Over the past one hundred years we have come very far in the
increase of African Americans and other minorities in sports, but we need to
keep moving forward. There are still issues with race and minorities not
getting enough opportunity in sport today. As we discussed on American Sport
and the 21st Century, we were reminded that sport is not an oasis
free zone from racial problems. There are, and will continue to be, problems in
sport unless we address them. In the article it talks about how college sports
received its lowest grade for racial hiring practices in 2014. This shows even
more how there are not equal opportunities in sport for all races like we
discussed in class. In the article is says that over 85% of all coaches in
Division I, II, and III college athletics were white, which proves another
point we discussed in class about how there is a skewed distribution of African
Americans in sport in colleges around the United States. Lastly, in class we
talked about how one of the consequences of racial logic in sports was that
there are management barriers for African Americans. The author of this article
Richard Lapchick says that the NCAA should introduce a rule such as the Rooney
rule for the NFL. The Rooney rule states that whenever a position opens in the
NFL, regardless of the team, that there must be minority candidates interviewed
for the job. Lapchick says that it would help stop the inequalities of only
whites being the people hired for most jobs in the NCAA. I believe there will
be times when the percentages of minorities and whites happen to be closer
together regarding coaching in college sports, but I don’t think it will be for
a long time. What do you think?
Article discussed in Blog post:
More information about the Rooney Rule:
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