Gender Stereotypes In Football

Simultaneously, the NFL has more gradually and aversely moved to allot black men an equal opportunity to succeed at the quarterback position. Some spectators have come to the conclusion that the NFL does not want running quarterbacks; an aspect that often throws black dual-threat quarterbacks for a loss.
In a nation that is obsessed with football, quarterbacks are viewed, mainly quarterbacks in the NFL, as a fuse of captain of the shit, gunslinger and analyst, picking apart opposing defenses and making the major decisions with the game on the line, doing this all in a short time span with enormous defensive linemen closing in on them. Black men and those attributes do not seem to correlate with that of the NFL quarterback. Most heralded signal callers from Sammy Baugh to Tom Brady have been white.
The history of sports shows that trend is more likely to change. If a player such as the Carolina Panthers’ Cam Newton, a black quarterback, can endure on and off the field pressures, he should be able take his place among the most heralded and

On a larger scale their should be fair and equal treatment on all levels and in all sports, we still continue to fight to break down these invisible walls whether its being banned from the sport entirely or being forced to transition into another position African Americans who are persistent in the sport and do not let outside forces influence their well being are the ones prospering today on the highest level playing the most polarizing position in all of