English musing Assignment 6 and activity 9

SpMgt 567: Musings Assignment 6

Assignment Directions:

1. For this assignment, please respond to the following question in a 1-page paper. Please use 12-point, Times New Roman font. Please double-space your answer. Please submit your paper in either .doc or .docx format. Please do not submit your paper in a different file format other than .doc or .docx.

2. AI Use: For this assignment, you may use Grammarly or other spell or grammar check software. Please do not use ChatGPT or other generative AI resources to compose your replies. I don’t care what generative AI programs think, but I do care what you think.

3. This assignment is worth 25 points.

4. Please submit your assignment to Canvas by Friday at 11:59pm PST.

5. Please let me know if you have any questions. Please feel free to stop by my office (Cleveland 263) or send me an email ( [email protected]).

Assignment Prompts:

1. Please go to the website for The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport ( https://www.tidesport.org/racial-gender-report-card).

2. Please review the most recent report cards issued for the:

a. NBA (2023)

b. NFL (2023)

c. MLB (2023)

d. WNBA (2023)

3. After reviewing the reports, please compare and contrast the 2023 findings across the different leagues. Please prepare and submit a response to the following questions:

a. What similarities in hiring practices do you see across the different leagues?

b. What differences in hiring practices do you see across the different leagues?

c. What trends in hiring practices do you observe across the different leagues?

d. Is what you learned what you expected to find? Why/Why not?

e. Did you learn something new that surprised you? If so, what was it? Why do you think you were surprised by this new information?