrier but I know, I just know that there’s gonna be some kind of similar sentiment surrounding Aboriginal Australians - probably to do with addiction - that I’ve just been lucky enough to not hear about. So I’ll just quietly wait for the other shoe to drop.
 

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Which is also false, before anyone asks.
I should have clarified, but yes. This isn't like fantasy video games, where being a different race means you have different advantages, like +2 constitution, or +5 fire resistance.

Even if someone told me that I’d have (wrongly) assumed it was just a quirk trait that occurred in black men at a rate of something like 1 in 1,000,000 as opposed to happening in white men at a rate of 1 in 100,000,000.


I’d probably be angrier but I know, I just know that there’s gonna be some kind of similar sentiment surrounding Aboriginal Australians - probably to do with addiction - that I’ve just been lucky enough to not hear about. So I’ll just quietly wait for the other shoe to drop.
I've seen a wide variety of claims about Aboriginal Australians that claim to be scientific but clearly aren't. Such as someone arguing (incorrectly, I must stress) that they aren't Homo Sapiens.
 

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I've seen a wide variety of claims about Aboriginal Australians that claim to be scientific but clearly aren't. Such as someone arguing (incorrectly, I must stress) that they aren't Homo Sapiens.
Not that long ago it was claimed that the don't long miss (or even remember) their kids when the government takes them away.
 

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Which is also false, before anyone asks.
Probably, though now I have to wonder if anyone has actually studied it?

How the merry fuck is this a thing?
Because there are an awful lot of black players and "race norming" in that fashion probably saved the NFL a buttload of money before this lawsuit.

If we wanted to be fair, instead of having a set baseline, we'd test them when they join the NFL, work out what a "normal" level of cognitive decline is in the average population for a given age spread, and test them again on the outbound and compare how they rate to where they'd be expected to rate if they were in a more average line of work. But that would be a lot of work to get an accurate answer.

Also if you call it "norming" then you can confuse it with things like "gender norming" where you hold female applicants to a position to a lesser standard in order to have more women pass requirements. The military does this, as do many fire departments, specifically with physical testing.

Google "Minimum marriage age [insert state here]" for an example of this.
Oh, yeah, in some US states with parental consent the marriage age is shockingly low, and in many states sex with your spouse is explicitly not statutory rape - leading to pedophiles basically selling kids to other pedophiles under the guise of marriage, often in a religious blanket (FLDS was notorious for this, well this and bigamy).

It's also worth noting that states recognize each other's marriages, so you only need one state where you can marry super young and one state where there's a spouse exception to statutory rape before you've just enabled legally fucking kids.

In my state it's 18, 16 with parental consent, under that is possible but must be ordered by a circuit judge and that typically means someone is pregnant.
 

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Probably, though now I have to wonder if anyone has actually studied it?
Fine, I'll put 'race and skull thickness' into google to find out. What's the worst that could happen?

Ok, apparently the answer is that white women have thicker skulls and if you want to know anything more, pay $59
 
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How the merry fuck is this a thing?
If you don't take into account how clearly dumb black people, you're just being racists against whites.

Did I do the racism right? I'm here to collect my gofundme money for being cancelled
 

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If you don't take into account how clearly dumb black people, you're just being racists against whites.

Did I do the racism right? I'm here to collect my gofundme money for being cancelled
GoFundMe's for racism is so 2016. Real racists just sue everyone who called them a racist.

Also good for the NFL for only being some 150 years behind the time. Maybe in 50 years they'll acknowledge their cheerleaders need to eat to survive, and in 100 years they'll admit major league sports teams are just fronts for money laundering by the super rich and the actual game part is the metaphorical bread and circus.
 

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You know when I saw this I did like a quadruple take. Cause this is that kind of racism that is so cartoonish you can't believe its real. I mean I was suspect about NFL commentary talking about the "natural athletic" ability of black players vs the "hard work and smarts" of white players.

This just seals my theory that the NFL is run by a bunch of nerds who played way too many rpgs with racial bonuses and they are to rich and to divorced from reality to be put on the right track.

And of course racism and greed are a bonus.
 

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You know when I saw this I did like a quadruple take. Cause this is that kind of racism that is so cartoonish you can't believe its real. I mean I was suspect about NFL commentary talking about the "natural athletic" ability of black players vs the "hard work and smarts" of white players.

This just seals my theory that the NFL is run by a bunch of nerds who played way too many rpgs with racial bonuses and they are to rich and to divorced from reality to be put on the right track.

And of course racism and greed are a bonus.
(American) football players in general are half-orcs. except russell wilson, who is an elf.
 

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We've all seen Blood Bowl. They dont mix races
Funnily enough, in the earliest 40k lore, like Rogue Tader '89 era, when it really just was Fantasy in Space, there were human/eldar hybrids, and they could even become Space Marines, and there was set-up for a noblebright story about a half human half eldar with no family or place in the Galaxy becoming an Ultramarine and finally proving his worth. But then GrimDark happened, so...
 

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Bread, and circuses. Also, all sports are just deviations from the age-old I need to see human beings compete, and fight each other apeshit brain we have, but hey it's better than war at least in theory it is. Unless it starts a war.
 

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Bread, and circuses. Also, all sports are just deviations from the age-old I need to see human beings compete, and fight each other apeshit brain we have, but hey it's better than war at least in theory it is. Unless it starts a war.
We should let every lineman drive a monster truck for every play. Or we could give them spears and shields and let 'em go at it like proper Greek hoplites. Now, you might say that this would cause deaths on the field. But what is that other than a perfect opportunity for spectator participation? Time to suit up, fans.
 
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