Sport in society
Introduction
In America sports holds people together, not minding where they came from, gender, age or religions, sports bond and help the American people to stick together. The word of sport continues to shed good lights in America. According to statistics published in the year 2013, it shows that NBA has been recording highest in hiring women and people of colour and for the last past years and it has received awards for exercising diversity in the club. MLB and NFL were dragging behind, in 1990 they broke the record, and they were awarded A’s. Since WNBA was founded, it has been at the top throughout because it has embraced diversity.
The top managers of MLB have shown commitment and passion for improving diversity in the club. In the past year’s NBA have been employing more coaches of other colours compared to white coaches. Between years 2001- 2002 it recorded the highest percentage of African – American top coaches which was 47 percent. Kaleb Canales was promoted to become the head coach in the NBA club (Woods, 6). The African- American in NBA ownership continues to increase for example; Michael Jordan and Charlotte Bobcats are among the owners. In year 2012 African – American promoted two of women to be head and CEOs in the NBA. Also, Laurel Richie becomes the first female to be the head of professional sports league (Hanold, 108). In year 2011, 42 percent coaches were African- American. Major league baseball has embraced diversity by employing managers of colour, African- American managers and Latino managers.
Society is influenced each day by many different kinds of sport. These sports help in shaping society way of life. .In the last past years, the NBA became the major professional league that has recorded high attendance. In America the major sport leagues have greatly captured the mind of the United States people and they usually recorded high attendance. The four leagues have experienced major growth in the last past years, and they are known to be the best all over America. Due to changes in technology, the sports leagues have come up with new ways of engaging with their follows and businesses (McLeod, 19). The sports leagues get their revenue from ticketing, television broadcasting, sponsorship and the merchandise. The sports society embraces diversity by having players from all races.
Embracing diversity is vital in the sport because it helps in discovering better heights of success, it enhances strong teamwork, and it eliminates group thinking. Diversity is a great thing in the society today, and it has greatly impacted people’s lives (Healey, 48). It helps people to discover different things outside of what they are used to. Diversity increases curiosity by interacting with different cultures and people. It promotes peace and harmony by bringing people of different cultures and ethnicity together. Through diversity, people learn and have the clear understanding of the world they are living in (Norris and Ronald, 12).
In conclusion, sports professionals should always embrace diversity. This will help to increase and engage their followers from all over the world. With this, they will be able to achieve the primary goal of diversity. Diversity requires the leaders to think deep to apprehend different individual’s thoughts or ideas which will increase productivity and efficiency.
Work Cited
Hanold, Maylon. World Sports: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 2012.
Healey, Joseph F. Diversity and Society: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender. Los Angeles: SAGE Publications, 2014. Print.
McLeod, Rona L. Diversity Awareness for K-6 Teachers: The Impact on Student Learning. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011.print
Norris, Pippa, and Ronald Inglehart. Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Print.
Woods, Ron. Social Issues in Sport. , 2016. Print
