The purpose of this study was to understand the experiences of Black college athletes that played football and graduated from a Division I Power 5 institution. It is well documented that Black football players graduate from Power 5 institutions lower rates than any other student or athlete group, due to… Continue Reading An Examination of the Experiences of Black Football Athletes
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Crossing Goal Lines and Borders: Engaging Black Male Student-Athletes
Many Black male student–athletes suffer from identity foreclosure at rates higher than their white peers as they fail to develop salient aspects of their identity outside of the athlete role (Murphy, Petitpas, & Brewer, 1996; Beamon, 2012). Education abroad offers the opportunity to take advantage of a holistic collegiate experience,… Continue Reading Crossing Goal Lines and Borders: Engaging Black Male Student-Athletes
More Than Just Play: Unmasking Black Child Labor in the Athletic Industrial Complex
Runstedtler, T. (2018). More Than Just Play: Unmasking Black Child Labor in the Athletic Industrial Complex. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 0193723518758458. African Americans’ hypervisibility in sports remains a frequent point of critique. There has been a tendency to blame Black youths for their supposed “sports fixation.” Complicating this… Continue Reading More Than Just Play: Unmasking Black Child Labor in the Athletic Industrial Complex