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Schlabach, Mark. “ESPN U College Football.” December 16 2008. ESPN.Go. 28 April. 2000. <  http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3770769 >. Schlabach joined ESPN in 2006. He graduated from the university of Georgia. He then spent nine years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution covering college football. This article was essentially an overview of the thoughts of Charles Barkley on the recent hiring of Gene Chizik to the University of Auburn. Barkley argues that Chizik was chosen specifically because he was white. This source is very in depth and provides a main example of current discrimination. It is very well researched and contains lots of quotes from primary sources including Barkley and Chizik. This article seems to be in some bit of agreement with Barkley. This article is a direct example of my thesis. Clegg, Roger. “Hire college football coaches on merit, not race.” January 8th 2009. USA Today. 28 April. 2009. <  http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/01/hire-college-fo.html >. Clegg is the President and Council of the Center of Equal Opportunity. He is a graduate of Yale University. This was a very diverse article with many different points. This one does not have as many quotes but it does contain more stats that helps its points. The article suggests that Universities have double standards for hiring black head coaches in college football. It is a kind of “institutionalized racism”, as it is stated in the article. The topic was well covered from all angles ad gave a good perspective. This article was once again a somewhat bias like the other one. This article gives my thesis a good bit of diversity.

= 1.] “Racism in Hiring: White Head Football Coaches A College Tradition = .” 11 February 2009. __Rushmore Drive.com__. 9 Aug. 2009. . It is not very persuasive in the fact that it is “establishing”. It sets it’s point in the beginning and then never looks back. There are several statistics that really stick out and drive the point home. The intended audience is really anyone who has an open mind about anything. The article shows how not only are there few black coaches, but few black boosters and even few blacks in the school bands. Essentially, besides the players themselves, college football is “white”. This article is very well researched and presents its argument without an overwhelming amount of facts. The author is obviously bias towards the fact that there is racism in college coaching today. This gives more statistical support and power to my thesis.

2.] Ford, Richard Thompson. “Blackballed.” 26 December 2008. __SLATE__. 9 Aug. 2009. . Ford is an expert on civil rights and anti-discrimination laws. He graduated from Harvard University and is currently working at Stanford University of Law. It is really just an overview of the situation with Auburn and Gene Chizik that was shown in a n earlier source. The intended audience is anyone who has a remote care for civil rights or college football. The article shows the terrible record that Chizik compiled at Iowa State, and shows how Turner Gill was the rightfully person for the job. The information is very clear and precise. Once again, the author is obviously biased into thinking that there is racism in college football. This article give a background and a main point for my thesis

This source is persuasive because it attempts to persuade you that there is an overwhelming amount of racism in college football. This article is more specific to the SEC [South Eastern Conference], and deals with schools like Tennessee and Auburn. This article is intended for football fans, specifically Tennessee fans. This article compares the flow of minority head coaches in the NFL to the NCAA. It shows that Black head coaches are much more successful in the NFL, continue to progress while in college, regression is taking place. It was well written and strongly voiced. The topic was Tennessee Fan, who just hired a very unproven and immature head coach, who happens to be white [Lane Kiffin]. This gives my thesis some specific evidence to focus in on. “Racism comes into play when hiring.” 20 December 2008. __Go Vols, Extra__. 14 May 2009. . This is again a persuasive article but this one is devoted to proving there is no racism in college football hiring of coaches. This is from the exact opposite point of all of my other sources. This is intended for anyone who believes that there is no bias in college football, contrary to belief of anyone in the media. This article sheds light on the fact that a coach should not be chosen because he is black but because he is a good coach. The race card as become an annoying excuse. This article is surprisingly well researched and provides a little spice to my list of sources. The author is obviously not on the same side as all of my other sources. This gives an opposing viewpoint to my thesis. “ Football isn’t racist. You’ve got to be kidding me.” 7 October 2007. __Filed Under Football__. 14 May 2009. .