Minority Groups In Professional Sports Essay

As the article reveals the immense pay gap women are receiving compared to men when they achieve similar accomplishments. “Women players at Wimbledon, women's tennis has problems winning big sponsors. Golfer Juli Inkster won her sport's career grand slam last month, winning the Ladies Professional Golf Association Championship. She got $210,000. The same weekend, the Buick Classic paid its male winner $450,000” (Christian Science Monitor, 1999). As one can clearly infer women have been stripped of their equality in the realm of sports. Women work just as hard as men to achieve this success in their respected sport and should be rewarded for doing

Gender inequality in professional tennis is a real and alarming issue, from the pay gap between mens' and womens' tennis players to the low media coverage of women's professional tennis. This issue even goes as far as how differently tennis commentators discuss and analyze mens tennis as opposed to how they discuss and analyze womens tennis. When commentators discuss men's tennis they solely focus on the skill of the players, but when they discuss women's tennis they place more importance on the appearance of the female players, rather than their skill. This instance of gender inequality in professional tennis is further exacerbated by the differences in advertisements for male tennis players and female tennis players. The advertisements involving male tennis players display their athleticism and tennis abilities, whereas the advertisements including female tennis players are appearance-focused, with the females often wearing little clothing. This is corroborated by the popular belief that focusing on the physical appearance of female athletes is the only way in which generating money from women's professional sports is distinctly possible (Fink, 2015, p. 338). Female professional tennis players train just as hard as the men do, thus the gender inequality that exists in the sport is not necessarily a result of how women perform on the court. It is rather a result of how society perceives women playing in professional sports overall, which the mass media is partially to blame

Women in professional sports fits into the Sex and Power: Global Gender Inequality class because many female athletes have experienced the inequalities in a professional sports setting. Female athletes are being put down by gender inequalities, causing less females participating in athletic programs. Women athletes are being paid less than their male counterparts. Along with being paid less, female and males are receiving unequal benefits in the form of scholarship, media coverage, transportation, and stadium conditions. The professional sport’s world is filled with the obsession of body image and sexuality. Through this obsession, female athletes have been abused from the people they trust the most. There is an increasing inequality in women’s professional sports in the form of pay, sexuality, and abuse.

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.

Lopiano complains that there’s too much of a salaries gap between man and women playing the same sports. “The right to play has been established. However, the issue that has been confronted is the barrier to being treated equally when it comes to money” (Lopiano 1). Most people will say women’s tennis matches are more exciting than men’s matches; men’s victory purses are still considerably higher than women’s victory purses. Top women tennis players earned 59 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts. The average total purse was $63,031,000.00 for top men players and $41,000,000.00 for top women players (Daniel Frankl 2). In soccer, the Women’s World Cup soccer team was promised $12,500 if they won compared to the $300,000 male players were to receive. The payout for women players was increased to $50,000 because fans protested the unfair payout gap between the male and female players (Lopiano 1); it’s still 1/6 the payout

"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. .

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

The amount of games the women's team won, lost, or played should matter. Meaning that depending on the seasons record for both the men's and women's team that should have an impact on the equal amount of pay. The women's team plays more games on a year to year basis then the men's team with extra tournaments

The history of sports goes back since ancient times. It has been a useful way for people to explore nature and their environment. Sports include different activities and games such as football, soccer, basketball, and etc. to express their skills and talents. Also, sports are a way to relax and have fun; but are sports all our African Americans rely on? The dream to become future sports stars. The reason why Gates begins his essay with an anecdote is to show and compare how many african-american athletes were at work today and how little the chances of African-Americans becoming athletes are compared to being a lawyer, dentist, or even a doctor. African-Americans assume that they are born athletes and it’s because the school system doesn’t

    Professional golf is another sport with a rather high wage gap. The PGA average salary is around $973,000.00, whereas the LPGA average salary is $162,000.00, meaning that female professional golfers make about $811,000.00 less than the professional male golfer (a-look-at). Now the wage gap in Tennis is interesting, because women have a higher average salary, however, the top female player makes less than 54% of what the top male player makes. Soccer (MLS and NWSL), Hockey (NHL and NWHL), the U.S. Women’s Hockey team, and the U.S. Women’s Soccer team are more examples of where the wage gap is present, and talked about frequently.

Black, White or whatever people want to call other people it doesn’t matter because as Brown, T. says “There’s No Race on the Playing Field” At the elite level of sports the ability of the person playing no matter the sport or the position is what is in question day to day and game to game. However, ability to play the position and being athletic and playing the position are not to be confused. The ability to play a position will allow a player to play a sport for as long as the athlete can play and feel capable of playing or is thought by the powers in control feel they can. Conversely playing a position because an athlete is athletic will only allow the player to play until his actual physical athletic ability starts to decline. There is

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.

When I was reading Delusions of Grandeur I was totally surprised by the statistics of how many black professional athletes there are. I always thought that the amount of white, black, and Hispanic professional athletes was relatively on the same level. Now that I know that’s not true I find it hard to believe because you always see African American athletes on almost every sports team. Sports are meant for everyone to play and there shouldn’t be one ethnicity of people who is superior to another. It is possible there are less and less black athletes failing to go pro because they are let down by their education system.

First off, at a young age all students partake in sports, either outside or in school, gyms included. It would seem that only white children play baseball and black children play basketball. The theory that all white students play baseball and all black students play basketball is untrue, but most do. Nevertheless, some sports do have a mix between white and black students. When it comes to football, the only thing a white student can be is the quarterback, kicker, or if he is obese, he maybe can be a linesman. Still, if a white student does not make it to the professionals; he still has his education to fall back on, unlike black students who has a one in three drop rate of abandoning high

In basketball, softball/ baseball, golf, lacrosse, and hockey professional leagues females are grossing all underpaid, and not to mention it, but there is no professional football leaguefor feamales, its only a amuatur league. The only sport that comes close to getting paid the same by men and women is tennis, and there is about a $35 million difference. Serena Williams is the highest paid female athlete in america. She makes $27 million just off playing tennis. Roger Federer is the highest paid tennis player $67 million.