50 greatest black athletes

[imminent rogaine]

http://theundefeated.com/features/50-greatest-black-athletes/

Saw this last night - its basically a survey to come up with the top 50 black athletes excluding tiger woods, because you know, he doesn't count as an athlete because his marriage wasn't successful??? Not sure, exactly. They had separate rankings for "Dominance", "Impact on Society", and "Inspiration" and compiled them for an overall ranking.

This is the worst list I've ever seen. 

When your top 50 black athletes list has Jim Brown ranked 30 (behind Steph Curry lol) and Bo Jackson ranked 25... you have a shitty list. Jim Brown is a HOF football player (maybe the best ever) and a HOF Lacrosse player and has been a major political/civil rights activist. He is top 5 easy.

Sort by "Dominance" and Wilt Chamberlain somehow misses the top 10?? WTF is that? The guy drug his dick all over the league for his entire career. "For his career Wilt averaged 30.1 points, 4.4 assists, and 22.9 rebounds....scored 30 points in 65 straight games, 50 points in seven consecutive games, and scored 100 points in a single game. "Wilt the stilt" was simply dominating. In two games Wilt had 78 points and 43 rebounds, then turns around and drops a 58 point, 42 rebound performance."

 

 

What do you expect from an ESPN owned operation.

Thoughts?

 

[Anybodyhome]

The published list is a joke. Nothing against Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas, but did anyone know who they were 4 years ago? And that's just for starters.....

Any list using "dominance, inspiration and impact on society" as ranking criteria and the top 10 doesn't include:

Ali, Jesse Owens, Henry Aaron, Satchel Paige, Wilma Rudolph, Jim Brown, Arthur Ashe, Roberto Clemente and Jackie Robinson is a complete farce. And I could easily add the Williams sisters just as Arthur Ashe belongs on the list for their accomplishments in the tennis world. 

And there are a number of people on this list who weren't saints off the field, but to exclude Tiger Woods.... c'mon. I don't like the guy, but to ignore anything he's done is simply stupid. 

[fitty76]

Wow, that list is pretty random.  They put a bunch of track stars together JJK, Carl Lewis, and Michael Johnson.  Then they put Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas together.  And is Derrick Jeter black?  Do mix race people count?  (If so, where is Tiger Woods)?  Also do Roberto Clemente and Pele count? What is their criteria for black?  Just black skin?  Very confusing list.  I don't think much thought or effort went into this list.  It just seems like it was created to create controversy.    

[imminent rogaine]

23 minutes ago, fitty76 said:

Wow, that list is pretty random.  They put a bunch of track stars together JJK, Carl Lewis, and Michael Johnson.  Then they put Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas together.  And is Derrick Jeter black?  Do mix race people count?  (If so, where is Tiger Woods)?  Also do Roberto Clemente and Pele count? What is their criteria for black?  Just black skin?  Very confusing list.  I don't think much thought or effort went into this list.  It just seems like it was created to create controversy.    

So what you're saying is that we need a top 50 blackest athletes

[fitty76]

I don't think the list should exist at all.  Especially a list as random as this one.  It just doesn't make any sense.  Like I said, it's confusing.    

[Shocker]

And no cheetah woods?  

[cookinbrak]

Just off the top of my head- people who should replace gymnasts or Williams sisters...

Franco Harris

Lynn Swann

Randall Cunningham

Mean Joe Greene

Jerome Bettis

and, more obscurely, Wendell Scott

[bLACKpANTHER]

it was a public vote by fans - obviously gonna be all kinds of fugged up

pay it no mind

[Jimmy]

They actually polled almost 11,000 adults based on a few criteria (1-10) and compiled this list on the averages.  11,000 idiots. 

[AggieLean]

I think Tiger should've probably been on there, but the man did say he wasn't black. He's cablinasian or something like that. He probably didn't want to be included on the list.

List was crap, though.

[Cookie Lyon]

Whoever made this list should be slapped immediately.

[Goondal]

Laughable list.  Jim Brown is arguably the best athlete ever of any race.  Should have been #1

[iamcline]

No Pele? No credibility.

[cookinbrak]

"No Tiger Woods??!!"

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