Gender Stereotypes In Professional Sports

Michael Bennett has a reputation for outspoken views on NFL contemporaries. Those opinions are known to skew negative (See: Jay Cutler is "the worst quarterback in the NFL."). Which makes his adoration of former Texas A&M teammate Ryan Tannehill, only one of the most polarizing quarterbacks in football, all the more surprising. "Tannehill was the best athlete at our school," Bennett said, according to ESPN.com. "Better than Von (Miller). Better than me. My brother (Patriots tight end Martellus Bennett) would argue that, but Tannehill was one of the best athletes I've even seen. He ran a 4.4. He could do every type of dunk. He was just cool. He was just a smooth, cool guy.

The NFL team was trying to explain why they would change the name of their team.

This Wednesday Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton made comments in a press conference that were pretty clearly sexist in nature. When asked a question about Devin Funchess and the growth in his route running Cam Newton simply laughed and said it was “funny to hear a female” asking a question about routes. After this absurd reaction Cam Newton did proceed to answer the question but there is still serious confusion to why Cam Newton reacted that way. Throughout his career Newton has been respectful to reporters of both sexes and this outburst is completely unexpected. Due to his comments Cam Newton has lost his Dannnon endorsement. The reporter Jourdan Rodrigue also reported that she sought out Cam Newton after he left the locker room and

radio station, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated that “if one person is offended, then we have to listen" (McCarthy 12). Instead of paying attention to the valid claims of America’s vast population indigenous people, Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder has decided to stand firm with his decision to keep Washington’s current name. While the term is a dictionary-defined slur, Snyder sees no issue with the name, sighting that the mascot is backed by over 80 years of honor and tradition. Although slurs can be reclaimed by the group of people that they target, it is not an outsider’s place to say when and how someone should reclaim a slur. Redskin is not a white man’s slur to use, just as queer or faggot is not a heterosexual’s slur to claim. Even if more and more Native Americans reclaim the slur “redskin,” it does not excuse the fact that Snyder’s defense of the Washington mascot is blatantly and unapologetically racist. The example that the Redskins mascot sets for the American public is unfortunate; however, the population does not have to sit by and deal with it. Pressure needs to be put upon the NFL and Dan Snyder, from both Native Americans and regular people, in order for Snyder to finally change his mind. Until then, the Washington Redskins will remain to be a looming, negative presence in not only the football world, but American culture as

First of all, “Not only does it show disrespect, but it is a great distraction to your football team, it is not good to use your team as a platform.” This quote really tells a lot because the NFL is for football and to win the game not to cause a lot of drama over stupid things.Football

Last July, a few weeks before the New England Patriots started training camp, I got a call from Donald Yee, the agent in Los Angeles who has represented Tom Brady since he entered the N.F.L. in 2000. It had been four years since I first told Yee that I was interested in writing about Brady, even though I typically cover politics. I grew up in the Boston suburbs, rooted for the Patriots as a kid and even possessed vague memories of watching the team play at Fenway Park, one of their homes before they settled into the nowhereland of Foxborough, Mass., in 1971. My friend Josh and I once wrote a letter to the team’s young quarterback, Jim Plunkett, inviting him to dinner at Josh’s house. (Plunkett never responded.) Their teams were mostly bad, their owner was an embarrassment, their stadium a dump. Yet the Patriots always retained a lovable haplessness about them, with their cute minuteman logos, their A.F.L. lineage and the identity crisis that comes from being named after an entire region instead of a city or state. (The Seattle Seahawks are not the Pacific Northwest Seahawks.)

As Seattle’s star running back, Marshawn Lynch had his fair share of media time. Also followed through his early years of football, Lynch had a love-hate relationship with the media. He hated the time he had to spend with them; they loved every second of coverage they could share with the public. The interview that was observed was Lynch’s Super Bowl XLIX where Lynch gave one of the most memorable interactions that fans had ever witnessed. Prior to this encounter, Lynch had been fined thousands of dollars for failing to show up for a media day. As Lynch arrived for the Super Bowl interview, he instantly pulled out his phone and started a timer. He warned the media that he had to be there for only four minutes and fifty-one seconds and that

In September of 2014, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, a satirical comedy news program, aired the following segment about the Redskins name change controversy:

There would be an occasional remark or joke between the competing writers, but all in all they kept to themselves not wanting to divulge their headlining report. It was amazing to observe these men in action enjoying their favorite sport and getting paid to do it! As the game came to an end, Jeff and the other journalists gathered their equipment and we all migrated down the stairs into a blue room with other members of the press, all waiting patiently for the star players and coaches from both teams to answer questions. One by one the players and coaches would pick a hand from the restless and occasionally vicious media personnel. Finally, the showcase quarterback for the BYU team, the MVP of the game, Max Hall stepped in. Hands waved more vigorously than before, each hoping that their question would lead to a juicy, press-pushing headline. But, in it all, he picked me. At first I froze, not believing that I had the coveted opportunity to “have the mic”, but as the initial shock turned into adrenaline, I asked the

On Tuesday, ESPN had yet another pity party over Colin Kaepernick's unemployment, featuring Josina Anderson and Ryan Clark. Anderson whined about how people were willing to give Michael Vick a second chance while Clark attempted to point out the hypocrisy that the Giants stood by kicker Josh Brown during his domestic violence dispute while fretting over the fans' reaction to potentially signing Kaepernick. This is the latest of ESPN's ardent defenses of the failed NFL QB, ranging from questioning whether Kaepernick could sue the NFL (spoiler: he can't) to staying stunningly silent when Kaepernick compared modern day police to slave patrols.

From President Donald Trump calling NFL players S.O.B 's at a rally in Huntsville, Ala., to Dallas Cowboys ' owner Jerry Jones taking a stance that if any players “disrespect” the flag or national anthem they won 't play, and finally players speaking out across the league on racial injustice and oppression.

Ashley: WHAT A LOSER! I MEAN DAMN YOU EVER HEARD OF SELF-DEFENSE? I KNOW YOUVE HEARD OF SUCKING THOUGH......YOU DID THAT TO THE WHOLE FOOTBALL TEAM @PrincessRiRi!

Professional athletic organizations are under pressure about decisions that are made in their response to social issues and athletes speaking out on social issues. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is “wrestling with obvious pressure from a public relations standpoint” (Craig). The NFL wants to make sure they make the right decisions when it comes to athletes speaking out on social issues. They could be facing more problems depending on what happens with the investigation on Priefer, who was accused of homophobic slurs by Vikings punter Chris Kluwe. Kluwe spoke out in support of gay rights and accused the Vikings for letting him go for his support (Craig). In 2015, Panthers safety, Marcus Ball, raised his fist in support of Colin Kaepernick, who knelt during the national anthem to protect social injustices and was released the next week (Reed). This is another example of a player being punished for speaking out on social issues. The NFL is under pressure to decide if they are going to encourage athletes to speak out on social issues or not.

On August 14th, 2016 the National Football League and its fans witnessed something that had never been done before by a player. On that day Collin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers took a knee during the United States National Anthem (Rorke and Copeland). Immediately, controversy struck the nation after the protest was demonstrated. Since this protest many other players in the NFL have followed their lead to protest against African American oppression and Police Brutality. Supporters of the individuals protesting typically lean as a liberal biased and argue that

President Trump has insulted NFL players who chose to ‘take a knee’ during the United States National Anthem and the raising of the Star-Spangled Banner at NFL games. Players on all teams in the National Football league have carried out a protests that are harmless against racism and police brutality by taking a knee during the National Anthem. Before a preseason game in 2016 a former quarter back for the San Francisco named Colin Kapernick sat down during the National Anthem to show his discomfort with the country. His protest started a new way for professional athletes to bring their political views into the sport..