Podcasts Education Fordham Conversations Professional sports, racial injustice and the agency of the modern athlete.

Professional sports, racial injustice and the agency of the modern athlete.

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 2:35 p.m.

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\\xa0a groundbreaking day in the sports world. After Jacob Blake was shot seven times by police, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Bucks made a decisive call: they boycotted their playoff game against Orlando. Soon after, the rest of the league halted for three days. Several other demonstrations in the WNBA and Major League\\xa0Baseball followed suit. In a year of unrest, athletes have not shied away from the spotlight. The overarching question: how do their symbolic gestures turn into systemic change? Mark Conrad is the Director of the Sports Business Program at\\xa0Fordham.

He joins Fordham\\xa0Conversations\\xa0host\\xa0Emmanuel\\xa0Berbari to discuss the relationship between professional sports, racial injustice and the agency of the modern athlete.

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