Sports Discrimination In Sports

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.

Anyone who has been involved in an organized sport, whether it is backyard football or a high school sports team, knows that these sports all have organizations that are responsible for setting rules, determining conditions of play, and penalizing individuals who infringe the rules. Some of the organizations like the National Football league and the MLB are familiar to most people, the rules they follow are not generally understood by anyone who is not closely associated with the sport. Most fans and sport critics assume that what is happening inside these organizations are of little concern to them. However, this is not the case. In the MLB, the New York Yankees spend an excessive amount of money every year to obtain big name players. A

Labor relations did not play a dominant role in professional sports until the early 1970’s. Prior to unions and collective bargaining, professional athletes were treated like “privileged peons.” Today sport is more career and business than avocation and pastime. Today professional players pursue their playing careers as businesses. And agents

Joshua Pitts, and Daniel Yost go on, by way of field study research, to elaborate on racial position segregation, or racial “stacking” in intercollegiate football. By estimating a probit model, an approximation was made on the impact that an athlete 's race could have on the probability of him or her changing positions when transitioning from high school to the collegiate ranks. Racial position segregation refers to the phenomenon of white and African American players being relegated to certain types of positions on a team. Pitts and Yost state that “the broad wage gap between African- American athletes, and white athletes is primarily considered a ‘within-plant’ phenomenon, meaning that white athletes tend to occupy the higher paid positions on a team or firm” (Pitts, Yost, 208). By viewing a team as a firm, the issue can be considered a case of interfirm segregation and

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.

Integrity and fair competition are paramount to any major sports league success. This type of behavior undermines the integrity of the game, which is key to continued success (Kahn, 2009).

When it comes to the world of sports, all sports, many topics come into debate when discussing the day to day issues facing athletes and their chosen careers. Many concerns with athletes are usually two sided and are black and white arguments without much gray area in between. Most of these issues with sport revolve around the athletes who play them. Such problems that sports spectators argue about are the leagues and athletes choices and if they are beneficiary to the sport that they consume. Many athletes of all levels make great sacrifices for the sport that they play,

It is generally assumed with sports teams that the more you pay, the more you win. Without further insight this sounds like a logical statement. But is it factual. Of the four major American sports leagues all but one have a salary cap. A salary cap is defined as the maximum amount a team can pay in player salaries before they are required to pay a luxury tax. Major League baseball is the only major American sports league to not utilize a salary cap, thus making it an exemplary model to investigate the abstract of this paper. There are several factors that determine the payroll of an MLB franchise such as media rights, concession sales, and ticket revenue. Media rights are not equal for all teams, thus some teams may have an unfair

     The second factor was the development of competing leagues. “Competing leagues such as the American Football League, the American Baseball Association, the World Hockey Association, and the United States Football League offered an alternative to athletes (Masteralexis, 246).” These leagues offered higher salaries to induce players to move from their original teams. When players left a team to for more money, it also increased the salaries of players who stayed on the team. Agents played a crucial role in determining what was best for athletes, and which league they should choose.

In Berri study he found that there was evidence to suggest that the NBA discriminated against blacks. He stated that “black players in the NBA were paid a lower wage than white players for equivalent productivity”. He concluded that coworker’s discrimination does occur in the NBA but also mentioned that there should be farther research to test this conclusion. When looking at hiring discrimination they looked at the NBA draft to see if race played a role in determining a player’s draft pick. They found that there was no evidence to suggest that there were any hiring discrimination. When looking at employment whites where less likely to be cut from the team then black players. With playing time, blacks received more playing time then white

A current event that has sparked a revolution, is the NFL players, such as Colin Kaepernick, kneeling for the national anthem. They are trying to protest awareness of racial discrimination and cruel treatment from police. Dallas Cowboys coach Jerry Jones announced that if one of his players protest during the respected anthem, they would be benched for the game. Jones wants his team to honor our country and flag, and this is a good way to do that. Hearing this announcement, the players might stand instead of protesting because sitting out the whole game could result in them losing opportunities to earn money. But, many players have strong feelings about racial injustice and unfairness, so they might still kneel, even if that means not getting

I attended the live streaming showing at the Dohney Campus. The things I learned from the event is that women are under represented in school sports and in the professional arena. One of the statistics given was by Mayor Eric Garcetti and he said that women’s professional teams make zero dollars per event compared to men’s professional teams making $260,000. And, the reason is because Title 9 does not apply to NWA because it is a non-profit. For me this statement was not surprising but, I would have thought that there would be some types of laws and regulations against this type of discrimination. Moreover, Mayor Garcetti, has increased the number of women in high-level positions at City Hall by having at least one woman in each committee. Mayor Garcetti is working on hard on gender equality.

Professional sports organizations are experiencing a lot of different social issues and have to decide if they want to let athletes speak out about them or not. They also need to decide if they are going to make any changes as a league to support the issues. The NFL and NBA are under a lot of pressure to make these decisions. They generally support the athletes speaking out on these issues and they have already made some changes themselves.

On September 1, 2016, two football players from San Francisco chose to do the unanticipated before the National Football League game. Customarily before the game, everyone in the stadium was ready to stand for the flag throughout the performance of the national anthem. To protest against social injustice, “Kaepernick takes a knee during the national anthem and is joined by teammate Eric Reid” (Sandritter 4). Subsequently, numerous athletes were motivated to continue the disrespectful protest: soccer player Megan Rapinoe, safety Michael Thomas, and linebacker Jelani Jenkins. Entire sports teams were disappointingly in support of Colin Kaepernick; kneeling, linking their arms, or raising a fist together. United States citizens must be aware

It is against the law to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. This law is regulated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. However, there is a fine line between discrimination and prejudice. Prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling held within a person. Discrimination is the practice of unfair treatment based on race, sex, religion, national origin. There are many people who still hold that preconceived negative judgment for someone on the basis of their race. Discrimination may be against the law, but this doesn’t stop the prejudice that inhabits some people’s minds. This would make sense why we are so far from achieving that tranquil environment that should come to define sports.