Racial Stacking Among Special Teams Units in American College Football

Coutts, Steven; Rheenen, Derek Van

doi:10.1007/s12552-021-09339-y

Race Soc Probl

2021

DOI: 10.1007/s12552-021-09339-y

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Racial Stacking Among Special Teams Units in American College Football

Steven Coutts

Derek Van Rheenen

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“…First, this study represents the most comprehensive analysis of racial integration in a professional sports league. Earlier research has explored racial integration in sports by relying on a shorter time frame (e.g., Coleman and Scott 2018; Siler 2019), focusing on a single position or set of positions (e.g., Coutts and Van Rheenen 2021), or analyzing a single institution (e.g., Hawkins 2002). No previous study has analyzed every player in every position across the entire history of a professional league.…”

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The Paradox of Integration: Racial Composition of NFL Positions from 1960 to 2020

Márquez-Velarde

Grashow

Glass

et al. 2023

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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As highly visible organizations, professional sports teams provide a context to examine the reproduction of racial hierarchies over time. This study analyzes racial segregation/integration in the NFL between 1960 and 2020. Using data from 20,357 players, we examine the racial composition of positions in the field and how these patterns influence career length. Our analysis reveals three distinct patterns of segregation/integration over time: cumulative hyper-segregation in high-risk positions, durable segregation in high-prestige positions, and integration in hybrid positions. We consider the implications of these findings for theory and research on racialized organizations as well as for the lives of players.

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The Paradox of Integration: Racial Composition of NFL Positions from 1960 to 2020

Márquez-Velarde

Grashow

Glass

et al. 2023

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

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“…As Burstyn (2001) argues, sport approximates the experience of religion more than any other form of human cultural practice. In the United States, where dominant sporting practices celebrate power, performance and hegemomic masculinity (Coakley, 2009;Connell & Messerschmidt, 2005;Coutts & Van Rheenen, 2021;Messner, 1990Messner, , 2011Lenskjy, 2013), "sport is a religion of domination and aggression centered around a male godhead" (Burstyn, 2001, p. 23).…”

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Strength of Religious Faith: A Comparison of College Athletes

Rheenen¹,

Pryor²,

Roberson³

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Faith is the foundation of all religions. Sporting practices may be an important site for both private and public expressions or exercises of religious faith. Beyond knowing or construing a deeper meaning to life, the exercise of religious faith may likewise serve as a coping mechanism within the sports context. Specifically, religious practice may help athletes manage the uncertainty of outcome in sport, as well as their fear of sustaining a serious injury. Given the potential psychological benefit of religious faith within this context, researchers have hypothesized that college athletes would demonstrate higher levels of religious faith than other post-secondary students. The current study seeks to expand on this research, examining hypothesized differences among college athletes at a large, public Division I university on the west coast of the United States. Participants completed the Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith (SCSRF)—Short Form (Plante, Vallaeys, Sherman, & Wallston, 2002), a five-item self-report measure utilized to assess strength of religious faith regardless of religious affiliation. Findings suggests that both level of athletic competition and racial identification contribute to higher levels of religious faith. That racial identity was a stronger predictor than level of athletic competition is worthy of further exploration from both a social and historical perspective.

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Football for development, an arena for imperial hierarchies? Racism, the ‘white colonial frame’, and junior football in Belgium

D’Hoore,

Scheerder

2023

Soccer & Society

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Racial Stacking Among Special Teams Units in American College Football

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

The Paradox of Integration: Racial Composition of NFL Positions from 1960 to 2020

The Paradox of Integration: Racial Composition of NFL Positions from 1960 to 2020

Strength of Religious Faith: A Comparison of College Athletes

Football for development, an arena for imperial hierarchies? Racism, the ‘white colonial frame’, and junior football in Belgium

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