Stupid

This article now up on ESPN.com about black quarterbacks not being treated fairly - in the face of Jason Campbell being benched, Vince Young acting like - well - Vince Young, and Donovan McNabb's poor play - compared to their white counterparts has surfaced again.

This is simply stupid.

If I'm not mistaken, Michael Vick could well find himself league MVP.

Peyton Hillis is tearing it up at running back for the Browns this season and should we make a huge deal out of the fact that he's white? Toby Gerhardt of Standford (and now the Minnesota Vikings) would have surely been a first round pick in the draft last year had he been black. But it's been going on 20 years since anyone took a white running back (if I'm not mistaken it was another Stanford runner, "Touch down"Tommy Vardel who was the last white running back selected in the first round by, coincidentally, the Cleveland Browns) in the first round. Racist? Is that unfair?

No. Of course, not.

These matters are stupid.

The NFL is focused on talent. Regardless of color.

If Campbell plays well, he's going to start. Period.

If Vince Young wasn't such a baby, he might be able to start for a team. Period.

If McNabb plays consistently (which has been in doubt for the past five years or so), he'd be an MVP candidate. Period.

But talking about treating them unfairly because they are black is stupid.

If Cam Newton wins a national championship for Auburn (and a Heisman) and decides to go pro and if he wows the scouts with his arm, he could wind up the first pick in the 2011 NFL draft. Now, that's no sure sign of success, but no team will turn down a gifted player.

If Andrew Luck gets Stanford to a BCS game (and maybe even the national title game if a million things go Standford's way) and decides to go pro and if he wows the scouts with his arm, he could wind up the first pick in the NFL draft. Now, that's no sure sign of success, but no team will turn down a gifted player.

It makes no difference that Newton is black and Luck is white.

That's just as ignorant as saying that a woman sport's writer, like Jamele Hill, should leave serious sports writing to the fellas.