Quote Originally Posted by BaggieSingh View Post
Ridiculous comment Thomas and Boingy
There is a quantifiable measure of why those people are in the 100m - the time they run

In football or broadcasting there are other factors - and some of them include personal opinions of someone

I’m not saying I agree with the sentiments of the people calling racism, but dont agree with your comparison
Was not commenting on broadcasting, but, the starting 11 of a football team consist of the best players. Personal decision made by a manager to which many might disagree, yes, but the manager is in charge, and that is the way it has always been.

Surely, one must in some ways be able to compare team sports with individual ones, even those with quantifiable measures?

And, in running/sprint, not always all the best are allowed to participate, in WC and Olympics. Every country is allowed to send just so many athletes - for instance, long distance, I think Kenya or Ethiopia would take the 10 first places if they were allowed to send that many participants. So quantifiable measures could also be tricky…