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In reply to the discussion: Why Mizzou football players could be a game changer for student activism [View all]MichMan
(11,910 posts)See a lot of discussion recently about Mizzou regarding the representation of AA players on the football team compared to the student body as a whole. While we all support increasing diversity in higher education to better represent society and allow inclusion, shouldn't the major athletic programs rosters also better represent the diversity of the student body as well?
Michigan universities have relatively large middle eastern and asian percentages of the student population, however the major sports (football and basketball) teams are almost exclusively made up of AA and Caucasian players leading to references to plantations etc.
Since these are student atheletes, should increasing diversity to represent the entire student body also be a consideration?