Apparent murder of Sean Taylor again focuses spotlight on "hip hop football" http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=1055 and Larry Johnson "football bojanglers." "African-American football players caught up in the rebellion and buffoonery of hip hop culture have given NFL owners and coaches a justifiable reason to whiten their rosters," Whitlock said. Of course, Whitlock’s courageous statement of the obvious also contains truths that have an effect on whites, as well as on the bottom line. College and professional sports still attract a core following that is white, male and middle class. Such people are not going to continue to patronize a culture that is puerile and repellant. The franchises also suffer: many of these criminal players are paid millions of dollars, which is wasted if they are put in jail or killed. As Whitlock said, "Hip hop athletes are being rejected because they’re not good for business and, most important, because they don’t contribute to a consistent winning environment." What he called "whiten[ing of rosters" is largely a response from team owners who want to appeal to their white constituency and have their players on the gridiron instead of in the cellblock. Instead of exposing their children to the kind of sports that are dominated by thugs, profit and mindless "hero" worship, conscious white parents should throw out (or at least lock up) the television (along with the video games, soda and chips), get their kids off the couch, and take advantage of the wide range of Scouting programs, community sports leagues, and intramural programs that make physical fitness participatory again, instead of the spectator waste it has become.