that's one way to deal with it, i suppose.
how do you deal with athletes from "3rd world" countries compared to athletes from "developed" nations?
or athletes from nations that have been in constant war for decades relative to athletes that have been in peace, able to grow, flourish and compete?
That's completely different though. We're talking about a large group of athletic individuals in this country who were not allowed to compete simply based on the color of their skin.
Third world countries may lack facilities, true. But that has more to do with player development. I'm talking about an entire race of people primed and ready to go compete only to be stopped at the door. The only thing they lacked was a green light.
The only thing stopping a 3rd world citizen is lack of skill or as you pointed out, facilities. But if you're not properly trained then you're not a professional athlete. Simple as that. They'll be able to play when they are good enough to make it, and not have to wait until someone says "Ok, we'll let them play now."
Their plight is like Europe and any non-US country in basketball. They were never excluded because of skin color, only lack of skill. The NBA started drafting 7 footers from other countries when 7 footers from other countries learned to put the ball in the basket. But black people already had the necessary skills and although this is speculation, I'm gonna say with confidence more skills than those who were allowed to play.
When Yemen develops the next LeBron James, he'll have every opportunity to play in the NBA if he so chooses. But we're not talking about when these athletes developed, we're talking about guys who were already developed but pushed away for non sports related reasons.
Lack of facilities, and thus training and skill is sports related. Too much melanin is not.
