I just read the Sports article in the new Talented Tenth titled, “Is Vanderbilt Ready for Another Black Quarterback'”  I am floored that they would dare pose such a silly question. I understand the aims of the Talented Tenth, but I am outraged that anyone would try to bring race on the hallowed ground of football. It shouldn’t matter that it’s been nearly 10 years since we’ve had a black quarterback. Chris Nickson is starting because he holds the Alabama state record for touchdowns (67) and is capable of holding down the job. Had he been white and thrown for 67 touchdowns he still would have been the starter. It’s about talent, and Nickson has it. There have only been a handful of black kickers in the history of football, but does that mean schools are racist and discriminatory' No. More than seventy percent of NFL players are black, but is the league discriminatory against whites' No. Tony Dungy, Marvin Lewis, Lovie Smith, Herm Edwards are all black head coaches, but is Peyton Manning black' How about Rex Grossman' Carson Palmer' They’re not because it doesn’t matter. It’s football. It’s about winning, and if Peyton was black he’d still be the best quarterback in the modern era. Not every issue in life is about blacks and whites, so drop they should the rhetoric when it comes to sports. Don’t applaud a player because he’s black; applaud him because he’s good. More than 200 yards from scrimmage and two TDs … Good job, Chris Nickson.