▁L 3 *, ▁B , ▁K , ▁J 2 , ▁and ▁T ▁are ▁neg atively ▁correl ated ▁with ▁athlet ic ▁end urance ▁performance . ▁Japanese ▁spr inter s ▁were ▁also ▁found ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁higher ▁distribution ▁of ▁the ▁m t D NA ▁F . ▁ ▁Ra cial ▁pre jud ices , ▁disc rim ination , ▁seg reg ation , ▁and ▁integration ▁▁ ▁The ▁baseball ▁color ▁line , ▁which ▁included ▁separate ▁Neg ro ▁league ▁baseball , ▁was ▁one ▁example ▁of ▁ra cial ▁seg reg ation ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁a ▁study ▁found ▁that ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁ra cial ▁disc rim ination ▁exists ▁in ▁NBA ▁basketball , ▁as ▁white ▁players ▁received ▁higher ▁sal aries ▁than ▁do ▁black s ▁related ▁to ▁actual ▁performance . ▁ ▁F unk ▁says ▁this ▁may ▁be ▁due ▁to ▁vie wer ▁disc rim ination . ▁View ership ▁increases ▁when ▁there ▁is ▁greater ▁participation ▁by ▁white ▁players , ▁which ▁means ▁higher ▁advert ising ▁in comes . ▁This ▁explains ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁sal ary ▁gap . ▁ ▁Research ers ▁have ▁looked ▁at ▁other ▁evidence ▁for ▁sports ▁consumer ▁disc rim ination . ▁One ▁method ▁is ▁comparing ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁sports ▁memor abil ia , ▁such ▁as ▁baseball ▁cards . ▁Another ▁is ▁looking ▁at ▁fan ▁voting ▁for ▁all - star ▁teams . ▁Still ▁another ▁is ▁looking ▁at ▁willing ness ▁to ▁attend ▁sport ing ▁events . ▁The ▁evidence ▁is ▁mixed , ▁with ▁some ▁studies ▁finding ▁bias ▁against ▁black s ▁and ▁others ▁not . ▁A ▁bias , ▁if ▁it ▁exists ,