Colleges Get ‘F’ in the Hiring of Minorities
The grades are in for minority hiring in college sports, and they’re lousy. And those in pro sports aren’t much better.
The “Racial Report Card,” released Tuesday by Northeastern University’s Center for the Study of Sport in Society, found that during the 1995-96 academic year, college sports had the worst record for hiring women and minorities.
It also found that the percentage of black players decreased in college and pro sports, and that majority ownership in sports for minorities does not exist.
“There has been very little progress in the patterns of hiring people of color and women in pro and college sport,” said Richard Lapchick, author of the report.
For example, coaching jobs for blacks in NCAA Division I football, basketball and baseball rank behind those in the NFL, NBA and major league baseball. Only three of 30 NFL coaches were minorities, three of 28 baseball managers and seven of 29 NBA coaches.
In college, 81.5% of Division I basketball coaches were white, 92.8% of I-A football coaches and 97.6% of baseball coaches.
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