“You Have to Have Money to Be Good”: How Capital Accumulation Shapes Latinas’ Pathways to College Sports

McGovern, Jen

doi:10.1123/jis.2018-0038

Cited by 16 publications

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“…Therefore, it is essential that HSI-D1s recruit Latinx athletes and allow them the opportunity to benefit from both the HSI designation and NCAA D1 affiliation. However, systemic barriers prevent access to underrepresented groups to the NCAA (Hextrum, 2018;Martinez, 2018;McGovern, 2018). As Hextrum (2018) noted, the NCAA's focus on amateurism caters to student-athletes from middle-and upperclass families who have access to economic and social capital, which then converts to cultural capital.…”

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Entrando en el juego: The Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Fostering Educational and Athletic Outcomes for Latinx Athletes

2020

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Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) enroll the majority of Latinx undergraduate students and constitute the second-largest institutional type in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I (D1). Yet, little is known about the role intercollegiate athletics play in fostering educational outcomes for Latinx students at HSIs. Under the guise of Latinx critical race theory, this qualitative study examined how HSIs operate both the federal designation and NCAA D1 membership in relation to athletic participation and completion outcomes for Latinx student-athletes. Document analysis was utilized to disaggregate data from various reports to identify the HSI-D1 institutions and their Latinx athletes’ participation, and graduation rates. These findings were then compared to the overall NCAA D1 averages. Among the findings, Latinx student-athletes graduated at higher rates than non-athletes from the HSI-D1s. However, as an aggregate, these institutions had below average graduation rates of Latinx students and student-athletes in comparison to the national rates across NCAA D1 membership. Furthermore, HSI-D1s provided limited athletic participation opportunities for Latinx athletes. The study concluded with the implications of findings and recommendations for future studies.

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Entrando en el juego: The Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Fostering Educational and Athletic Outcomes for Latinx Athletes

2020

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“…Researchers have also found that affluent youth are more likely to combine athletic playing opportunities, competing for private clubs and school teams , 2021McGovern, 2018;Sabo & Veliz, 2008;Tompsett & Knoester, 2022). One survey of college baseball players' athletic histories found that 90% played on private teams and 98% played on high school team (Ogden & Warneke, 2010).…”

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The Upward Mobility Potential in U.S. Intercollegiate Athletics: A Critical Examination of NCAA Division I College Baseball Players’ Hometown Demographics

Hextrum,

Kim

2023

JIS

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American meritocratic ideology positions sports as level playing fields in which individuals, regardless of their background, can ascend with the right combination of ability and effort. Yet few studies challenge the sport-meritocracy ideology by empirically examining the socioeconomic backgrounds of college athletes (Allison et al., 2018). Studies of youth sport participation show that community-level income shapes athletic opportunities suggesting class is a strong barrier to physical activity (NWLC, 2015; Sabo & Veliz, 2008; Tompsett & Knoester, 2022). Class inequalities are exacerbated in sports with robust privatized youth systems like baseball (Klein et al., 2020; Post et al., 2022). Utilizing a unique quantitative dataset of NCAA Division I college baseball players (n = 19,987), we consider the extent to which a community’s socioeconomic levels and racial demographics shape the chances of someone becoming a college baseball player. We compare college baseball players’ hometown income levels and racial demographics to their home state and to U.S. averages. We also consider differences across competitive divisions (i.e., Non-Power 5 vs. Power 5). Findings show that college baseball players—regardless of conference affiliation—commonly come from affluent, nonminority cities, with high education and income levels, indicating that socioeconomic status is a significant predictor of college athletic participation.

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“…Saturation has not been reached for either of these directions of inquiry, and scholars must explore a more inclusive range of identities while also continuing to build on the vital work of athletic and racial identity within Black male college athletes. Scholars could draw from examples, such as the work of McGovern (2018), as she examined social class in Latina women and the implications it has on pathways to college sport. Social class is an example of another identity that scholars could investigate within Black male college athletes.…”

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Black male college athlete identity: A scoping review

Howe

2022

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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Scholarship on college athlete identity has increased within recent decades; however, there remains a dearth of literature centred on identity and Black male college athletes. While athletic identity is often self and socially regarded as a dominant identity, this population also holds numerous identities, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and being a student. This scoping review synthesizes 26 peer-reviewed pieces of scholarship that focus on Black male college athletes and identity. Thematic categories found in this literature include discussions of athletic identity, complexities and intersections of identity, United States (US) college and athletic context impacting identity salience, and shifting the narrative of Black male college athlete identity. This review concludes with future directions that encourage the increase in research regarding identity and Black male college athletes.

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“You Have to Have Money to Be Good”: How Capital Accumulation Shapes Latinas’ Pathways to College Sports

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Entrando en el juego: The Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Fostering Educational and Athletic Outcomes for Latinx Athletes

Entrando en el juego: The Role of Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Fostering Educational and Athletic Outcomes for Latinx Athletes

The Upward Mobility Potential in U.S. Intercollegiate Athletics: A Critical Examination of NCAA Division I College Baseball Players’ Hometown Demographics

Black male college athlete identity: A scoping review

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