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Tackling Bias In Sport: Recognizing The Impact Of Identities, Meg Hancock --Assoc. Prof. Jan 2024

Tackling Bias In Sport: Recognizing The Impact Of Identities, Meg Hancock --Assoc. Prof.

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Studies suggest participation in organized sports--from childhood to adulthood--promotes positive physical, social, emotional, and intellectual benefits that impact individuals and their communities over a lifetime. Sports participation in early childhood and adolescence also leads to higher self-esteem, greater wage-earning potential, lower health costs, reduced chronic disease, and lower levels of depression. In adulthood, participating in sports provides social connection, personal enjoyment, and improved health. In US society, sports are often viewed as a popular, viable, and sustainable avenue for social mobility. While the benefits of sports participation are unequivocal, the visibility and influence of star athletes, along with the way …

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Ncaa Athletes, Unpaid Interns And The S-Word: Exploring The Rhetorical Impact Of The Language Of Slavery, Maria Ontiveros Dec 2014

Ncaa Athletes, Unpaid Interns And The S-Word: Exploring The Rhetorical Impact Of The Language Of Slavery, Maria Ontiveros

Maria L. Ontiveros

This essay presents initial results of a literature survey that explored the use of the rhetoric of slavery by workers' rights groups. It presents quantitative results for uses of terms such as slave, slavery, modern day slavery, plantation, Jim Crow and Juan Crow as these terms were used by immigrant worker advocates, opponents of labor trafficking, advocates for unpaid interns, National Collegiate Athletic Association athletes, professional athletes and in the context of prison labor. The essay also provides a qualitative analysis of how these terms were used by NCAA athletes and unpaid interns and a discussion of the criticism leveled …

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And It Only Took Them 307 Years: Ruminations On Legal And Non-Legal Approaches To Diversifying Head Coaching In College Football, Ron S. Hochbaum Jan 2010

And It Only Took Them 307 Years: Ruminations On Legal And Non-Legal Approaches To Diversifying Head Coaching In College Football, Ron S. Hochbaum

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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Interception - The Courts Get Another Pass At The Ncaa And The Intentional Discrimination Of Proposition 16 In Pryor V. Ncaa, Anneliese Munczinski Jan 2003

Interception - The Courts Get Another Pass At The Ncaa And The Intentional Discrimination Of Proposition 16 In Pryor V. Ncaa, Anneliese Munczinski

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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An Historical Overview Of Student-Athlete Academic Eligibility And The Future Implications Of Cureton V. Ncaa, Michael J. Mondello Jan 2000

An Historical Overview Of Student-Athlete Academic Eligibility And The Future Implications Of Cureton V. Ncaa, Michael J. Mondello

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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Digital Sampling And Copyright Law In A Social Context: No More Colorblindness!!, Neela Kartha Jul 1997

Digital Sampling And Copyright Law In A Social Context: No More Colorblindness!!, Neela Kartha

University of Miami Entertainment & Sports Law Review

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The Past As Moral Guide To The Present: The Parallel Between Martin Luther King, Jr.'S Elements Of A Nonviolent Civil Rights Campaign And Jackie Robinson's Entry Onto The Brooklyn Dodgers, James R. Devine Jan 1996

The Past As Moral Guide To The Present: The Parallel Between Martin Luther King, Jr.'S Elements Of A Nonviolent Civil Rights Campaign And Jackie Robinson's Entry Onto The Brooklyn Dodgers, James R. Devine

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

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