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NBA gets highest marks for racial and gender hiring
South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^
| June 16, 2011
| Craig Davis
Posted on 06/17/2011 7:22:01 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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Does this include Grambling?
To: ConservativeStatement
The
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.Never in the furthest reaches of my imagination could I conjure up such an "institute." Who in their right mind would dream up such a thing? Why do they exist? Just to shake down those organizations who don't get an "A"? What scores did the NHL, the PGA, and NASACAR get? Are they inherently racist organizations?
To: ConservativeStatement
The NBA is about 95% black!
Blacks are about 13% of the population.
I get it. Million-man math.
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:27:31 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: ConservativeStatement
The NBA received the highest grade ever issued on racial and gender hiring practices BS
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:27:43 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Palin/West, unbeatable.)
To: ConservativeStatement
“While the NFL and Major League Baseball have shown significant improvement on racial and gender hiring in recent years”
I concur, there just aren’t enough white guys or woman on teams in the NFL but they are now showing significant improvement according to this study.
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:28:35 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(We live two lives, the life we learn and the life we live with after that.)
To: ConservativeStatement
How many Islamists play in the NBA? Palestinians? Hispanics? Asians? Native Americans? Transgenders? Women? Wookies?
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:30:06 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: ConservativeStatement
Well, thank goodness for the NBA!! This explains why the membership is so representative of the general population. Viva diversity!
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:30:48 PM PDT
by
Segovia
(Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.)
To: ConservativeStatement
TIDES...noted a decrease in the percentage of African-American players [in Major League Baseball] on opening day rosters from 10 to 8.5 percent from 2010And the percentage of white players in the NBA is....?
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:32:56 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
To: Segovia
Well, thank goodness for the NBA!! This explains why the membership is so representative of the general population. Viva diversity!
If the NBA picked folks for their teams in a way that represented the general population there would be no such thing as professional basketball. It wouldn't even rise to the level of pickup basketball games in city parks.
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:33:54 PM PDT
by
aruanan
To: Steely Tom
Their gender and race hiring scores come from OFF the court.
When they have gender and race parity ON the court, then I'll believe their claims.
Among highlights of the NBA's report card for the 2010-11 season: Persons of color made up 83 percent of players, the highest ever reported. African Americans made up 78 percent of the players, equaling the highest mark since 2001-02. There were nine African-American head coaches, one more than the previous year, and one Asian, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. Women made up 42 percent of professional employees in the league office. Sacramento's Marina Kolokotronis and New Jersey's Irina Pavlova became the first women team presidents since 2007-08. Only 15 percent of team vice presidents are women.
To: ConservativeStatement
I wonder if the Institute for Diversity and Ethics has even heard of the NHL...? I bet their little pin heads would explode!
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:34:31 PM PDT
by
VoiceOfBruck
(Get crazy with the cheese whiz!)
To: ConservativeStatement
I would give the NBA an F on racial diversity.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Never in the furthest reaches of my imagination could I conjure up such an "institute." Who in their right mind would dream up such a thing? Why do they exist? To give high paying jobs to people who would otherwise have to dig ditches for a living due to their lack of real education.
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:37:13 PM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:37:33 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(SEAL SIX makes me proud to have been playing SOCOM since 2003.)
To: ConservativeStatement
The NBA is ethnicity diverse? really could of fooled me..I think they play the best player the can find and do not give a dam about being diverse so please doun’t blow smoke up peoles ass about the NBA trying to be ethnicity diverse
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:47:43 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Global Warming, undeniable truth; Obama, infallible genius; Apple perfect, invented everything)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:49:09 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(A people that values its privileges above its principles will soon lose both.)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
06/17/2011 7:59:09 PM PDT
by
mort56
To: ConservativeStatement
The NBA should have affirmative action policies set for Whitey!
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posted on
06/17/2011 8:02:07 PM PDT
by
Jack Hydrazine
(It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
To: ConservativeStatement
If I recall correctly there was quite a bit of grumbling about racism a few years ago when Steve Nash won the MVP twice.
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posted on
06/17/2011 8:03:59 PM PDT
by
Pan_Yan
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