Racism In Sports Case Study

1. I do believe there is racism in sports due to the lack of African-American coaches, general managers, and owners. First, out of 32 NFL teams, they are only four starting quarterbacks. That is one-eighth of the NFL face of the franchise is black which is disappointing when about 67% of NFL players are black. It is very difficult for black America to get into ownership because they must be voted in and I believe White America doesn’t want for black America to ever reach equal success as them. In one of the articles, I read about how former NBA commissioner David Stern he added a dress code policy for the players which I believe takes away from the black culture. David Stern wanted to make sure the people that represents his league look like

I agree with all of the theories and I enjoyed reading and gaining knowledge about Reggie Fowler. When reflecting on the current state of the NFL, out of 32 starting quarterbacks only four are of African-American descent. All of the three theoretical approaches I find it relevant to study because it all focuses on issue of the NBA. Managerial is the one theory I find it alarming. Black American is getting denied leadership positions in the league and I believe it is because White America never wants Black America to achieve or even be close to the amount of success they have. They are African-Americans that do what the leadership positions in sports, but are not getting the same opportunities as Whites. Many people complain about the amount of money the players make, but the owners and general managers are the one who are really getting paid. For example, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell made roughly $34 million dollars, however you didn’t take or make one hit and it’s the players that are

I believe Cameron illustrated all great points to why Hispanics are misrepresented intercollegiate sports. Hispanics participation in basketball and football are raising as we have many stars such as Mark Sanchez and Tony Romo. The article mentioned compared to African-Americans, Hispanics are not drilled about playing s sport is your ticket out of poverty. Hispanics are participating in sports such as boxing, soccer, and baseball which don 't require intercollegiate participation. So, it doesn 't mean Hispanics are not playing sports, it means the sports that they are involved in doesn 't require going to college which is a requiring ground. Additionally, Latinos dropout rate at a secondary school is at the highest rates in the country which prevents them from attending college. These theories are great to actually show the representation of minority 's student athletes especially cultural and familial expectations because a lot of children believes if they play basketball or football then they will make it out of the hood. Parents particularly in the African American communities will invest hours and thousands of dollars to ensure their child is playing football or basketball. So many children will get good grades and be on their best behavior so they can earn a scholarship to attend college, so they can hopefully make their professional athlete dream come