Sports & Politics

Greg Killens
4/2/19
Intro to the
problem
Athletes in the United States are
being punished for exercising
their First Amendment rights to
speak out against social injustices
on the field and voice their
opinion in the media. Mainly in
the NFL.
History and Context 1968 Summer Olympics
Cleveland Summit June 1967
History and Context (1949 )
History Context (September 2016) Over 67 years
ESPN.com
Week 3 2017 NFL’s first openly Gay Draft pick
During week 3 of the 2017 season More than Former Missouri Tiger was drafted by the St louis
Half of the NFL team participated in the National Rams and traded to the Dallas Cowboys then weeks
Anthem protest by kneeling and locking arms. later released by the cowboys in the same month due
to the fact he was openly gay.
Shut up and Dribble
Fox news reporter Laura Ingraham went
on live TV to express her opinion about
LeBron James comments on Trump's
being the president. She told him to ¨Shut
Up and Dribble¨
Current action
NBA superstar LeBron James
has a show called The Shop
where basically he has a group
of black men and women to
talk about social issues that
majority of black boys go
through. To voice his opinion
Current Action
Killer Mike’s Barber Shop
“Swag Shop” which is for
middle class men who want a
haircut. Killer mike said that
can’t join a golf club to talk
about sports, politics, car,
laugh joke about issues and
talk about serious issues going
on.
My Cause My Cleats
A Day in the NFL where they are able to
show awareness on what social issues
they support. NFL Players like
Cam Newton and Odell Beckham
Big Idea
Given the situation dealing with media my idea is to do a video having people
talk about the history and importance of athletes speaking out. Something
similar to LeBron’s The Shop.
Theory of Change
If I do this podcast then I can
inspire the next generation of
OAL athletes will protest
against social injustices.
The tactics of change I will use
are: Media and propaganda,
community organizing
Relationship
LTI Mentors: OUSD communication
John Sasaki helped me get in contact
with the people I will interview
Mentors: Malik has helped me with parts
in my research and important figures.
Community
Student athletes, and Athletes in general.
I want to be able and inspire the next
generation of young athletes to speak out
against social injustices in your
neighborhood.
RELEVANCE
Passion: Authentic Need:

- I am a Athlete - Future Athletes need to have the confidence to

speak out on racial and social issues with
- I care about the perceptions of an
- The platform they are given will inspire teens
athlete to also speak out against social issues
- I feel it’s important for athletes to -
speak out against injustices in the
world and things that affect their
communities to show at least they
still care because people will listen
to them
Rigor
- My project is a lot hard work and a - My Project will be
lot of communication with the
people I want to interview
- I have to come up with specific and
different questions for each
interviewee
- After conducting my interviews I
will have to edit and cut down the
important parts of each interview
- I also have to come up with different
locations to conduct these
interviews.
T Date Action Description
i March 12-15 Come up with interview I need to find a area beside
questions and find locations Mack to do my interviews
m
March 18-25 Contact the rest of So far I have 2 confirmed
e interviewees and start to set without and one without a
dates location
l
March 26-April 7 Start to Conduct Interviews All those I have got in
i contact with and where able
to meet up with
n April 8-15 Edit the interviews to a max Make edits to the interviews
e 20 minute video at the least
15 minutes
to cut it down to 20 minutes

April 16 Upload to IG TV get 100+ Read the comments repost

views and 20+ comments so That I can get views and
comments

May 4 STP showcase