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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 - Mason County Journal - Page B-3 FOIl THE LOVE OF THE GAME ne of the beautiful things about sports is their diversity and ability to bring people together from across the United States and even the world. In sports we meet athletes of different genders, sexual ori- entation and ethnic backgrounds. Diver- sity is how we can find that one player or coach who we can say is just like us. Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera is a recent ex- ample of this. When Rivera and the Panthers head out to California for Super Bowl 50, he will only be the second NFL head coach of Hispanic descent to reach the Super Bowl. In 1984, Rivera made history when he was the first player of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent to be drained by the Chicago Bears. By VALDEZ The only other Latino to reach the Super Bowl was Tom Flores. Flores, along with Mike Ditka, are the only two people in the NFL history to win a championship as a player, assis- tant coach and head coach. He was the also the first Hispan- • ic starting quarter- back when he start- ed for the Oakland Raiders in 1960. He was the first Latino to win a Super Bowl when he won Super Bowl XV with the Oakland Raiders and Super Bowl XVIII with the Los An- geles Raiders. It's important to point out this out because the most popular sport in the United States is severely lacking di- versity. Professors from George- town, George Washington, Emory and Iowa State uni- versities recently published to interview minority candi- 10-year period. a study that looked at the ca- dates for head coaching andThe Washington State reers of more than 1,200 NFL senior football operations jobs. Employment Security Depart- coaches from 1985 to 2012. It There is also the Bill Walsh ment wrote that the Hispanic found that black coaches con- NFL Minority Coaching Fel- or Latino population in 2014 sistently moved more slowly lowship, which is an annualwas 8.9 percent. According to up the ranks than their white program that allows teams Mason Matters, from 2005- counterparts despite similar to hire minority coaches for 09, 47 percent of foreign-born performances and skill sets. training camp and all pre- residents were born in Latin According to the research, season games. America. white coaches are more than All of this matters becauseSo we should care about twice as likely as black coach- Mason County is becoming diversity in sports because es to be promoted to the coor- a melting pot of ethnicities, diversity is in our backyard. dinator level. According to demographics If kids don't see coaches and During the recent fir- compiled by Mason Matters players that look like them, ing and hiring period, seven from 2000-10, the county saw who will they look up to? coaches were fired. All but growth in numbers and diver- Jackie Robinson inspired one coach who replaced the sity. In 2010, the Skokomish black baseball players, Bil- fired coaches was white. Hue Reservation population was lie King proved women could Jackson, who was hired by the 714 while Squaxin Island Res- compete with men and Ron Cleveland Browns, was the ervation and Trust Land's was Rivera could inspire the next only black head coach hired 1,023. generation of Latino coaches. as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers People who identified as Who knows, the next NFL La- fired Lovie Smith. Hispanic grew as well. In tino coach could be in Mason But there are programs 2000, there were 2,361 His-County. and rules in place to help pro- panics in the county. That mote diversity in the league, number grew in 2010 to • Reporter Alexandria Valdez The Rooney Rule, established 4, 844. It was the biggest in- can be reached at alexandria@ in 2003, requires NFL teams crease out of all groups in a masoncounty.com THURSDAY Shelton varsity wrestling at Lincoln, 7 p.m. Shelton boys Narrows League Diving Championship, 4:30 p.m. FRIDAY Shelton boys varsity basketball vs. Lincoln, 7 p.m. Shelton girls varsity basketball at Lincoln, 7 p.m. SATURDAY vs. Kingston, 7 p.m. North Mason boys basketball at Mary M. Knight boys varsity Mary M. Knight girls varsity Bremerton, 7 p.m. basketball at Oakville, 5:45 p.m. basketball at Lake Quinault, 6 p.m. North Mason girls varsity basketball Mary M. Knight girls varsity vs. Bremerton, 7 p.m. basketball at Oakville, 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY Mary M. Knight boys varsity Shelton girls varsity basketball vs. basketball vs. Naselle, 5:45 p.m. TUESDAY North Thurston, 7 p.m. Mary M. 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