bigsmooth wrote:bock..maybe you should go into law..you have conveinently went from the 757 being overrated to it does not have the 5 star talent that LU is looking for, to a cultural issue...which is getting pretty borderline. their have been plenty of LU football players that have come from an "urban" setting whether it be in the 757 or florida, or any other area that is "urban" and have done quite well. in an area like the 757 as BEE-JAY said the percentages will be higher for bad eggs...bigger area right? i guess a football player from fleming in roanoke which is "urban" will not fit in, or a kid from the inner city schools in richmond will not fit in either?? gabe henderson went to southeast raleigh which is very "urban" and seems to be doing quite well. i realize you said not all recruits are like this, but their are plenty of holes in your arguement. so what if a non "urban" player does not succeed at LU? what are they classified as?? there have been plenty that have not succeeded. just sayin....and haize, thanks for the english lesson...LOL
I see what you're saying but it's not a directly proportional relationship (population compared to criminals). For example let's look at gangs. Which will you find more in? Roanoke? or Floyd County? While that is not to say that the recruit from Floyd County couldn't be a gang (for all we know, maybe he is). Nor does it automatically mean the player from Roanoke is in a gang. However, we can see the cultural differences and their influences on the recruit and have a influential impact on this recruits personal choices, one which may disqualify them from playing at LU.
Perhaps we can look at it this way. Hypothetically we say that Floyd County's population is 15,000. They have 200 gang members. Roanoke City's population is 95,000. They have 800 gang members. Which would you hear about more? Roanoke's. But which really has more gang members per capita? Floyd.
The impact that example has is that population will inflate the number of bad eggs (as BJ put it) there are.
Anyways, using Gabe Henderson as an example, or any kid, I feel proves my point that not all players from urban areas would not fit at LU. What I mean to say is that urban areas tend to not give us as many opportunities to find a recruit who would meet our standards, as say, the small town quarterback who has gone to church all his life.
For the record, I almost ended up going to Fleming. I went to Roanoke City schools K-7th grade, in the poorer side of town. Perhaps that would have been a better example to use. And yes, Law School has actually been on my mind
It's just my opinion all are free to disagree.
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