(Name-mce) ListServ Diversity and Ethics in Sport - New Report

[Anselmo Villanueva]

Of the 119 Division IA colleges in the National Collegiate Athletic
Association, 17 have non-white athletic directors, an all-time high,
according to a report released Thursday by the Institute for Diversity
and Ethics in Sport, at the University of Central Florida. But while
the report noted progress in diversifying sports management positions,
it also found that white people have the key positions. Within
Division IA, white people make up 94.9 percent of presidents, 85.7
percent of athletic directors, 93.3 percent of faculty
representatives, and 100 percent of conference commissioners.

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http://www.bus.ucf.edu/sport/cgi-bin/site/sitew.cgi?page=/ides/index.htx

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Complete article below.

http://news.ucf.edu/UCFnews/index
page=article&id=0024004105bd60439010c0c76ce2f003cf8&mode=news

College Sports Receive Mixed Marks for Diversity in Latest UCF Report Card
Dec. 13, 2006

By Chad Binette

College sports continue to provide more opportunities for women and
minorities than professional sports offer, but universities received
failing grades for diversity in top positions such as athletics
director and football coach, according to a report card issued
Wednesday by the University of Central Florida's Institute for Ethics
and Diversity in Sport.

The Racial and Gender Report Card by institute director Richard
Lapchick and Jenny Brenden assigned college sports a 'B-minus' for
racial diversity and a 'B' for gender. The overall grade of 'B' was
the same that college sports received last year.

College sports received an 'F' for racial diversity in Division I head
football coaches, conference commissioners, university presidents and
athletics directors.

The report card, which is primarily based on data from the 2004-05
academic year with some updates, examined data for 1,025 schools in
divisions I, II and III.

"The institute wants to illustrate how important it is to have a
diverse organization involving individuals who happen to be of a
different race or gender," the report stated. "This element of
diversity can provide a different perspective, and possibly a
competitive advantage for a win in the board room as well as on the
athletic fields of play."

The report praised the National Collegiate Athletic Association for
hiring a vice president of diversity and inclusion in 2005 and for
establishing a Diversity Leadership Strategic Planning Committee. The
NCAA received high marks for the racial diversity of Division I men's
basketball coaches, an all-time high of 25.2 percent of whom were
African-American, and for male and female student-athletes.

The percentage of African-American players in Division I men's
basketball was 57.8 percent. It was 45.4 percent in football and 6.5
percent in baseball. Among women, 43.7 percent of Division I
basketball players and 26 percent of track and field and cross country
athletes were African-American.

The NCAA did not fare as well in the diversity of top-level positions
such as university presidents, athletics directors and head football
coaches. According to the report, 94.1 percent of university
presidents of Division I-A schools were white.

Whites also held 93.3 percent of the Division I-A athletics director
posts and 92.4 of the faculty athletics representatives' jobs. UCF's
Keith Tribble is one of 16 minority athletics directors currently at
Division I-A schools.

Only five Division I-A football coaches during the 2006 season were
African-American. The University of Miami hired Randy Shannon as head
coach this month, raising that total to six.

For more information on the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in
Sport, go to http://www.bus.ucf.edu/sport/cgi-bin/site/sitew.cgi?page=/ides/index.htx.