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Originally Posted by Wanderer Are these friends all white by chance?  Yes, this is a cricket board and this a cricket discussion. But I felt I had to put the rugby and soccer status down as comparisons. (football is the no 1 sport in SA, followed closely by cricket and rugby). Do your SAfrican friends ever "complain constantly" about the status of SA rugby and football's "quota's"? Just asking. |
Yes they are white and do bemoan quotas in Rugby.
Correct me if I'm wrong here (i probably am
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Originally Posted by Wanderer
And please Don't say "abolish the quota system" willy-nilly. If that happens, SA sport will still be lily-white for at least 2 decades to come. That is not representative of the majority of people who want to play sport. Remember, it is only 12 years ago that apartheid was abolished. Non-whites never had the facilities (training, schooling, coaching etc) that whites had. In fact, they were TOTALLY marginalised as far as sport and a great many other things were concerned...That "deficit" cannot be wiped out overnight.
No, I dont like the quota system, because I am also suffering because of it...But at least I understand why its necessary for now, and I also hope and pray that very soon SA cricket will be represented by the best available team. I am not running to the country of my grandparents' birth and complain to everyone who want to listen... |
I can see what you are saying and i agree that all white SA sport would be a massive backward step. Thats why IMO more should be done to encourage the non whites (for all sports) and give them the coaching, schooling etc to make it at the top level on merit. The biggest problem with the quotas are that most of the players brought on through the system arent good enough and probably never will be.
Unfortunately after all those years of Apartheid it will probably take the same number of years to undo all of the marginalisation in SA sport
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I'll admit I'm not clever enough to give a total solution to the problem.
I do wonder what happens to all of the talented non whites who play rugby and cricket? How do they progress through the system. Or like I've suggested earlier do the majority of non whites not want to play cricket and rugby but football....