Bivens and Leonard (1994) Race, centrality, and educational attainment: an NFL perspective

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Bivens, S.
	Author:	Leonard, W. M., II

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 17(1), 24 - 42.

YEAR:

1994

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

football; professional; National-Football-League; race; stacking; segregation; academic-achievement; team-position

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=346417&title=346417

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-463 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:13 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
Using the organizational principles of Hubert Blalock and Oscar Grusky, the interrelationships among centrality, educational attainment and race were examined for the population (N = 1525) of 1991 NFL players. It was hypothesized that players occupying central positions, vis-a-vis noncentral positions, would be more likely to possess academic degrees. The results of the analyses are reported in twofold fashion: (1) a description of the data source for the variables of race, position, team. college/university attended, and area of concentration, and (2) the interrelationships among race, centrality, and educational attainment. Among the most significant findings is that black NFL players are 'stacked' in the noncentral positions and white NFL players are 'stacked' in the central positions. Further, there appears to be no relationship between position occupancy and educational attainment when race is controlled.

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