When you’re watching a sports game do you ever wonder why the coaches are mostly white? Leagues like the NFL and NBA are trying to get their teams to hire coaches from minority groups, but some people say that race should not interfere with the process of hiring a coach. Sports teams should make an effort to hire their coaching and higher office positions from minority groups because it is mainly white male coaches, most of the players in the sports come from minority groups, and it would also prove that racial sports barriers don’t exist.
Sports teams should make an effort to hire or at least interview coaches or managers from minorities because this will prove that racial barriers don't exist anymore. 7 black head coaches were fired in 3
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Although in some cases the white coaches might be a better choice some teams do not even try to interview the minority candidates. For example before 2003 NFL teams would not make an effort to hire minority coaches so a rule had to be put in place to force teams to interview minority coaches. In 2003 the Detroit lions were fined 200,000 dollars for failing to interview people from minorities for coaching and higher management jobs. We know the rule works because before it was created from 1921-2002 NFL teams only hired 7 head coaches but after 2003 when the rule was instituted NFL teams have hired 17 head coaches from minorities. The media focuses on the success of minority players for example the NFL media has been very desirous for black coaches to do well so they are giving them undeserved credit for their team's success. However this is not true because in 2006 the super bowl was played between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts. The Bears coached by Lovie Smith and the Colts coached by Tony Dungy is the first time in NFL history where two black head coaches go head to head in the super
college level, the hiring of coaches is a key responsibility for athletic directors that can be subject
In recent history it has been evident that some of the most popularize sports in America have been dominated and overran by African American and other minority athletes. In turn when the coaching and management positions in sports are analyzed and broken down, the number of minority coaches and managers in sport are almost non-existent and have been since those sports organization became established.
"Gender Oppression Involving Men's and Women's Sports." : Analysis of a Scholarly Source: Equal Pay? Not on the Basketball Court" by David Woods. N.p., 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 28 Oct. 2015. .
As difficult as it was to provide an answer to that question, the simple response was, ‘that’s just the way it is.’ However taking a deeper look into the matter, why must it be that way? Why must there be so very few minorities as leaders of a predominantly black and Hispanic sport? Researching this topic will allow me to get a more in depth explanation to provide my sons who see very few coaches that resembles their father in a NFL they enjoy to watch and play. What are my sons’ chances of eventually becoming a minority head coach in a league that have so few? How will be my sons’ view the
The topic of race in sport, particularly African Americans in sport, has long been a controversial yet, widely discussed matter. Human and social issues are never easy subjects to discuss or debate, and racial differences tend to provoke very strong reactions. To begin, we will explore those whom claim that black athletes excel in sports as a result of their biological make up. Of all players in the NBA, more than 75% of them are black; of all players in the WNBA, more than 70% of them are black; of all players in the NFL, more than 65% of them are black (Hoenig, 2014). Evidently, black athletes make up a vast majority of these sports in the United States. Athletes must be of elite caliber to have the ability to play at this level, so this
Although this rule is isolated to the head-coaching jobs, it still increasing the chances of having more minority representation in the NFL. It allows for a more level playing field because of the disadvantages and unbeneficial implicit biases minorities face when looking for jobs.
Background of race discrimination in the National Football League’s (NFL) head coach and manager’s hiring process
In the past, black coaches were moved slowly up the ranks than white counterparts, despite equal performance and skill sets. White head coaches
One problem that black athletes had to deal was their salaries. Their pay rate was lower compare to their white teammates. The dean of American sports writers, Sam Lacy, sports editor of the Baltimore Afro-American, noted in 1967 that "the African American player was much quicker to sign a contract than white players, and in comparison, was woefully under paid. During the 1980s and 1990s, the situation changed dramatically.. Now, in 1996, Michael Jordan of basketball's Chicago Bulls and sports' highest paid athlete is expected to earn 90% of his $40 million through endorsements. While this situation does not characterize the majority of Black athletes, it does include a significant number, and is in happy contrast to the 1960s and before. Financial stress, plays a big role in the fact that there are black athletes in specific fields of sports, but not many in others.
I would like to discuss the issue of race and ethnicity in sports. We will also explore the bigger questions. How much does race and ethnicity matter in the sports world? Are certain races dominant in certain sports? Is there a difference in how we treat players based on race and ethnicity? Does it matter? I would like to answer some of these questions and gain a better understanding of how much of a part they play.
This quote was by Steelers co-owner Dan Rooney II and was speaking about what his father Dan Rooney (former chairman/owner of the Pittsburg Steelers) thought him as a young child. "The biggest thing he passed on and I hope we continue it, is to treat people right." Dan Rooney is the inventor of what is now known as the Rooney rule: it’s the practice in which all NFL teams have to interview at least one minority during coaching vacancies. There is mixed support for this rule, with those against viewing this practice as reverse discrimination, which hurts more than helps any minority’s chance of getting hired. Ten years after the rule was implemented, NFL owners gathered again to discuss issues about the hiring cycle. Not a single
Staffing a school is the most important responsibility and service a principal has to attend and to provide a school. Students have a right to be taught by highly qualified teachers and in this case a highly qualified basketball coach. The case study #16 presents a situation where the principal has to begin recruiting to fill a basketball coaching position that has been long filled by two brothers that are ready to retire due to health reasons. The principal feels the pressure to have to fill this position, but finds it a bit challenging for a number of reasons—salary considered too low, not enough interest in “girls’ teams by the community, racial and gender concerns, and scandals in nearby district concerning males coaching girls’ teams. An athletic director for the high school suggests that she look into asking the parents of the players. (Kirschmann, 1996)
Sports are America’s past, present and future. Most everybody can come together and enjoy sporting events. By saying “everybody”, that includes all races: white, black, Hispanic, Asian, and so on. Among athletes, what race is represented most predominately in the majority of sports? African Americans. Knowing this, it takes the population back to the 1700 and 1800s when slavery was most prevalent. In that time period, slaves were bred to do difficult, physical labor. Therefore, they were tall and strong. African Americans still display a similar build today, making them prime athletes. With there being so many black athletes, why are there so few blacks that are coaches? Coaches face many
A fan behind the Knicks bench yelled to an ailing Johnson that “you’re nothing but a forty-million- dollar slave.” This essay will use William C. Rhodens book titled $40 Million Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete to argue that modern day African-American athletes are in fact slaves in today’s sports industry. Through close interaction with Rhodens text, along with an article likening professional sports with slavery, a clear argument will be made for slavery within professional sports. Beginning with a brief history of slavery in pre-modern America, this essay will use the history to explain how sports and African-American athletes have interacted over time. Through examples beginning in the 1900’s leading up to Rhodens modern day examples of “African-American integration”, and “African-American style”, this paper will as mentioned before argue for modern day African- Americans resembling slaves. The penultimate paragraph of this paper will examine the lack of African-American representation in decision-making within the NFL and NBA and address any counter-arguments that might arise in arguing towards African-American athletes representing $40
If we were to look at the breakdown of various white collar professions or if we look at the overall average income levels of white men we should immediately notice that people of color are still significantly under represented and underpaid in every category. People of color don't make up the proportions of these jobs even remotely equal to their percentage of the population. They don't earn wages comparable to white men. White men are tremendously over represented in almost any category of work that is highly rewarded except for professional athletics. According to a 1995 government report, white males make up only 29 percent of the workforce, but hold 95 percent of senior management positions (Sklar 115). Until there is both equal opportunity and fair distribution of education, training and advancement to all Americans, affirmative action for people of color is necessary to counter the hundreds of years of affirmative action that have been directed at white males.