<h1>UCF Study: Baseball Diverse, But Losing African-American Players</h1><span><span id="printSpan">
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April 21, 2011
More minorities and women are running Major League Baseball and
its teams, but the number of African-Americans playing the sport
continues to drop, according to a University of Central Florida study.<span id="more-23291"></span>
MLB earned a B+ overall â€" an A for race and a B-minus for gender â€" in
its annual report card on hiring practices issued by Richard Lapchick,
director of UCF's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.
The report card noted that African-American players made up 8.5
percent of this season's opening day rosters, a decline from 10 percent
last season and the third-lowest percentage in decades.
"This has been a concern of MLB and leaders in the African-American community,"Â Lapchick said.
"However, MLB has made great strides with diversity in who runs the
game and today is one of the best in sports,"Â he added. "There is
clearly room for improvement, especially regarding hiring more women
into professional positions."Â
The only female president or CEO in MLB is Pam Gardner of the Houston
Astros. No African-Americans are serving as team presidents or CEOs.
Among the 55 senior executives in the league offices, 20 percent were
minorities and 22 percent were women.
The number of team managers who are African-American dropped from
four in 2010 to two this season. The number of Latino managers remained
four.
Lapchick, who was inducted into the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame
this year, is known for his ability to use sport to combat racial,
gender and social inequities in the United States and internationally.
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport serves as a
comprehensive resource for issues related to gender and race in amateur,
collegiate and professional sports. The institute is part of the DeVos
Sport Business Management Program in the College of Business
Administration. The landmark program focuses on the business skills
necessary for graduates to conduct successful careers in the rapidly
changing and dynamic sports industry while also emphasizing diversity,
community service and sport and social issues.
http://today.ucf.edu/ucf-study-baseball-diverse-but-losing-african-american-players/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Straight out of Orwell's "Animal Farm". Cultural Marxist Ivory Tower elites making sure the Caste System stays. That 8.5% representation of a certain population demographic is just 3.5% away from their actual 12% overall population. Funny how this is a concern, but when this same 12% represents roughly 80% of the NFL and NBA, there's no mention or concern about why Whites (or Hispanics or Asians) are "losing" representation, it's just accepted as being "diverse". What? 64/64 cornerbacks in the NFL are black..."OK, that's diverse". And their push for more women in these sports is what has led to the banal female sideline "reporter" and the ridiculous pink garb worn by the players for breast cancer awareness. The whole thing is becoming feminized. Boy, do I miss the old school days of the NFL and MLB in the politically-incorrect, yet true-to-reality, 70's.
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