Multiple people didn’t want to recruit Willie White because he came from a reservation. He did have other situations adding to his lack of recruitment, such as his struggles in the classroom. However they did not look at making him an addition to their team based on their attitudes, preconceived notions, which resulted in their actions. My personal opinion is that they should make recruitment choices based purely on the individual, their personal background and their commitment levels, not based on the fact that they came from a reservation.
#2 The second connection that I found interesting in terms of sociology of sport was the role media did not play. Media is definitely an influential aspect of sports, and what they do and don’t show alters the perception of sports to the viewers. If these athletes on the reservation watch television and they never see role models that are the same ethnicity as then not as many individuals will aspire to take their athletics to the collegiate