[Battle Cat]

why are samoans so big? what do they eat over there in that tiny island?

[richiie_]

Myth has it that they used to eat these special sweet potatoes which made them larger than life... lol

[lakers]

lol........funny topic, props to u

[antares]

The answer: Genetics.

I'm of mixed ethnicity (Chinese, Japanese, Hawaiian, Samoan), and yeah, if you live in Hawaii, you'll notice that Polynesians in general (not just Samoans, but Tongans, Hawaiians, etc.) are big people. Not necessarily tall, but heavy boned people and the guys are naturally muscular. I like petite Japanese girls, so I don't really like Polynesian girls. They're not necessarily fat, I'm not saying that, but they are large boned females, I like petite girls. Not all Japanese girls are petite, but many of them are.

And that's what makes the polynesian guys great on the OL, and DL in football. Not really tall, but really muscular (some of my non-football polynesian friends are pretty big and muscular and they don't lift weights at all, or even excercise for that matter) and they are great athletes, quick for their size, and mainland schools are finding that out, and are coming here to recruit. Even SEC schools are coming here, Tennessee, etc. But for some reason they just suck, athletically, in the 180 pound to 220 pound range (the range of NFL running backs and cornerbacks). When they are over about 240 pounds, they have great size/speed ratios (Chris Fuamatu-Ma'afala was timed by NFL scouts in the 40 yard dash in 4.68 seconds when he weighed 280 pounds--this was back in 1996), but not when they are in the 180-220 pound range. They suck in that weight range.

[fantasian]

yeh its not necessarily that they're fat. they're just big in general.

thats kind of like saying why are asians so small

[edward1849]

This is not really related to sports.