Roddy White spent 11 years in the NFL playing wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons, so you would think he knows a thing or two about what qualities and talents a person needs to be a good football player.
At least, that would be a logical assumption to make. But on Saturday, he proved that how he measures athletic aptitude has nothing to do with actual talent.
Like many Americans on Saturday afternoon, White tuned in to watch the Clemson Tigers vs. Georgia Bulldogs college football game (what better way to kick off Labor Day weekend than watching college football?). As the game progressed, it became evident that Georgia was the better team, and they won that matchup, 34-3.
But White didn’t think the Dawgs were the superior squad because of their talent. This guy claimed that Clemson had too many white players on offense, which he says explains why they lost by so much.
Clemson got way to many white dudes on the field on offense this ain’t them. U mean to tell me u only got one black dude out there making plays that’s a recruiting problem
— Roddy White (@roddywhiteTV) August 31, 2024
White and Rashard Mendenhall should co-author a book and call it: “The Melanin Effect: Why Black Dudes Are Automatically Better At Football Than White Guys.”
However, I don’t think many people would buy it, because even a blind man could see that this isn’t true.
Clemson’s problem on Saturday was that they ran into a far superior team in Georgia, a team that has won two championships in the past three years and was oh-so-close to winning another one last season. The skin color of their players didn’t mean anything; there are plenty of talented white college football players (Michigan’s Mason Graham and Colston Loveland, USC’s Miller Moss, Texas’ Quinn Ewers, and more).
Heck, even Georgia's quarterback - Carson Beck - is cacasian, but White must have completely forgotten about that when he pressed send on this ridiculous tweet.
Oh, and by the way, White would have been sent into oblivion had he called out Clemson for recruiting too many black players. But because he criticized white dudes, he’ll be just fine.
If I were Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney, I would focus on retooling my roster by finding the most talented players in high school and persuading them to join him in South Carolina. But I would completely ignore White’s claim that recruiting black players automatically solves the problem.
That’s as stupid as it is racist.
