Black players on Vestavia Basketball team

[ssmith general]

Apparently, this is news.  :

"Chad Jones has two reasons for wanting his sons to watch the Vestavia Hills boys basketball team this week. He wants them to see how a team with a losing record -- 15-17 overall -- has made an unexpected playoff run to the AHSAA Class 6A semifinals at the BJCC.

He also wants them to see the demographics of this year's Rebels.

Four of the five starting players are black, as are six of the top eight players. The 12-man varsity has seven black players in all."

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[Chechem]

Apparently, this is news.  :

"Chad Jones has two reasons for wanting his sons to watch the Vestavia Hills boys basketball team this week. He wants them to see how a team with a losing record -- 15-17 overall -- has made an unexpected playoff run to the AHSAA Class 6A semifinals at the BJCC.

He also wants them to see the demographics of this year's Rebels.

Four of the five starting players are black, as are six of the top eight players. The 12-man varsity has seven black players in all."

Link

News?  Maybe I'm missing it, but black players were stars on hs bb teams with Rebel mascots when I was in high school (1960s).  Was that the point of the story?  Alabama doesn't need any racial pot stirring.

[ssmith general]

Apparently, this is news.  :

"Chad Jones has two reasons for wanting his sons to watch the Vestavia Hills boys basketball team this week. He wants them to see how a team with a losing record -- 15-17 overall -- has made an unexpected playoff run to the AHSAA Class 6A semifinals at the BJCC.

He also wants them to see the demographics of this year's Rebels.

Four of the five starting players are black, as are six of the top eight players. The 12-man varsity has seven black players in all."

Link

News?  Maybe I'm missing it, but black players were stars on hs bb teams with Rebel mascots when I was in high school (1960s).  Was that the point of the story?  Alabama doesn't need any racial pot stirring.

Exactly, it's the dumbest thing I read in a while.

I am originally from Homewood, right next to vestavia and that area is predominantly white, but it's 2011 and it shouldnt be a story that some black kids made the basketball team.

[ricky023]

Sounds like slow news and somebody is trying to fabricate something to write about to me. JMHO. RTR!

[ssmith general]

Sounds like slow news and somebody is trying to fabricate something to write about to me. JMHO. RTR!

Yea, but how far down the topic list is "race card?"

[ricky023]

Sounds like slow news and somebody is trying to fabricate something to write about to me. JMHO. RTR!

Yea, but how far down the topic list is "race card?"

Ummm, that is a thought I missed. It is news even if hinted at of course. Thanks for the reminder. RTR!

[Chechem]

Wait until that writer sees we have a new President.

[ricky023]

Wait until that writer sees we have a new President.

Hey that might blow a lot of minds. Somebody wanted change and they got it. Nothing but deficit upon deficit. Gotta love that change. lol, RTR!

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