“What can you major in that doesn’t have afternoon classes?” asked Moore. It’s an intense schedule that demands early morning and afternoon practices which limits athletes’ academic choices when registering for classes. When a player is expected to be on campus 12 months out of the year, taking on a grueling schedule with no room for anything other than class, practice, and treatment, they are denied crucial opportunities like study abroad or internships. Since the president did in fact resign, Moore said it’s an example of the influence black athletes have.īut do they realize that power? Moore then focused on how colleges promote and profit off of black athletes, yet they remain unconcerned about their intellectual growth and scholarly experiences.
He opened his lecture mentioning how ironic it was that his talk was happening just two days after black football players at the University of Missouri said they would not play in their next game (potentially costing the school $1 million in fines) until the university president resigned for not addressing recent incidents of racism on campus. His presentation at TLU several years ago focused on the challenges black athletes face at the college level.Īs he began, Moore joked that he had a few rules for his audience, including that he would not be politically correct, nor could anyone get mad at things that were said. Moore's lecture is part of a campus colloquium on race " Confronting Race, History & Symbols of Exclusion: Informed Responses." Moore, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin-who teaches courses like African-American History, Black Politics, and History of The Hip-Hop Generation-criticized ESPN’s portrayal and coverage of black athletes, as well as how colleges limit their academic development. His presentation at TLU, “ The Worldwide Leader: What ESPN Teaches us About Race in The 21st Century,” shined a spotlight on the marginalization of black athletes, as well as the immense power and influence they have. Leonard Moore has spent years examining the intersection of race and sports in America.
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