Chapter Preview 3 Chapter Preview Section 3 Social Issues in
Sport (pages 512519) Sport contributes to upward mobility among
collegiate athletes, but the opportunities are too few. Minorities
still face discrimination in sport. Women in sport suffer from
gender-based stereotypes. Although this situation is slowly
improving, intercollegiate female athletes do not receive treatment
equal to males.
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A.A B.B C.C Section 3-Polling Question Do you agree that
inequality exists in sports? A.Agree B.Disagree C.Not sure
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Section 3 Sport and Social Mobility Participating in sport
increases the likelihood of improving a persons place in the
stratification structure. Some people argue that sport is a social
class escalator for minorities. High School Athletes Chances of
Advancing to the Pros
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Section 3 Sport and Social Mobility (cont.) Others argue that
the emphasis on sport is harmful because it diverts attention away
from learning the academic and business- related skills necessary
for success in mainstream society. Either way, no high school
athlete should rely solely on sport as a ticket up the
stratification structure.
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A.A B.B C.C Section 3 Do you feel that athletes should be so
revered? A.Very much so B.Somewhat C.Not very much
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National Football League Positions, by Race Section 3 Sport and
Racism In stacking, players are assigned to less central positions
on the basis of race or ethnicity.stacking Most minorities are not
assigned central positions, which has economic consequences for
them. African Americans must perform better than whites to avoid
pay discrimination.
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Section 3 Sport and Racism (cont.) Minority former athletes
profit much less than their white colleagues from personal
appearances and commercial endorsements. They also lose out in
sports-related careers when their playing days are over. There are
few minorities represented in the power structure at the
professional level. Who Are the Biggest Baseball Fans?
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A.A B.B C.C D.D Section 3 Do you feel that there are any
solutions to this racism in sport? A.Yes B.No C.Not sure
D.Sometimes
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Section 3 Sexism in Sport Barriers for women: Women who play
sports have been stereotyped as masculine in the past. They have
also been told that sports would harm a womans health, especially
her ability to bear children. Sexism has denied women equal access
to organized sports.
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Section 3 Sexism in Sport (cont.) Title IX helped. Resistance
to female participation at the local level still exists. Women are
still denied equal access to the power structure, and the number in
those positions have ironically decreased due to Title IX. Women at
the professional level make significantly less than men.
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A.A B.B C.C D.D Section 3 What are some reasons that women have
historically been discouraged from sports? A.More masculine
B.Unfeminine C.Harm a womans health D.None of the above
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Section 3-End
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Figure 15.3 High School Athletes Chances of Advancing to the
Pros Source: National Federation of State High School Associations,
19992000.
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Figure 15.4 National Football League Positions, by Race Source:
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, 2004.
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Figure 15.5 Percentage of College Womens Athletic Teams Coached
by Women Source: R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter, Women
in Intercollegiate Sport. Brooklyn College, 2004.
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Snapshot Source: Latitudes and Attitudes: An Atlas of American
Tastes, Trends, Politics, and Passions. Boston: Little, Brown. Who
Are the Biggest Baseball Fans?
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Vocab3 stacking assignment of players to less central positions
on the basis of race or ethnicity