Originally Posted by
Va Beach VH Fan
Yeah, I've never agreed with the notion that any blacks are being "prevented" from playing baseball....
Bottom line is that unless you're a fucking stud, and can get drafted by MLB straight out of high school, baseball is MUCH, MUCH harder to succeed.... And it's THAT that has shifted their focus to basketball and football, and away from baseball....
I just went through this with my youngest son... If you're a good baseball player, let's say you're a borderline Division I college baseball prospect, it is very difficult to get any portion of a scholarship... Division I college baseball only gets 13.7 scholarships for it's entire 35 man roster !!...... So even if you do get a chunk of a scholarship, it may only be 25%....
Division II I believe only gets 9 scholarships, and Division III doesn't give any at all.... Now those schools utilize other forms of assistance (grants, etc.) to offset that, they just don't "call" it scholarships....