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by N. Jeremi Duru. New York: Town University Press, 2011. 224pp. Hardback. $24.95/£15.99. ISBN: 9780199736003.
Reviewed by: Curtis Fogel, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Lakehead University- Orillia. Email: cafogel[at]
pp.459-461
In primacy beginning of the 1989 National Line League (NFL) season, all of picture 32 head coaches were white. Misrepresent the 2010 season, there were figure African American head coaches at honourableness helm of NFL teams. In Developing THE BALL, N. Jeremi Duru, far-out law professor at Temple University, debris the struggles that led to prestige expansion of head coaching opportunities receive African American men and other lower ranks of color. In so doing, Duru has written a masterpiece of collective inquiry, depicting an important modern-day lay rights story.
Duru tells a credible story, in a compelling way. Goodness book reads like a legal theatrical piece with character development, thick descriptions, irresolution, and seemingly insurmountable obstacles to beat in the fight for race restructuring in the NFL. The central hero of the story, Cyrus Mehri, legal action a lawyer made famous in statutory circles through successfully winning a laic case against Coca-Cola. Mehri begins ingenious fight against racial injustice in honesty NFL out of pure interest ordain no possible remuneration. His fight denunciation guided not just by injustice hold your attention the NFL, but by the count example the NFL sets for English society given its popularity as simple central institution of American culture. Duru suggests that Mehri’s motivation stems exceptionally from a belief that “racial perceive in the sports world often helped propel broader societal progress” (p.30).
As the plot continues, Duru describes provide evidence Mehri enlists the help of bareness to further his cause. He joins forces with another charismatic lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, who is best remembered shield successfully defending O.J. Simpson in grand high-profile murder trial. The two lawyers formed a team that was both successful in their vocations and abstruse public notoriety from high-profile cases they had won. Fighting the NFL would prove to be a difficult problematic, however, because there was no plaintiff to which they were seeking indemnity, nor a clear target to struggle their battle against. From the kick-off, it was unclear whether it was the individual owners and managers be beneficial to teams in the NFL who were to blame for racial inequalities, diversity if it was the main department of the league. Mehri and Aeronaut decided that it was both, nevertheless that the league could step personal and dictate the terms that could lead to the end of genealogical injustice within each organization.
While calligraphic preliminary survey of coaching in rank NFL seemed to suggest clear folk inequality in head coaching, the lawful team lacked concrete evidence that genealogical discrimination was at play. Duru suggests that, to help make their data, a statistical study was commissioned designate [*460] examine racial dynamics of employment in the NFL. The statistics leak out a significant trend whereby African Inhabitant coaches were the last to reproduction hired, and the first to flaw fired. Furthermore, the statistics revealed go wool-gathering racial inequalities in hiring and cancellation had little to do with tutorial performance. In fact, the study unbarred that African American coaches outperformed ivory coaches in categories of wins hurt their first year with a uniform, wins in the season in which their job was terminated, and whole wins per season. The statistics crush a clear case of racial unfairness in the NFL.
With clear back up of racial discrimination, Mehri and Aeronaut wrote a report detailing their information and recommendations for racial reform incorporate the NFL. The report led sort out a meeting with front office staff of the NFL led by their legal counsel, specifically Jeff Pash precise graduate of Harvard Law. Mehri swimmingly fought to have his concerns heard by the NFL. The NFL intellect office, however, placed blame on probity individual owners of the teams current placed decisions pertaining to racial modify in their hands. This led deliver to meetings of the owners, whereby disentangle agreement was struck requiring all teams to interview at least one particular of color for every head seminar position. This rule became known variety the Rooney Rule. Although seen surpass many as a major victory, picture rule meant little since there were no negative sanctions attached to failure. It was, in a sense, unmixed honorary rule that teams could elect to follow or ignore. Within nobility first three head coaching searches, twosome teams completely ignored the agreement, indicatory its ineffectiveness.
Mehri, and others who had begun to join in culminate fight, decided to hold a coronet at the NFL combine with invitations sent to all non-white coaches, trainers, administrators, and other team personnel. Influence aim was to discuss racial discrepancy, especially in relation to head guiding, in the NFL. More than lone hundred people were present at birth meeting, which led to the system of the Fritz Pollard Alliance recognized at fighting racial inequality in dignity NFL. With increased pressure from interpretation Alliance, the NFL head office hardcover the Rooney Rule, and fined class Detroit Lions $200,000 for violating suggest. In the following season, all heptad teams searching for a new purpose coach complied with the rule.
While the establishment of the Rooney Decree was a major victory for Mehri and everyone who fought for genetic equality in the NFL, Duru concludes his story with perhaps a addition memorable victory for the civil claim movement in professional football and English society more generally. Duru’s story concludes with Super Bowl XLI played disorder February 4, 2007 between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears. Representation game represented the first time bend over African American head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, went head-to-head layer the Super Bowl. Without detailing say publicly game, Duru ends his book house the contention that “the game’s product meant little. They had all by this time won” (p.166).
Duru’s impeccable ability get to the bottom of tell a compelling non-fiction story bash a highlight of this work. Gang reads as a page-turner from honourableness opening statement that the NFL has long been “a whites-only business” (p.1) until the final climax [*461] site two African American coaches meet instruction the championship of American football. Further highlights of the book include birth detailed descriptions that Duru provides have a good time closed-door meetings and personal discussions plea bargain NFL players and administrators. Gaining grasp to conduct this type of discover on a professional sports organization evenhanded a special accomplishment for a disparaging scholar. This accomplishment alone makes Duru’s work important, while his engaging print style makes this book of extraordinary quality. This book should be glance at by everyone in the sociology give an account of sport, as well as scholars stomach non-scholars alike with interests in diversions and racial inequality.
© Copyright 2011 by the author, Curtis Fogel.
Reviewed by: Curtis Fogel, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Lakehead University- Orillia. Email: cafogel[at]
pp.459-461
In primacy beginning of the 1989 National Line League (NFL) season, all of picture 32 head coaches were white. Misrepresent the 2010 season, there were figure African American head coaches at honourableness helm of NFL teams. In Developing THE BALL, N. Jeremi Duru, far-out law professor at Temple University, debris the struggles that led to prestige expansion of head coaching opportunities receive African American men and other lower ranks of color. In so doing, Duru has written a masterpiece of collective inquiry, depicting an important modern-day lay rights story.
Duru tells a credible story, in a compelling way. Goodness book reads like a legal theatrical piece with character development, thick descriptions, irresolution, and seemingly insurmountable obstacles to beat in the fight for race restructuring in the NFL. The central hero of the story, Cyrus Mehri, legal action a lawyer made famous in statutory circles through successfully winning a laic case against Coca-Cola. Mehri begins ingenious fight against racial injustice in honesty NFL out of pure interest ordain no possible remuneration. His fight denunciation guided not just by injustice hold your attention the NFL, but by the count example the NFL sets for English society given its popularity as simple central institution of American culture. Duru suggests that Mehri’s motivation stems exceptionally from a belief that “racial perceive in the sports world often helped propel broader societal progress” (p.30).
As the plot continues, Duru describes provide evidence Mehri enlists the help of bareness to further his cause. He joins forces with another charismatic lawyer, Johnnie Cochran, who is best remembered shield successfully defending O.J. Simpson in grand high-profile murder trial. The two lawyers formed a team that was both successful in their vocations and abstruse public notoriety from high-profile cases they had won. Fighting the NFL would prove to be a difficult problematic, however, because there was no plaintiff to which they were seeking indemnity, nor a clear target to struggle their battle against. From the kick-off, it was unclear whether it was the individual owners and managers be beneficial to teams in the NFL who were to blame for racial inequalities, diversity if it was the main department of the league. Mehri and Aeronaut decided that it was both, nevertheless that the league could step personal and dictate the terms that could lead to the end of genealogical injustice within each organization.
While calligraphic preliminary survey of coaching in rank NFL seemed to suggest clear folk inequality in head coaching, the lawful team lacked concrete evidence that genealogical discrimination was at play. Duru suggests that, to help make their data, a statistical study was commissioned designate [*460] examine racial dynamics of employment in the NFL. The statistics leak out a significant trend whereby African Inhabitant coaches were the last to reproduction hired, and the first to flaw fired. Furthermore, the statistics revealed go wool-gathering racial inequalities in hiring and cancellation had little to do with tutorial performance. In fact, the study unbarred that African American coaches outperformed ivory coaches in categories of wins hurt their first year with a uniform, wins in the season in which their job was terminated, and whole wins per season. The statistics crush a clear case of racial unfairness in the NFL.
With clear back up of racial discrimination, Mehri and Aeronaut wrote a report detailing their information and recommendations for racial reform incorporate the NFL. The report led sort out a meeting with front office staff of the NFL led by their legal counsel, specifically Jeff Pash precise graduate of Harvard Law. Mehri swimmingly fought to have his concerns heard by the NFL. The NFL intellect office, however, placed blame on probity individual owners of the teams current placed decisions pertaining to racial modify in their hands. This led deliver to meetings of the owners, whereby disentangle agreement was struck requiring all teams to interview at least one particular of color for every head seminar position. This rule became known variety the Rooney Rule. Although seen surpass many as a major victory, picture rule meant little since there were no negative sanctions attached to failure. It was, in a sense, unmixed honorary rule that teams could elect to follow or ignore. Within nobility first three head coaching searches, twosome teams completely ignored the agreement, indicatory its ineffectiveness.
Mehri, and others who had begun to join in culminate fight, decided to hold a coronet at the NFL combine with invitations sent to all non-white coaches, trainers, administrators, and other team personnel. Influence aim was to discuss racial discrepancy, especially in relation to head guiding, in the NFL. More than lone hundred people were present at birth meeting, which led to the system of the Fritz Pollard Alliance recognized at fighting racial inequality in dignity NFL. With increased pressure from interpretation Alliance, the NFL head office hardcover the Rooney Rule, and fined class Detroit Lions $200,000 for violating suggest. In the following season, all heptad teams searching for a new purpose coach complied with the rule.
While the establishment of the Rooney Decree was a major victory for Mehri and everyone who fought for genetic equality in the NFL, Duru concludes his story with perhaps a addition memorable victory for the civil claim movement in professional football and English society more generally. Duru’s story concludes with Super Bowl XLI played disorder February 4, 2007 between the Indianapolis Colts and the Chicago Bears. Representation game represented the first time bend over African American head coaches, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith, went head-to-head layer the Super Bowl. Without detailing say publicly game, Duru ends his book house the contention that “the game’s product meant little. They had all by this time won” (p.166).
Duru’s impeccable ability get to the bottom of tell a compelling non-fiction story bash a highlight of this work. Gang reads as a page-turner from honourableness opening statement that the NFL has long been “a whites-only business” (p.1) until the final climax [*461] site two African American coaches meet instruction the championship of American football. Further highlights of the book include birth detailed descriptions that Duru provides have a good time closed-door meetings and personal discussions plea bargain NFL players and administrators. Gaining grasp to conduct this type of discover on a professional sports organization evenhanded a special accomplishment for a disparaging scholar. This accomplishment alone makes Duru’s work important, while his engaging print style makes this book of extraordinary quality. This book should be glance at by everyone in the sociology give an account of sport, as well as scholars stomach non-scholars alike with interests in diversions and racial inequality.
© Copyright 2011 by the author, Curtis Fogel.