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Equity in Sports: Minority Issues

Equity in Sports: Minority Issues. Sally Carter. Indroduction.

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Equity in Sports: Minority Issues

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  1. Equity in Sports:Minority Issues Sally Carter

  2. Indroduction • Race has always been an issue in sports in white, male dominated U.S. Even after Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 took place, which integrated black and white students in schools, it took a lot longer to get white and minority sports players to coexist. • Jackie Robinson was considered to have broken the “color barrier” in 1947 after he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers. • There is no doubt that today we see many very talented athletes who are female, black, and Hispanic, but total equality in all aspects of sport is still not present. Higher positions in sports, such as coaches and coaching /administrative staff are still mostly white males. • Huge improvements have taken place over the years regarding players’ right and equal opportunity in sports, but will there ever be a time when females and minorities take over these higher positions?

  3. Women in Sports: Title IX • Title IX was a federal law passed in 1972 to stop gender discrimination in any federal funded education program. In regard to sports, this law gave hope to many women and the number of women and girls participating in sports following the passage of Title IX increased greatly. • True equity in sports was still yet to be present, however, and there was still discrimination taking place all over the country. • The NCAA did a gender equality study in 1992 and found that women made up 55% of undergraduate students, but men made up 70% of student athletes and were given 70% of scholarship funds. They also received 77% of operating budgets and 83% of recruiting money. • The role of women as coaches also has had its issues. A year after the NCAA study was done, Howard University basketball coach Sanya Tyler claimed that she received far less pay than the male coaches at the university, and sued. She got $2.4 million for her case.

  4. Minorities and Higher Roles • America has come a long way in accepting more minorities in Division 1 sports, but their roles as coaches and other leading roles are still not as impressive. • In Division 1 sports, only 7% of athletic directors are black and 10% are women. • NCAA president Dr. Mark Emmert came up with an initiative to increase the diversity within coaches, players, and athletic directors. He wants the NCAA to gather statistics on the number of minority roles in sports, and then plans to initiate a change in campus culture that will hopefully help to up the numbers of these minority positions. • NCAA executive vice president Bernard Franklin manages the Office of Inclusion, in which he has joined together efforts of equality in both women and minorities into one group. He has been meeting with presidents from colleges and universities to see what it will take to incorporate a change in college campus culture and increased diversity.

  5. Statistics for 2007 College Sports • 82% of athletic directors were white males. • 655 of faculty athletics representatives were white males • All Division I-A conference commissioners were white males • 93% of head football coaches were white males • 87% of offensive and defensive coordinators were white males • 45% of student athlete football players were white males.

  6. Youth Issues in Sports • Children of all races, ages, genders, and ethnicities are playing sports from a young age these days, which is hopeful. However, the problem comes when parents cannot afford to keep their children playing sports as they get older. • Females and minorities have high risks compared to white males to getting obesity and having weight problems. So, when they do not get the chance to keep being active as they get into their teenage years, this becomes a problem. • Even recess time in elementary schools have been cut down if not cut out completely. Teachers and administrators do not realize the importance of recess for a child. Even incorporating thirty minutes of physical activity into a child’s school day could improve their physical state and keep them healthy.

  7. Conclusion • There has been an great increase in the number of female and minority roles in sports in the U.S., but we are still nowhere near witnessing full equality and lack of discrimination in the sports world. • Despite the many controversies within the NCAA over the years, their efforts to increase participation of minorities in the sports world is impressive.

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