Race in sports ownership in the United States
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Overview:[edit]
In the United States, there are very few principal owners of professional sports teams who are of African American or African descent. There are only a select few individuals of African descent or African Americans who own a partial stake in the team, sports teams are owned mainly by White people.
National Basketball Association:[edit]
Out of the thirty teams, only three people of color primarily own teams. These three include Michael Jordan (African American) who is the owner of the Charlotte Hornets, Vivek Ranadive (Indian descent) who is the majority owner of the Sacramento Kings, and Marc Lasry (African descent) who is one of the owners of the Milwaukee Bucks. But the NBA is somewhat of a pioneer in the fact that they do have many minority or fractional owners who own partial stakes who are African American. According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, there are twenty-three minority owners in the NBA who are African American..[1]
Major League Baseball:[edit]
Major League Baseball is a little bit more confusing when breaking down their ownership because there are so many positions that one can hold for a team in the league. These positions are categorized into “Baseball Operations” which encompasses the owner, president, vice president and all the way down the chain to the league office. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport finds that only 13.3% of Presidents of Baseball Operations or General Managers are people of color. Information by race is not available. The only three African Americans representing the teams front offices are Derek Jeter, who is a Chief Executive Officer of the Miami Marlins; Michael Hill, who is the President of Baseball Operations for the Miami Marlins; Kenny Williams, who is the Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago White Sox[2].
National Football League:[edit]
Within the National Football League, there are only two people of color who own an NFL team, and neither of them is African American. However, the NFL has taken initiative on trying to diversify the league in as many ways as possible, including the league’s front office. As of 2017, there are twenty African Americans who work as Vice Presidents in the League Office, five of whom are African American women. There are also six General Managers of teams who are African American. There is the Vice President role on a team (not in the League Office), where there are a total of twenty-one African Americans representing various or multiple teams[3]
National Hockey League:[edit]
The NHL is the least diversified league, having currently only 28 athletes whom are African American or individuals of African descent in the league. The NHL also does not have any people of color in ownership.
References[edit]
- ↑ Lapchick, Richard (29 June 2017). "The 2017 Racial and Gender Report Card: National Basketball Association". The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ↑ Lapchick, Richard (12 April 2018). "The 2018 Racial and Gender Report Card: Major League Baseball". The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ↑ Lapchick, Richard (18 October 2017). "The 2017 Racial and Gender Report Card: National Football League". The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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