that many don't take the opportunities afforded them early on in life, that certainly some prefer to hang out with their mates than knuckle down to school, and that some have no aspirations. Having said that there is no reason they cannot achieve, if only some weren't led by peer pressure.
I am pretty sure there are plenty of reasons not given in the programme.
One thing that didn't come out of it, or perhaps it did and i missed it, is that many young black men, as well as white have no decent role models, those to aspire to, look up to, and venerate as high achievers, not just in the field of sport. They should look to the likes of Mo Farah for their lead, inspiration, sadly some seem semi illiterate and ill educated, and for that in a nation that supposedly prides itself on it's educational system is a massive failure. But young people of all hues need family support and if that isn't there, then some won't make it as they have no one to measure themselves to. We need these young people to be better educated to be the doctors, scientists, teachers of the future, if that doesn't happen, then they are sadly consigned to the unemployment line and remain unemployable.