Sports Discussion: The Issues In Sports

A controversial issue in sports is contact sports. Which means you have to tackle or sometimes push the person to play. Like football or Lacrosse. People are getting hurt and sometimes it leads to death. It can cause a lot of injuries, in many different places, depending on where they get hit.

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. .

Sexism has played its part in many different work environments for quite some time. It especially raises big conversation, and an ongoing problem in the sports industry. Not only does it affect the women who work in the industry, but also homosexuals, and minorities. For so long sexism has been a topic of discussion, but no real attempts at change have been made. If there was more protection for woman and players who work in sports, it could help to get women more involved in the field, establish rules that will protect people from sexism, and diminish some of the controversy between the two opposing sexes.

In the Journal “Sport and Society: Annual Review of Sociology” written by Robert E. Washington and David Karen they talk about gender and sports in one section of their Journal. In this section the author addresses masculinity in sports and the attempts of Title IX to try and make sports equal in the sense that if women make up 40% of the athlete population they should receive 40% of the resources. However, this is not the case “The most recent data (Suggs 2000) reveal that in 1998–1999 women made up 42% of Division I athletes, received 42% of scholarship monies, 31% of recruiting budgets, 34% of coaching-salary budgets, and 33% of total operating expenses. According to Andrew Zimbalist (2000:B9), women “still play in inferior facilities, stay in lower-caliber hotels on the road, eat in cheaper restaurants, benefit from smaller promotional budgets, and have fewer assistant coaches.” (Washington and Karen, 2001) This long quote showcases that although women are starting to get what they deserve when it comes to a the percentage of Athletics that they comprise it is still not up to par. Although it is not technically salary, the gap in scholarship money and money spent of faculty for female athletes showcases how money it’s sports always goes to the male athletes no matter at what level. In a more recent example that further pushes the points that were made in Washington and Karen’s journal would be the U.S. Women’s Soccer team compared to the U.S. Men’s Soccer team. Both

In most cases black women receive less recognition when it comes to higher positions in sports. McDowell & Cunningham (2009) suggested black female athletic administrators provide important acumens into their experiences in intercollegiate athletic departments, it is important to consider the aspects of their lives and identities' and explore how these women negotiate their identities. This notion is important for the sake of sport organizations because it gives them more insight on the point of view for black females in the realm of the sports world.

Racial ideology continues to have an influence on the sporting world, and on the sports and recreational options for Americans. In a diverse American society, we need to be conscious of the lingering effects of racial ideology and seek to eliminate any of these remaining effects. The effects are numerous. At the professional and collegiate levels, there are differences between the way that power is distributed. Managers and coaches are almost always white, even in sports where the players are largely African-American. Ethnicity also can contribute to similar outcomes the number of foreign-born coaches in MLB, the NHL and NBA is almost nil, even as percentages of foreign-born players are steadily increasing. In addition, people are still affected at the youth level as well, as opportunities in sports and recreational are not evenly distributed. There needs to be increasing awareness of how the lingering effects of racial ideology still affect people today.

People often debate about competitive sports. Some say that competitive sports are a great way to get active. But others will argue that even the pros suffer concussions. Competitive sports shouldn’t be banned but have more safety measures in all areas that include everything that allows a kid to compete in competitive sports such as the price of competitive sports. They should take more safety measures because parents of kids that do competitive sports have to pay a lot of money just so their kids can participate in those sports. Another reason is because kids spend countless amount of hours participating in competitive sports which could be used to just let those kids be kids. The third reason is because competitive sports have changed since

The Diversity in Sport Leadership discussion on Thursday, run by Wura, was a fascinating conversation. We got to listen to Wura ask Nicole Melton, Dr. Burton, and Fleurette King some questions about the topic, and then we got to ask the panel questions of our own. The topic of diversity in sport leadership is a complicated one, but I thought that they each had some valuable viewpoints on the matter. Fleurette King talked about how sports can be an access point for diversity, which can break resistance from society. An example of this would be the effect that Jackie Robinson playing in the MLB had on our society. But also, she noted that sports can also perpetuate societal issues, as with the issues of athletes using gay slurs during games. She also noted that concerning the Rooney Rule

Diversity in sports is deeper than just what you see on the outside, it goes internally into an organization. The discussion that was held on Thursday had a three person panel consisting of Dr. Burton, Dr. Nicole Melton from UMass Amherst and Fleurette King from the Rainbow center at UConn. Discussions were centered on how organizations can become more diverse and the importance of diversity.

Some think sports are gook but others think they are bad, some say they do not help you, some say they do, well this article going to tell parents some facts about an opinion. Children can get lots of exercise when people play competitive sports and children will get better grades in school.

Houlihan, 2000 (as cited by Coakley, 2014) points out 8 crucial areas, among others, that involvement in the political processes in globalization of sports serves:

In today’s world, sport debates are very popular. Often seen on television through shows such as ESPN, First Take, and Sports Nation. These debates can be very entertaining to the viewers as two people ferociously argue about sport topics. An interesting discussion, however, is about Kobe and Steph. They may have similar traits in common, but they’re not as similar as analysts think. Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry are both tremendous basketball players in their own right, nevertheless Kobe and Steph have a nearly opposite play style.

Since Title IX was created there has been an increase in career opportunities in the field but, those are limited, females has to be aware of the nature of sport management in order to avoid being mistreated (Bower, Hums 2013). Understanding the nature of sport management allows a recent graduate to increase their “employability” (Forsyth, Minten 2014). The intended purpose of the study is to present facts, new and old to allow the reader to piece it all together and discover the common roadblocks that exist while searching for a job, allowing each individual interested in the sports industry to better prepare themselves.

This March, the Center for Constructive Alternatives series dealt with the topic of Sport and Character. In today’s age, sport and sporting events have become pinnacles of American entertainment, money, and paparazzi. One is inundated with constant updates regarding football scores, feuds between athletes, and controversy over refereeing. With sport being such a focus in media and society, it often seems that sport and character are incompatible. Too often one sees an athlete get caught using illegal performance enhancing drugs, having an affair, or lying and cheating. Sport appears to be just like any other secular and commercial entertainment: decadent, impaired, and ultimately characterless.