The United States National Government took upon itself, to get involved with sports so many years back.The government saw the need to regulate this activity.Congress passed the Amateur Sports Act (ASA) in 1978,
providing guidelines for managing national sports programs. A section of the ASA states a sport group is governed by a
board of directors "whose members are selected without regard to race,
color, religion, national origin, or sex, except that, in sports where there
are separate male and female programs, it provides for reasonable
representation of both male and females on the board of directors." This document like many others in America is just "on paper" and has never been fully respected nor followed.
The energetic majority in United States sports keep crying foul to the minority whites leaders and coaches. Examples abound like this one in the National Football League, where 65 percent of players are black, 60 percent of male basketball players and nearly half of all football players are African Americans yet, African American coaches are grossly underrepresented.
The Institute for the Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida explains how 100 percent of FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) conference commissioners, 76 percent of school president positions and 84 percent of all athletic director positions were held by white men at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year. Joker Phillips at Kentucky, and Jon Embree from the University of Colorado,were recently dismissed because they drew attention to the poor rehire rate for minority coaches.
Tyrone Willingham is the only African-American coach to be hired for another head coaching job in Washington after having been fired by “Notre Dame” in 2004. No African American hold the highest salaried position at the federations.Two Hispanic men and three women are the top salaried managers, while the other 33 positions are held by white men.The NFL is 65 percent black, the NBA is nearly 80 percent black, and the WNBA is 70 percent black. The long-held idea that blacks excel in sports because it is the only avenue open for advancement to them, should be absolutely buried.
There are well qualified African Americans who can equally handle top ranking positions in U.S Sports.They should be given the chance and not be relegated to the background. Fairness and equality should come back to the table.Segregation and inferiority complex were long abolished and need not surface again in our beloved sports ! .
The energetic majority in United States sports keep crying foul to the minority whites leaders and coaches. Examples abound like this one in the National Football League, where 65 percent of players are black, 60 percent of male basketball players and nearly half of all football players are African Americans yet, African American coaches are grossly underrepresented.
The Institute for the Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida explains how 100 percent of FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) conference commissioners, 76 percent of school president positions and 84 percent of all athletic director positions were held by white men at the beginning of the 2012-13 academic year. Joker Phillips at Kentucky, and Jon Embree from the University of Colorado,were recently dismissed because they drew attention to the poor rehire rate for minority coaches.
Tyrone Willingham is the only African-American coach to be hired for another head coaching job in Washington after having been fired by “Notre Dame” in 2004. No African American hold the highest salaried position at the federations.Two Hispanic men and three women are the top salaried managers, while the other 33 positions are held by white men.The NFL is 65 percent black, the NBA is nearly 80 percent black, and the WNBA is 70 percent black. The long-held idea that blacks excel in sports because it is the only avenue open for advancement to them, should be absolutely buried.
There are well qualified African Americans who can equally handle top ranking positions in U.S Sports.They should be given the chance and not be relegated to the background. Fairness and equality should come back to the table.Segregation and inferiority complex were long abolished and need not surface again in our beloved sports ! .
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