On Friday March 4th 2022, Nazir, Casey, and I interviewed a former NBA Hall of Famer and All-Star, Chris Bosh. Chris Bosh played in the NBA for 13 seasons being selected all star 11 of them. He played for the Miami Heat with Dwayne Wade and LeBron James. The reason my group interviewed him wasn’t because of his experience on this topic, it was for his experience. Him having a big role in the NBA, gives him a lot of insider information on the sports industry and had a few answers that we hadn’t heard before.

One thing we heard from Chris Bosh was what it was like to be a Hall of Famer. He said it gave him a lot of respect not even for that title but just because of who he is. He also said he thinks all Sexism in women’s sports will come to an end soon. Lastly he thinks the wage gap will change because of the current and incoming generations. Overall, this was a great interview and everyone that was there was so happy to see him. After our interview we got to speak to him about how much we were waiting to tell him that we were big fans.

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On Friday February 25th, Nazir, Casey, and I interviewed Leonard Armato. Leonard Armato is currently the founder of Management plus Enterprises or MPE, and has made a change in the Gender Wage Gap. We decided to Interview him because of his experience in the sports industry and his general experience in the Gender Wage Gap. He has made many changed in sports but one of the biggest ones is how he founded the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour. This was the first Beach Volleyball League and Tournament. The reason this has to do with the Gender Pay Gap is because he made the Prize money for both Genders equal. This may not sound like a big deal but this was part of the first big step towards fixing the Wage Gap.
Nazir, Casey, and I learned a lot in this interview. Something we learned in this interview was if you really want to change something you have to really work for it. Leonard experienced this when he decided to not get paid for a month to prove he would be the best for his job. Also when he realized how poorly female Athletes were being treated in sports he made the league with equal prize money because he wanted to do everything he could to make a change. This helped us get a better view of what we can do.

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On February 11 2022, Nazir, Casey, and I interviewed Felisa Israel who is a part founder of the WNBA team, Phoenix Mercury. We were very fortunate to be able to interview her and collected a lot of information. The reason we decided to interview her is because of her experience having a big role as a female in a male dominated industry. She had a lot we were looking for and was able to thoroughly answer our questions. We learned more about problems in the industry and more information about gender integration and why a lot of things are like they are in the sports industry to this day. She told us some things about how we can help fix issues with the gender pay gap. I personally had a connection when she mentioned why men and women don’t play together. I am a athlete and I think this applies in different sports but I understand what she was coming from and what she was trying to tell us. We are very thankful for her going out of her way to help us on our project.

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Today, my group presented an overview presentation on our SJ topic. I was very ready because I had done a lot of work in the slideshow and was ready to present it to my class. Our group did really well together and while I was collecting information, I learned a lot. Here is my personal reaction from our presentation.
I believe it’s important to the sports industry that they recognize how women get treated as athletes. As a male athlete I recognize this. It’s a real problem in our society and I am willing to do whatever to make a change.

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