More QBs than ever come from upper-class households
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http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/page/qbsurvey150204takeaways/trends-uncovered
Interesting, in 1980s, 14.3% of QBs came from upper class families. Now, it's 39%. Seems surprising with the ascendance of more successful black quarterbacks and dual-threats that QBs are groomed richer and richer. And almost all of them from two-parent households.
Any successful QBs out there who come from the jects?
Interesting, in 1980s, 14.3% of QBs came from upper class families. Now, it's 39%. Seems surprising with the ascendance of more successful black quarterbacks and dual-threats that QBs are groomed richer and richer. And almost all of them from two-parent households.
Any successful QBs out there who come from the jects?
Does this translate to the football status system, where the quarterback is the unquestioned centerpiece and, on average, the highest-paid position in the game? A cursory look at the current crop of NFL quarterbacks reveals some correlation, but not necessarily causation. Peyton and Eli Manning and Andrew Luck are the sons of former well-paid NFL quarterbacks. Matthew Stafford is the son of a successful Dallas-area businessman. Russell Wilson's father was an attorney in Richmond, Virginia.
This much is fact: A well-heeled family can burnish a young quarterback's development in a way that one of less means cannot. Steve Clarkson's famous "DreamMaker" tutoring services can cost parents -- or family benefactors -- tens of thousands of dollars, and reportedly as much as $400 an hour, in the years leading up to a college scholarship. Clarkson's success stories are notable: Ben Roethlisberger, EJ Manuel, Jake Locker, Matt Cassel and Teddy Bridgewater are among the current NFL quarterbacks he has tutored.
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There is more to becoming an NFL quarterback than just natural talent. The fact is most QBs are upper class (or many of them are, most others are middle class), and almost all come from two-parent households. That shows that the odds are very stacked against you if you're lower-income and in a one-parent home.
Lots of NFL players from the hood and high schoolers that can slang the rock with power and accuracy. But it's clear college/pro coaches don't want to groom them into QBs. Or don't have the patience to for whatever reason. -
A rich/upper class kid can go to football camp and learn tricks that are only known by insiders. There's different ways to spin to avoid getting tackled and things of that nature.
If you live in the ghetto you can't practice certain moves that you'd be able to practice in football camp.
