Amber Ortiz
FSTY 1311. 19
Paper #2 Research Summary
October 19, 2015
Branch, Taylor. “The Shame of College Sports.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, Oct. 2011. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.
Sonny Vaccaro: Use athletes as a way to advertise big sports brands; sponsorships; He retired and decided to become a consultant and help fight for atheletes rights in O’Bannon v. NCAA.
NCAA is notorious for enforcing “amateurism” in sports and the concept of “student-athletes” to prevent college players from being paid or having rights.
NCAA makes money off of players even after they retire and are no longer playing.
NCAA focuses on small violations and scandals to make scapegoats out of the weak and prevent any changes to their structure of controlling college …show more content…
Reliability: The source refers to many experts such as John MacAloon, an Olympic scholar, and sociologist Wendy Griswold. However, Hartmann constantly refers to MacAloon’s research and seems to be a little biased towards him.
Olsen, Jack. “The Black Athlete—a Shameful Story.” Sports Illustrated Vault. CNN/Sports Illustrated, 1 July 1968. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.
Harry Edwards: “mouthpiece of the black athletic rebellion”(2); saved from the ghetto by white sports.
Common argument for pro-sports: White sports establishments rescue blacks from the ghetto and hone them into star players.
Black players feel exploited, underpaid, stereotyped, sometimes happier in the ghetto than they are in sports (deemed ungrateful).
Blacks accepted into colleges for sports are not there for education/graduation, they are there to perform.
Globetrotters = white man's black team; …show more content…
Afterword. The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World. By John Carlos and Dave Zirin. New York: Haymarket Books, 2011. 175-184. Print.
This paper focuses on athlete's recent roles as figures to spread political awareness.
Green Bay Packers rallying against Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to cut public employee's wages and benefits.
NBA’s Phoenix Suns against attacks on immigrants on Cinco de Mayo 2010.
More and more, athletes are using their popularity and influence to fight political battles (raise awareness).
Sports teams have strong connections with their fans thus they can use that connection to spread awareness.
Athlete’s power can be used for things other than commercial gains.
Athletes like John Carlos are capable of making great change in politics and are capable of protecting human rights by using their influence and connections to reach out to people all over the world.
This is a useful source because it gives examples of athletes doing good in a community by participating in politics.
Historical examples; improved; long-term effects.
Dave Zirin- political sportswriter, sports editor of The Nation, has written 8 books. He has been involved in many controversies involoving calling for boycotts from certain sports teams, nations, and
FSTY 1311. 19
Paper #2 Research Summary
October 19, 2015
Branch, Taylor. “The Shame of College Sports.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, Oct. 2011. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.
Sonny Vaccaro: Use athletes as a way to advertise big sports brands; sponsorships; He retired and decided to become a consultant and help fight for atheletes rights in O’Bannon v. NCAA.
NCAA is notorious for enforcing “amateurism” in sports and the concept of “student-athletes” to prevent college players from being paid or having rights.
NCAA makes money off of players even after they retire and are no longer playing.
NCAA focuses on small violations and scandals to make scapegoats out of the weak and prevent any changes to their structure of controlling college …show more content…
Reliability: The source refers to many experts such as John MacAloon, an Olympic scholar, and sociologist Wendy Griswold. However, Hartmann constantly refers to MacAloon’s research and seems to be a little biased towards him.
Olsen, Jack. “The Black Athlete—a Shameful Story.” Sports Illustrated Vault. CNN/Sports Illustrated, 1 July 1968. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.
Harry Edwards: “mouthpiece of the black athletic rebellion”(2); saved from the ghetto by white sports.
Common argument for pro-sports: White sports establishments rescue blacks from the ghetto and hone them into star players.
Black players feel exploited, underpaid, stereotyped, sometimes happier in the ghetto than they are in sports (deemed ungrateful).
Blacks accepted into colleges for sports are not there for education/graduation, they are there to perform.
Globetrotters = white man's black team; …show more content…
Afterword. The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World. By John Carlos and Dave Zirin. New York: Haymarket Books, 2011. 175-184. Print.
This paper focuses on athlete's recent roles as figures to spread political awareness.
Green Bay Packers rallying against Governor Scott Walker’s proposal to cut public employee's wages and benefits.
NBA’s Phoenix Suns against attacks on immigrants on Cinco de Mayo 2010.
More and more, athletes are using their popularity and influence to fight political battles (raise awareness).
Sports teams have strong connections with their fans thus they can use that connection to spread awareness.
Athlete’s power can be used for things other than commercial gains.
Athletes like John Carlos are capable of making great change in politics and are capable of protecting human rights by using their influence and connections to reach out to people all over the world.
This is a useful source because it gives examples of athletes doing good in a community by participating in politics.
Historical examples; improved; long-term effects.
Dave Zirin- political sportswriter, sports editor of The Nation, has written 8 books. He has been involved in many controversies involoving calling for boycotts from certain sports teams, nations, and