Apart from cricket Indo participation is professional sport is limited.Just look at the Olympic delegation we send. Watch rugby, hockey , netball, volleyball , Athletics etc. You see better participation in minority sports like Triathlon events and martial arts. We don't have a discrimination problem we have a participation problem.
you are mostly right but tell that to the individuals i spoke to, they would tell you differently.
Anecdotal accounts from individuals you spoke to do not signify a systematic attempt to exclude persons of a certain ethnic group from participating in sport. If you believe what those people say then it means all the teams in the Pro League , Super League and even the Secondary School football league are discriminating on race. That's unfathomable. Ultimately its unfortunate that we do not have full participation in sport. We are missing out on a larger more talented player pool but let us never lose sight of the reason why.
i highly doubt you can label it as untrustworthy accounts from individuals unless you meet them yourself, unless you are bringing into question my credibility. I have no ambitions to lie or push a controversial topic of this nature. In fact i wish it didn't exist in tt, I am merely reiterating statements made by players who were sincere in their comments. They never came out willingly and spoke about it but eventually stated the reasons they believed were at the root. neither am I saying this is vast majority of what occurs, I am basing it on footballers who I have spoken to, who have voiced their experiences.
I do agree that more participation is needed, as I also agreed with bake and shark and his suggestions. But then you must also examine the leagues and the head coaches and see if there is a substantial indo trini presence in management and coaches. which was a valid point which bake and shark brought up in his previous post.
Do you care to elaborate on their experiences ?
are you the judge of discrimination? or do you want to pull out abstract criticisms from the example I post?
I can ask the same of you. It so subjective it eh funny. That's the point I'm trying to make. You can't take the word of a few individuals to discount the overwhelming evidence in numerous sports.
your comprehension is poor my friend, where did i state i thought this was across the board? I said I am going by people who have spoken to me, earlier i stated i never said this was the vast majority. so what the hell are you talking about, you are trying to down cry my statement as if I'm talking garbage.
There is nothing wrong with my comprehension. Don't try to pull out of what you said . You asserted that discrimination was part of the reason why East Indians do not play take up football as a profession .
the indo-trini community in trinidad do play football, i know plenty of them myself, however many have told me stories of discrimination and alienation
I posited that similar patterns of disparity in rates participation exist in several 'professional' sports in T&T and at every level of organised football in T&T. If we use your rationale it means that there is discrimination at u14 ,u16 InterCol, minor league etc. of football in T&T.
I just don't want you to try skew the issue. The other day I traveled in a maxi driven by a Chinese man. It was real strange. Chinese people don't normally choose that profession just like as I said with the exception of cricket, Indo-Trinis do not choose a career in professional sports. I'm not trying to be disrespectful I just don't like when people cry wolf willy-nilly.
once again your comprehension is brought into question once more. Don't get over exuberant over misinterpretation by yourself. I pointed out what many have said to me, where did I endorse systemic discrimination at all levels? Please refer to that in my previous posts before you accuse me of denial.
I agree participation rates are lower than what they should be, however I notice your avoidance of your disrespect towards me in your initial posts, who is the one really in denial or avoiding what was said before? not I sah.
Just because I made reference to stories told to me, doesnt mean I am propagating systemic discrimination at all levels of tt football and I repeated it once again for you to read, you need to show me proof of me referring to that or endorsing it, otherwise your blowing hot air.
