“One Man’s Opinion” by Gordon Curvey<\/p>\n
Happy New Year everyone! Starting 35 years of producing “Music Inner City TV” and now “Sports Inner City TV. Coming at ya from Seattle, Washington (USA). How time goes by. God is good. Despite health situations I am still here. I know the haters do not like it that I am still here but…oh well. Here is a topic I want to discuss that it seems many in the sports media are scared to discuss for some unknown reason. And that it the lack of current or ex MLB players doing commercials on TV.<\/p>\n
I do not understand what is going on. I see current or ex MLB\/NBA players like Shaq, Lebron, Steph Curry, Patrick Mahomes, The Manning Bros, The Kelcy Bros, Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, Mathew Stafford, Joe Namath, Teddy Bridgewater, Anthony Edwards, Anthony Davis, Karl Anthony Towns, Melo, KD, KG, NFL HC Andy Reid, Chris Paul, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, Kareem, Derrick Henry, even tennis great Serena Williams, Formula one drivers, PGA players, WNBA stars and more.<\/p>\n
But very very few current or ex MLB players. It is shocking ladies and gentlemen. Basically just former guest on “M.I.C-TV” Derek Jeter and Frank Thomas. Ohtani may be in one or two but of course not long in the commercials because he does not speak English well. No Bryce Harper, no Mookie Betts whose team the Dodgers have won two World Series in a row, no Mike Trout, no Reggie Jackson or Johnny Bench, no Harold Reynolds, no Darreyl Strawberry, no Andrew Mccutchen, no Ryan Howard, no Seattle Mariner JP Crawford or Cal Reigh, no Julio Rodriquez and many more. It is amazing and shocking’<\/p>\n
Is this because current or ex MLB players do not have personalities or charisma like current and ex NFL\/NBA players? I say yes. Have you heard interviews with for instance a current MLB player? They talk like they are depressed or their dog ran away or something, VERY boring interviews.\u00a0 Guys like Patrick Mahomes and Charles Barkley and Shag and Kevin Garnett and Mathew Stafford and many others have personalities and can make you laugh. Unlike many many current or ex MLB players.<\/p>\n
So what happens sorry to say is this. Young inner city African American youth turn from playing baseball and play mostly football and hoops by the age of 12. These are facts ladies and gentlemen. If you go to any major U.S. city and go to a high school or college baseball game, the teams will be sorry to say, full of white players with the stands full of white faces. Again, these are facts. Most African American kids will be in the gym hoopin or tossing a football. This is sad.<\/p>\n
These inner city African American kids will not be able to name a current or ex MLB player if you ask them to. But can name a hundred current or ex NFL or NBA player. They will be wearing Jordan sneakers and a Dodger hat or a NBA team hat or locally a Seahawks hat. Most young African American youth locally will not be wearing a Seattle Mariners hat. Heck most African American adults cannot name one current MLB player. Not one. Again, these are facts readers. This is a severe problem when it comes to sports.<\/p>\n
Most young African American youth sports role models are NBA and NFL players. Not a MLB player. I wonder if the commissioner of MLB realizes the problem I am talking about in this article. I guess he is happy that most young inner city youth can care less about baseball. Guess he is happy that their is very few current or ex MLB players making commercials on TV. In my opinion the commissioner should be worried about this topic.\u00a0 I again do not understand.<\/p>\n
Finally it is shocking that attendance for MLB games are real good. Even with the lack of current or ex MLB players doing marketing of products on TV. I just do not know how this is going on. Shout out to the Seattle Mariners here in Seattle for allowing me to go to batting practice before games to conduct short interviews with players. What I try to do is reach inner city kids and show them as many African American players as I can. But with about ONLY 70 or so MLB players in MLB each year for the last few few years, it has been very hard to conduct interviews. So with the lack of current and ex MLB players of ANY color doing commercials and the lack of African American MLB players currently playing, my job has been difficult. But I will continue to voice my concerns because sports radio and elsewhere seem not to care about about the topics I am trying to explain in this story.<\/p>\n
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