The Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test (formerly known as the Wonderlic Personnel Test (WPT)) is a twelve-minute, fifty-question test used to assess the aptitude of prospective employees for learning and problem-solving in a range of occupations. The test was developed by industrial psychologist Eldon F. Wonderlic.[1] The score is calculated as the number of correct answers given in the allotted time. A score of 20 is intended to indicate average intelligence (corresponding to an intelligence quotient of 100; a rough conversion is accomplished via the following formula: IQ = 2WPT + 60.[citation needed] A new version was released in January 2007 called the Wonderlic Contemporary Cognitive Ability Test (formerly known as the Wonderlic Personnel Test – Revised). It contains questions more appropriate to the 21st century and is available both online and in printed form, whereas the original test is only available on paper.

No African American Quarterback has ever scored above average on this test while NFL Quarterbacks Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Tony Romo recorded scores in the upper 99 percentile and there isn’t a white Quarterback currently in the NFL who has scored anything but above average on this exam. You can call it racist but science calls this a law.

I’m white, but I’m disgusted by the way the media is treating Cam
Newton.

About 70% of NFL players are black, but there are only a handful of
black quarterbacks. Can anyone explain that?

Also, there are hardly any black head coaches or front office execs.
I’d like an explanation for that too. That’s all we get is a bunch of
tired retreads whenever there’s a head coaching vacancy.

Seriously, I wish the black community would boycott the NFL until
there’s more black representation in the management ranks.

I would join and I hope other rational thinking whites would join
too.

I don’t believe that genetically black QB’s are incapable of grasping the complexity of the position, but there does seem to be some disconnect somewhere. There does appear to be a problem when the spot light gets too bright. Look at Cam. He’s already making statements that make many of us (‘skins fans) nervous. Is he going to flake out when he gets to the next level? I hope not – but I sure hope the ‘skins don’t draft him.

Is there a cultural problem? I sure don’t know, but there does seem to be a problem. Why is it the only top QB that’s black is the only QB that’s running his mouth? It sure is easier to say that black players are held to an unfair standard but I just don’t think that’s true. In Washington we really don’t care what color our QB is – and if we did lean any particular way it would be in the direction of wanting to win another Superbowl with another black QB as that helps make our team special. When we drafted JC there certainly was talk that now we’d win again and we’d win with another black QB.

I think to make this discussion more valid the question of why it seems like black QB’s are more of a risk than white ones has to be asked. On a percentage basis I wonder how many white QB.s fail because they let the power and money and attention affect their judgement. I wonder this as that’s what it seems like to me. It seems like for every one Tyrod or McNabb there’s a Michael Vick. Perhaps the “me” players aren’t predominately black, but that’s not what it seems.
Just this year alone – look at JR or VY. Two immature irresponsible picks that really hurt their teams.

I think that it’s time to try and figure out why the black QB is failing and to do it without trying to find a way to blame the white man. Plenty of black QB’s have been given every possible chance to win yet for some reason they aren’t. Perhaps they are lacking something at home.