Study applauds MLB hiring of minorities; gender equity gets C+

CBSSports.com ^ | April 25, 2012

[ConservativeStatement]

NEW YORK -- Major League Baseball received a high grade for racial diversity among its employees but a middling mark when it comes to hiring women.

Baseball received its fourth straight A for race hiring in the annual report by Richard Lapchick's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida.

[ConservativeStatement]

A team gets a + for hiring a woman or minority says the boss-man white dude. Typical hypocritical liberal.

[Alberta's Child]

I never understood why “gender diversity” would even matter in a professional sports league where 100% of the participants are men.

[Ouderkirk]

Is there anyplace where a man can be a man anymore?

Why does a men’s baseball league have to hire women?

[Chode]

feh... let'em invent their own sport then

[Gay State Conservative]

I guess these clowns can’t spell the word “meritocracy”.If “minorities” can dominate the players’ rosters of MLB,the NBA and the NFL through merit why can’t they do the same in the front offices.Or would that take too much effort?

[Gay State Conservative]

Let's try again (yikes!)

I guess these clowns can’t spell the word "meritocracy".If minorities can dominate the players' rosters of MLB,the NBA and the NFL through merit why can’t they do the same in the front offices.Or would that take too much effort?

[jmax]

>>> ".....received a high grade for racial diversity....." <<<

High grade ???? Bull $hit !!! Whites don't have a chance against the Cubans and blacks.

Whites should sue MLB and NBA just like blacks sue city fire departments, for discrimination and loss of income.

[Secret Agent Man]

I am pretty sure the “Curves” fitness franchise would fail the gender-equity hiring test.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Why aren’t there any girl baseball players? If they want gender integration and all that, we will have to see sports have both men and women on the field, and on the court.

Why are women okay with having separate but equal sports in the first place?

[PUGACHEV]

Well, I’ve always wondered why there aren’t any female umpires, or why some woman hasn’t sued on the basis of sex discrimination. Not that it’s a good idea, but I could see some advantages. If there were ever an argument over a call, I would expect tears followed by “You don’t appreciate how hard I work, etc & etc” .... you know the rest.

[ConservativeStatement]

I knew a guy who was an official in a major sports league. I won't say which, we were friends but he told me that players would say all sorts of things in the heat of the battle. With a female ump, if a player transfers certain words to be gender specific, and that makes audio, it will go viral. “You bleeping *******.” Then we will have to deal with the player undergoing sensitivity training classes, etc. Cripes, women are in locker rooms of male athletes, isn't that invasive enough?

[ConservativeStatement]

And yes, there have been - and are - women officials in the NBA.