2009 PRESS RELEASES

Keeping Score When It Counts: Assessing the 2009-10 Bowl-bound College Football Teams
Date of Release: December 7, 2009 (Press Release) Updated: December 22, 2009

Overall academic progress continued while the gap between white and African-American football student-athletes increased slightly for the 68 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools (formerly known as Division I-A schools) playing in this year’s college football bowl games according to a study released today by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida.

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Full 2008 Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: November 24, 2009 (Press Release)

This is the 16th issue of the Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC), which is the definitive assessment of hiring practices of women and people of color in most of the leading professional and amateur sports and sporting organizations in the United Sates. The report considers the composition – assessed by racial and gender makeup – of players, coaches and front office/athletic department employees in our country’s leading sports organizations, including the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), as well as in collegiate athletics departments.

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2009-10 Racial & Gender Demographics of FBS Schools
Date of Release: November 17, 2009 (Press Release)

The key leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences remained overwhelmingly white and male even though there was a record number of nine head coaches of color in the 2009 college football season at the FBS schools (formerly Division IA) according to a new study released today by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida.

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NCAS and Scholar-Baller® Announce National Academic Momentum Award Winners
Date of Release: November 10, 2009 (Press Release)

The Scholar-Baller® Program, in conjunction with the NCAS announced the winners of the Academic Momentum Award.  Seventy-nine nominations were received from 50 different colleges and universities across the country. A male winner was chosen from all of the NCAS’ 10 regions and a female winner was chosen from eight of the NCAS’ 10 regions.

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2009 MLS Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: October 20, 2009 (Press Release)

MLS earned a third consecutive solid A (92) for racial hiring after getting A’s in the categories of MLS League Office, players, head coaches, team president/CEO and team professional administration. MLS had 93.4 points for racial hiring practices in 2008 and 93.3 in 2007...

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2009 NFL Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: September 24, 2009 (Press Release)

The NFL received its highest overall grades ever in the history of the NFL Racial and Gender Report Card.  The National Football League achieved...

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2009 WNBA Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: July 23, 2009 (Press Release)

The WNBA remained as the best employer overall for women and people of color in sport. They have set the standard for sport with their combined A+ grade...

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2009 NBA Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: June 10, 2009 (Press Release)

The NBA remains the industry leader on issues related to race and gender hiring practices according to the Racial and Gender Report Card for the National Basketball Association for the 2008-09 season...

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2009 MLB Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: April 15, 2009 (Press Release)

Major League Baseball continued improving its record on the issue of racial and gender hiring practices...

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2009 Giant Steps Awards Winners Announced
Date of Release: April 6, 2009 (Press Release)

April 6, 2009 marks the 22nd celebration of National STUDENT-Athlete Day and the announcement of the
2009 Giant Steps Award Winners.

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New Study Reveals Marked Improvements for the Graduation Rates for African-American Student-Athletes 
Date of Release: April 6, 2009 (Press Release)

A new study released today shows that the dramatic progress in the graduation rates of African-American student-athletes on college campuses has continued since graduation rates were first compiled...

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2009 APR and GSR Study of NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 Teams
Date of Release: March 25, 2009 (Press Release)

If the Sweet 16 for men’s/women’s basketball teams were based on Graduation Success Rates, then the complete seeding would be...

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2009 APR and GSR Study of Women's NCAA Tournament-bound Teams
Date of Release: March 17, 2009 (Press Release)

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2009 NCAA Women’s and Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams,” which compares graduation success rates for Division I teams that have been selected for the women’s and men’s brackets of the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournaments. 

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2009 APR and GSR Study of Men's NCAA Tournament-bound Teams
Date of Release: March 16, 2009 (Press Release)

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates and Academic Progress Rates (APR) for 2009 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams” which is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament-bound teams.  The study examines the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR) for the tournament teams as reported by the NCAA.  The study also compares the performance in the classroom for African-American and white basketball student-athletes. 

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2008 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card
Date of Release: February 19, 2009 (Press Release)

College sport received a C+ for race and a B for gender giving it a combined C+ overall.  That compared to the 2006-07 Racial and Gender Report Card when college sport earned a B- for race and B+ for gender.  The 2008 Report Card marked the first time that TIDES calculated conference commissioners into the weighted grades. 

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