{"id":346,"date":"2016-11-02T12:10:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/?p=346"},"modified":"2016-11-02T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2016-11-02T16:59:50","slug":"director-of-seton-halls-sport-management-program-charles-grantham-featured-in-the-undefeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/sportspoll\/2016\/11\/02\/director-of-seton-halls-sport-management-program-charles-grantham-featured-in-the-undefeated\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Seton Hall’s Sport Management Program, Charles Grantham, Featured in The Undefeated"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"charles-grantham\"Drawing on his experience as the former executive director of the NBA Players Association, Associate Professor Charles Grantham was featured in The Undefeated<\/em> detailing a five point plan for athletes, team owners and league officials to help effectuate social justice.<\/p>\n

The article is entitled, \u201cEconomic and social justice: What can players and leagues really do?<\/a>\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n

Issuing what he refers to as \u201ca challenge to the nation\u2019s comfortable silence,\u201d Professor Grantham writes:<\/p>\n

As done in the past on drug addiction and HIV\/AIDS, the players and owners need to engage in a \u201cprincipled negotiation,\u201d one rooted in collaboration that stresses mutual issues, rather than the positions of the parties. For example, as the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) negotiate an extension to their current collective bargaining agreement (CBA), a path forward by the players and owners could begin by agreeing to take a small amount of their shared revenue (perhaps one-half of 1 percent) to create a fund to use sports as a tool to address the inferior education of inner-city schools and the deteriorating relationship between young black men and law enforcement in all NBA cities.<\/p>\n

As youth demonstrations continue to expand, any action plan must begin with them. The joint fund could be used to financially support basketball in the public school systems, grades 5-12 in the NBA\u2019s 30 cities, freeing school funds to be redirected to academic programs. The action plan would require the mayor, police chief and school superintendents\u2019 cooperation to receive the funds. It could use appearances by current and retired NBA players with law enforcement officers to create and inspire improved relationships in the communities. This can also be achieved by the NFL\/NFL Players Association (NFLPA), despite their poor labor\/management relationship. The leagues\u2019 political lobby could aid the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and the NAACP should they pursue an amendment to the Civil Rights Act, in order to allow the Justice Department prosecutorial authority in the most egregious instances of officer-involved shootings.<\/p>\n

Read more of \u201cEconomic and social justice: What can players and leagues really do?<\/a>\u201d
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Drawing on his experience as the former executive director of the NBA Players Association, Associate Professor Charles Grantham was featured in The Undefeated detailing a five point plan for athletes, team owners and league officials to help effectuate social justice.…<\/p>\n

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