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A leading concern in most front office procedures is the ability for an organization to steer clear of discrimination. Such classes as race, color, national origin, sex, and religion are protect classes in our society. Under the Title VII act as described by law, "To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes." In layman's terms, this act protects all organizations from discriminating against people of these protected classes. This holds true in such organizations as ones that we, as students, are pursuing. It is important to understand and abide by the rules that this act has set forward, and to understand precedents set before us.

Race and color may be the two most influential protect classes in our society today, especially in sport. Most often these two categories can overlap. Race is based the origins of a specific person, where as, color is based on the actual color of your skin. A majority of athletes in sports in America are of a minority, and are protect by Title VII under both of these classes. The most prevalent example of Title VII in these two classes is the contribution to this act is the "Rooney Rule". The "Rooney Rule" is the act that all NFL teams must interview a minority candidate for a coaching position. This rule is solely there to not allow organiza...

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...on any religion, cause, or situation, but, yet, still is prevalent. The players who wish to pray walk to the center of the field, kneel, hold hands, and pray to any religion they seem fit. This situation shows how collegiate athletics has passed religious bounds, and will allow for all religions to be equal on a playing field.

Classes of Title VII are there to be protected. Race, color, national origin, sex, and religion are all protect by this act even in the sports industry. There are ways that we have achieved our goals, and ways we still need to work on them. Either way, Title VII has shown how sports can help shape our nations equality. All of the cases I presented are not based solely on Title VII and the employment of certain classes, but do have an effect on how society has changed. Hence, allow for Title VII to take a bigger role in this development.