The article that I have chosen is the issue the National Football League (NFL) dealing with the protest of players taking a knee during the national anthem for police brutality. Fans on both sides of the controversial issue are calling for a boycott. One side view point is that the protest is unpatriotic, and is disrespecting the country, the flag, and members of the military services. While the other side perception of the ordeal is the originator of the protest, Colin Kaepernick, is being blackballed from the league for protesting police brutality happening to people of color. This is leading to process loss calculated by lower viewer ratings. This will affect the revenue in a negative way in future contracts with network television companies. As each day passes, the players are becoming disgruntle, the owners are becoming frustrated, and the fans disappointment is leading to other avenues of entertainment. To bring the situation to an amicable solution or process gain, the owners and the players must come together. The first imperative the NFL should do is by implementing taskwork processes to increase symbiosis between the owners and players. The second assignment the league needs to take is building teamwork processes to strengthen …show more content…
The first step is the owners and players to right the ship is to inspire the activity of creative behavior by preforming a face to face brainstorming ideas to solve the issue of players taking a knee during the anthem. All suggested ideas should be analyzed and build upon to evoke many possible solutions to the dilemma. The next step in taskwork processes are decision making. The owners must practice hierarchical sensitivity to include constructive input from the players in picking solutions. Taskwork processes will lead to more cooperation between management and
Sweatshop workers often don’t have any other choice, but to work in a sweatshop because there is nowhere else to work. Therefore, we can logically deduce that shutting down sweatshops actually causes irreparable fiduciary harm to its workers. She then applies that reasoning to football players and comes to an unsteady conclusion that the risks might outweigh the rewards with the furnished information about head injuries. Her argument doesn’t consider one very large piece of the puzzle. She doesn’t address the body of employees that make up the support network for the player’s themselves: The Marketers, Janitors, or in recent events, the football inflators that work for the NFL as a way to support their families. The NFL provides employment opportunities for thousands of people, whether it is coaching or grounds keeping or selling paraphernalia. I see these individuals as the real “sweatshop” workers. Why doesn’t she consider
Following recent cases of police brutality and racial oppression, many public figures are taking it upon themselves to stand against the issues. In this matter, Colin Kaepernick has been in the spotlight since his protest during a preseason game in August, where he took a knee during the National Anthem. In the articles “The Colin Kaepernick Effect; Another Athlete Stands Up For Social Issues” by LA Watts Times Sports Writer, Amanda Scurlock and “Colin Kaepernick’s Critics Called Him an Idiot. Who’s the Idiot Now?” by Slate Executive Director, Josh Levin, the authors talk about how Colin Kaepernick’s peaceful protest has had many positive and negative backlash. Kaepernick has received much support from not only his fans, but also people such
Wyche’s article, concerning the football player’s movement, grabs the attention of several different audiences. The article was published onto the official NFL website in August when Kaepernick’s action began. Sports’ fans and readers of the site are
Police brutality is becoming more and more apparent in the news today because it seems to be occurring more than before. In 2012, the NYPD killed 21 people that year which was an increase by 7 from the previous year (W.A.T.E.R, 1). The numbers are rising in the big cities where more crimes are likely to happen. Toronto isn’t as big as New York City, but it comes to show that police officers are killing more individuals each year. In 2009, in the little city of Cabbagetown near Toronto, two Toronto officers severely beat a man who was allegedly drunk in public. The two police officers were later found guilty of assault causing bodily harm, which shocked much of the public because rarely do police officers get charged after incidents like this. This case ended up bringing up the ethical issue of whether police officers use excessive force on people because they are law enforcements. Police officers seem to usually get away with the actions they do, which sometimes result in death, because they are law enforcements and they’re just looking out for their own safety and of others. I believe that police officers do sometimes use excessive force on people and that they get away with the consequences because they have a free pass because of their job title. To defend this judgment, the arguments that I will use are the statements of both police officers, the test results that proved that the police officers attacked a man who didn’t deserve it, and the decision of the SIU.
Abstract: High school football in the state of Texas has become out of control. The sport is no longer played for the sake of the school but rather has become a Friday night ritual to these small towns in Texas. The players are no longer just high school kids inter acting in school sports but have now become heroes to these small town communities. Communities simply no longer support their local high school team but rally in pride of their hometown rivalry against another team. School administrators and coaches no longer are teachers and mentors for the kids but are the equivalent to what in professional football are team owners and "real coaches". Parents have become agents and sacrifice their jobs and homes so that their child may play for the right team. Finally the fans, the fans have lost the sense that it is just a high school sport and changed the game to a level of professional sports. I plan to prove and show that for all these reasons Texas high school football has become out of control. It is no longer the game that it was originally meant to be.
Football games are no longer enjoyable because politics has made its way to the stadiums taking the joy away when a person sees their favorite player kneeling. They can’t know or understand why they are choosing to kneel so to them they see no reason to respect it. What if that player themselves had served, lost a loved one in the military, or have known someone to be a victim of a social injustice like police brutality? Where’s the
When does a contact sport become a crime? That is the question that every National Football League (NFL) fan has asked themselves in light of the former Saints defensive coordinator (DC) Gregg Williams’ “bounty program.” No one person has wrestled with this question more than the NFL commissioner Rodger Goodell. Goodell was faced with an ethical decision that will shape his tenure as the NFL’s commissioner; his decision will become precedence for many commissioners after him. Using the RESOLVEDD strategy of decision-making developed by Raymond Pfeiffer and Ralph Forsberg (2005), this paper will examine the scandal, scrutinize the decisions made, and determine if the NLF commissioner took the correct action for the league.
There have been many significant cases that have death with the issue of police brutality. Among these cases was the case of Rodney King, 1991. The case of Rodney is one of the biggest police brutality cases in history as it was racial motivated. Rodney King was an African American who “became a symbol of racial tension in America, after his beating by Los Angeles police officers in 1991 was videotaped and broadcast to the nation.” On April 2, 1965, King was pulled over after a high-speed chase. The officers pulled him out of the car and brutality beat him. King beating was captured on tape and the video became a media sensation. The video was initially an introduction to police brutality as it showed the nation the severity of police brutality. After a three-month trial, a predominately white jury acquitted the three of the four L.A.P.D officers and the jury did not reach a verdict for the fourth. It sparked the violent Los Angeles riots of 1992, leading to 53 deaths, some in the hands of police. The Los Angeles riots led to a federal trial where two officers were found guilty and the other two were acquitted.
Clay grew up playing multiple sports and he felt like he could succeed in job that demands teamwork. Along with the influence of his family he chose to become a police officer. The major problem officers are placed with these days is the trend of the media using racism against officers. Clay believes this is becoming a constant issue in their department because it’s encouraged a lot of people to start challenging officers and fighting them. The problem is that “When one officer from wherever screws up or handles a situation poorly, it makes it like we are all bad and that’s not the case”. He believes that if social media and the news continues to put stories out here with false information it poses a threat to future officers and their ability to effectively do their jobs. Many police departments are starting to back off such as Baltimore City Police and possibly others due to severity of recent events like the Baltimore riot and the past history of the Rodney King case. Clay believes it has now become Cops versus the community and that’s not the case with his department. “People forget that officers, and many others that serve this country are human”. One bad person ruins the rep for thousands of others who are only trying to do their
Research Paper Rough Draft: Police Brutality Police misconduct is as rampant as ever in America, and it has become a fixture of the news cycle. Police brutality is the use of any force exceeding that reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful police purpose. The media is inevitably drawn toward tales of conflict, hence why there are so many crime and police stories on the news. Despite the increasing frequency of misbehaving cops, many Americans still maintain a high respect for the man in uniform. Still, police misconduct is a systemic problem, not just an anecdotal one.
This year there's been a lot of brutalities. In fact, there have been at least 500 people killed by the police officers this year. In this article, we are going to be talking about police brutality against African Americans. We are also going to talk about the differences and similarities of different cases that have been in the news this year. For example, the Sandra bland, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and the Walter Scott cases. Also, we're going to talk about how these cases have affected the African American community.
The roaring of the crowd on November 17 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC finally fell silent late in the fourth quarter after star linebacker Luke Kuechly was slow to get off the field after a huge hit to the head. American’s live to be entertained, and the football field is one of the main sources of enjoyment for many. Immediately after Kuechly’s hit, it was quiet in the stadium for the first time that day. The fans watched in fear, waiting to see if their star player could finish the game and bring out the win. However, they all became disappointed as Kuechly shed tears while being carted off the field, not because they were worried about the player and his head but because they feared about losing the game. Americans want excitement,
Police brutality is rising heavily in the United States. Many cases of police brutality are being reported regularly by the media. There have been victims either physically injured, molested, permanently disabled, killed in the process or even die in the care of officers. Ethnic minority groups are major victims of most cases of reported police brutalities in America. There have been more injustice than justice in these cases and if there’s no serious legal consequences against police’s that engage in racial profiling and brutalities against their victims then it may continue to and eventually they will lose the public’s trust and respect for our officers. And in worst cases may lead to the breakdown of law and order as well as the destruction of lives, properties and communities.
Charles Kenny starts the article with an easily acceptable example. The example that is given is about the Super Bowl and how they “donate the losing team’s shirts to a charity” (Kenny 58). By using football, Charles Kenny is able to pull in a large and preferred audience. He aims towards Americans to read his article and the Super Bowl is a common subject talked between Americans. The placement of the example is also very important.
In today’s society, police officers are very cautious on how much force they can use on a suspect due to the police brutality going on right now. Police brutality is defined as the use of force exceeding what is necessary, many people argue that there should be new policies to determine how much force a police officer can use and also have laws that will convict officers who have killed people by using too much force, so that there is less incidents in the future.