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Every so often, you hear people of influence connected to or interested in Major League Baseball fuss about how the black American baseball player is disappearing from the diamond. Various reasons are given—the game's simply not cool, it doesn't translate to the urban setting, MLB doesn't do a good job of reaching out to the black community, etc. In my opinion, one of the biggest—if not most popular—reasons for the disparity in racial demographics between the Majors and the other big two American sports is the money. More precisely, it's the speed with which a prospect can cash in on his talent. There is a general understanding that the riches come quicker in the National Football League and the National Basketball Association. It may be true that the average career ...

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Article written by Andrew Brining