Third quarter exam

According to your textbook, what percentage of professional basketball players are bankrupt when they retire from the playing basketball?

80%

African Americans are better at some sports due to biology.

False

Many Asian Americans come to the US uneducated and from lower class backgrounds making it difficult for them to engage in sport.

False

The term race means the same thing across all cultures.

False

There are currently more female coaches of male teams than there are male coaches of female teams.

False

One explanation that explains stacking is that white athletes are stacked in positions that require more thinking and decision making skills,.i.e., quarterback, point guard, etc.

True

Research on Latino involvement in US sports is important because Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic population in the US.

True

Stacking refers to an unusual distribution of whites and black in certain sport positions.

True

While all athletes are susceptible to exploitation in professional sports, black athletes are disproportionately at risk since they make up a larger percentage of players

True

Oveall, at most levels of competition, sports in America are dominated by

Whites

Which of the following statements about women in sport is true?

Women are interested in participating in sport.

In essense, achieving gender equity in a full sense requires

changes in how we think about gender and sports.

According to the author, the most difficult diversity issue in sports today is

integrating positions of power in sport organizations.

In the discussion about the consequences of increased media coverage of women in sports, the author concludes that seeing women athletes on television

is important for girls because they often get mixed messages about being serious athletes.

Which of the following is not a reason that females were historically excluded from competitive sports?

no female role models

Before Title IX was passed, the number of boys and the number of girls participating in sport were the same.

False

It is well understand that women are less likely to enjoy themselves than men do whey they participate in sports.

False

The baseball player who broke the color barrier in baseball in the late 1049s was

Jackie Robinson

Which of the following statements is false?

The African American population is on the decline.

"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance" describes

Title IX

Female professional athletes make significantly less money than do male professional athletes.

True

One explanation for the dominance of black athletes in certain sports is the environment in which they grow up.

True

Players and coaches assumed to be lesbian may face discrimination.

True

Some argue that male tennis players should be paid more than female tennis players because the men play best of five sets while the women play best of three sets.

True

The Racial and Gender Report Card is a summary of the percentage of each racial group represented in sports at the college and professional levels.

True

The majority of athletes in professional football and basketball are African American athletes.

True

The percentage of female athletes who participate in the Summer Olympics has consistently increased since 1996.

True

There is still resistance to changing the names of Native American mascots.

True

Underrepresentation of women in leadership roles in sport is a barrier to women achieving equality in the sport world.

True

Asian Americans are overrepresented is which of the following collegiate sport?

Women's badminton

African Americans dominate in basketball, football, and track and field because of

cultural influence and opportunity

Sport participation among Native Americans is limited due to poverty, poor health, a lack of equipment and facilitites, and fears among Native Americans that becoming involved in sports will

cut them off from their cultural roots and identities.

One of the unintended effects of Title IX has been

dropping of some men's sports in schools and college to ensure equal funding for both genders

Title IX of the Education Amendments has been US law since 1972. According to this law, it is

illegal to deny any person on the basis of sex the benefits of an educational program receiving federal assistance.

Information on sport participation patterns among African Americans indicates that they

remain underrepresented in most pro and amateur sports.