Influence of Culture in Sports

 In class today we were talking about sports and if black people were more athletic in general. There are many theories about this; however, mine is that it refers around culture. Living in Long Beach, California, there is a whole different vibe when it comes to sports. Some people believe to get out of Long Beach and to something better, they need to due it through sports. In Los Altos, the main focus seems to be academics and sports come second. On the other hand, Long Beach sports are make it or break it. At Long Beach Poly High, around 200 kids try out for the football team a year, in hope of receiving a full scholarship from their dream school. Unfortunately, there are only 100 spots on the team and 11 on the field. In Los Altos we have 45 kids on our football team. This goes to show the difference in culture and the communities. It seems to pay off for those kids who do play at Poly. They had multiple division 1 commits going to USC, UCLA, etc. IT goes to show that hard work pays off.