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<blockquote data-quote="RichardRheeder" data-source="post: 743072" data-attributes="member: 44814"><p>The whole process of enforcing quotas is getting ridiculous, I feel sorry for someone like Rudy Paige, whom would've probably made the Bok side on pure merit in the not too distant future, but has been branded as a quota quite heavily on different forums here in South Africa, a stigma he will have to carry for a few years. </p><p></p><p>It's not just Rugby that gets a rough deal with quotas, I myself lost my place in the Boland Athletics team in 2007 (you make the team and go to SA champs by ending in the top4 of your event) after qualifying, to ensure "proper representation of the racial makeup in the province". What's best is the guy of darker pigmentation who took my place did not even compete in previous events to qualify. In a sport where your individual performances is measurable this was ridiculous. This occurred with a few of us athletes that year, yet when we put in a formal complaint it was quickly dismissed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RichardRheeder, post: 743072, member: 44814"] The whole process of enforcing quotas is getting ridiculous, I feel sorry for someone like Rudy Paige, whom would've probably made the Bok side on pure merit in the not too distant future, but has been branded as a quota quite heavily on different forums here in South Africa, a stigma he will have to carry for a few years. It's not just Rugby that gets a rough deal with quotas, I myself lost my place in the Boland Athletics team in 2007 (you make the team and go to SA champs by ending in the top4 of your event) after qualifying, to ensure "proper representation of the racial makeup in the province". What's best is the guy of darker pigmentation who took my place did not even compete in previous events to qualify. In a sport where your individual performances is measurable this was ridiculous. This occurred with a few of us athletes that year, yet when we put in a formal complaint it was quickly dismissed. [/QUOTE]
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