Re: Black democractic althlete-politicians

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes.  He must have been around 40 when he finally quit.  College is a different
story.  College success can give you visability, but not necessarily the kind of
wealth that professional athletics can.

The famous Charles Barkley story is an example of how such wealth can turn people.

Although some actors -- even good ones like Robert Duvall -- are right wingers,
wealth does not turn actors in the same way.  Some like Harry Belafonte or Danny
Glover devote a great deal of energy to progressive causes.

I was interested in what made the difference.

On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 12:34:47PM -0700, Paul Baer wrote:
> Presumably he had to go to law school before he became a judge, right?
>
> Wasn't Page one of the "Fearsome foursome" on the Vikings front line
> in the seventies? Alan Page, Carl Eller, and a couple of white guys
> if my fuzzy memory is correct...
>
> Statisitically speaking, don't a large number of elected (or
> appointed) officials have to have once been successful athletes?
> There's so many of both, and college is a broad sieve...
>
> --pb

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