Name: Drew
Social Justice Group: 2018-2019, Sports, Activism & Race
Date of Fieldwork: December 20, 2018
Name of Organization: Catalyst Sports
Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Happy Walters; CEO of Catalyst Sports
Type of Fieldwork: Interview
What I did:
We met Happy Walters in his hotel to interview him.
What I learned:
I learned that sports agencies support the player that is protesting or donating to charity but not all of the clients support the same thing but the whole agency will. I also learned that all of Happy Walters’ clients have a charity that they support.
What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:
Through the fieldwork, I learned that Mr. Walters thought that the way Colin Kaepernick did his protest was wrong and if did it differently, his protest would have worked. I also found out that the NBA has handled activism well but the NFL has handled activism horribly.
