Social Responsibility In Sports
Social Responsibility of NFL and MLB
This week 's homework is to take two organizations and discuss their social responsibility. The two organizations we choose are National Football League and Major League Baseball. The reason we choose these two was a simple one. When we were children who did not want to be a professional baseball or football player? Here are some of organizations that the National Football League and Major League Baseball are involved with. "The Native Vision Program is head up by the NFLPA Regional Directors Department. The hallmark of the Native Vision Program, the Annual Sports and Life Skills Camp, is funded almost entirely by a fundraising event that the NFLPA hosts each year, the Evening with the Stars Gala. Since …show more content…
its inception, the NFLPA, and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health have raised over $3 million dollars through grant and gala fundraising efforts. Native Vision’s Annual Sports and Life Skills Camp, the beneficiary of the Gala, rotates each June to a different American Indian reservation. The camp invites Native youth from across the country to join professional athletes who conduct sports clinics interspersed with break-out sessions promoting self-esteem, discipline, teamwork, and the pursuit of education. Campers have the choice to take part in either football, soccer, volleyball, track, basketball, or lacrosse clinics during the event" (National Football League Players Association, 2012).
"Training Camp for Life (TCFL ) is a character and life skills development program designed to provide resources to assist students dealing with the challenges ahead. Building a strong sense of self has become increasingly necessary as our nation’s students face more diverse and difficult challenges than previous generations. The NFL Players Association and Learn It Cares, the non-profit affiliate of Learn It Systems, teamed up to visit middle school students in at-risk areas across the country because it is critical these students learn valuable life lessons and have access to resources to help make informed choices in their day-to-day lives" (National Football League Players Association, 2012).
The NFLPA also endorses a very recognized and admirable cause called NFL Play 60. NFL Play 60 is the National Football League 's campaign to encourage every child to active for at least 60 minutes a day, order to help reverse the trend of childhood obesity. Roger Goodell the commissioner of the NFL said this about Play 60. “Our players recognize the value of staying healthy and it 's important that young fans also understand the benefits of exercise. NFL PLAY 60 is a significant tool in ensuring children get their necessary, daily physical activity" (Play 60, 2013).
The Make-A-Wish foundation is probably what the NFL and MLB are known for.
What is make a wish foundation? Well it is when a child who is either terminally sick, needing a life saving operation or something along those lines. The child are registered by either child parents or child care givers. The whole question is if you had one wish what would it be? Children being children want to meet their sports heroes. The children are given an opportunity to meet sports heroes or attend a game or just be part of their favorite team.
"The football and community are the twin pillars of the NFL. Whether nationally at the league level, locally at the team level, or individually through the volunteerism and philanthropy of owners, players, coaches, and club personnel, there exists a powerful NFL-wide commitment to giving back. This commitment is year-round-there is no offseason to the NFL 's multi-tiered, ongoing work to strengthen America 's communities" (NFL. …show more content…
2012).
Major League Baseball Players Association has quite a bit of social responsibility to their fans and their communities. So much in fact that most of the baseball teams contribute to a local social responsibility much more than the national spotlight. Here a few of the MLBPA initiatives that teams are putting together. "Buses for Baseball gives underprivileged kids throughout the United States and Canada the chance to attend a Major League game as personal guests of the players. To date, Buses for Baseball has provided an unforgettable trip to a Major League game for over 12,250 disadvantaged youth from more than 265 different organizations" (Players Trust, 2013).
Disaster Relief "A $1 million grant from the Trust helped launch the Volunteers of America Gulf Region Rental Housing Development Fund. Individually through their teams, and through the Players Trust, Major Leaguers also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for food, clothing, and other necessities distributed to families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Players volunteered in temporary medical facilities, renovated damaged homes and delivered supplies and equipment to victims of the storm.
Major League baseball players and the Players Trust were quick to respond to the relief-and-recovery efforts of Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January 2010. The MLBPA joined forces with the player unions of the NFL, NHL, and NBA by creating a TV public service campaign to support the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund. Additionally, the Players Trust made a $1 million commitment to the people of Haiti--to be dispersed over five years--through nonprofits dedicated to assisting the Haitian recovery efforts. Grants have been distributed to long-time Trust partners Esperanza International and Medicines for Humanity as well as to newcomers Project C.U.R.E., Physicians for Peace, World Concern Development Organization, the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians, Youth Build International and the Solar Electric Light Fund" (Players Trust, 2013).
"Medicines for Humanity, the international health care organization, is dedicated to supplying vital life-saving medicine to thousands of people, especially kids, throughout the Dominican Republic. Players Trust has contributed $472,900 to help Medicines for Humanity 's Dominican Republic health care programs" (Players Trust, 2013).
Banks of Hope, "small business loans for women and their families can break the cycle of poverty, by generating income, education, health and self-worth.
Esperanza International has become one of the leading microfinance service organizations in the Dominican Republic and the largest lender to the poorest of the poor through its Banks of Hope program" (Players Trust, 2013).
Welcome Back Veterans: As part of Major League Baseball national fundraising and awareness initiatives for Welcome Back Veterans, players, and coaches wore Stars and Stripes caps on Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends. Net proceeds received from the sale of the caps helped Welcome Back Veterans, an MLB Charities initiative in partnership with the McCormick Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation that addresses the wishes of returning American veterans and his or her relatives (Welcome Back Veterans. Jan 2013).
The MLB and NFL are excellent organizations, and they both contribute greatly to the social responsibility to which we hold them to with such a high regard. In our eyes neither one of them contributes more than the other. Either way these organizations are doing what is best for their part of a socially responsible
America. References
National Football League Players Association. (2012, January). Community Programs. Retrieved from https://www.nflplayers.com/about-us/Community-Programs/
NFL. (2012). NFL and the Community. Retrieved from http://www.nfl.com/community
Play 60. (Jan 2013). Retrieved from http://www.nflrush.com/play60/
Players Trust. (Jan 2013). Retrieved from http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/trust/buses.jsp
Welcome Back Veterans. (Jan 2013). Founding Partners. Retrieved from http://web.welcomebackveterans.org/about/founding_partners
This week 's homework is to take two organizations and discuss their social responsibility. The two organizations we choose are National Football League and Major League Baseball. The reason we choose these two was a simple one. When we were children who did not want to be a professional baseball or football player? Here are some of organizations that the National Football League and Major League Baseball are involved with. "The Native Vision Program is head up by the NFLPA Regional Directors Department. The hallmark of the Native Vision Program, the Annual Sports and Life Skills Camp, is funded almost entirely by a fundraising event that the NFLPA hosts each year, the Evening with the Stars Gala. Since …show more content…
its inception, the NFLPA, and Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health have raised over $3 million dollars through grant and gala fundraising efforts. Native Vision’s Annual Sports and Life Skills Camp, the beneficiary of the Gala, rotates each June to a different American Indian reservation. The camp invites Native youth from across the country to join professional athletes who conduct sports clinics interspersed with break-out sessions promoting self-esteem, discipline, teamwork, and the pursuit of education. Campers have the choice to take part in either football, soccer, volleyball, track, basketball, or lacrosse clinics during the event" (National Football League Players Association, 2012).
"Training Camp for Life (TCFL ) is a character and life skills development program designed to provide resources to assist students dealing with the challenges ahead. Building a strong sense of self has become increasingly necessary as our nation’s students face more diverse and difficult challenges than previous generations. The NFL Players Association and Learn It Cares, the non-profit affiliate of Learn It Systems, teamed up to visit middle school students in at-risk areas across the country because it is critical these students learn valuable life lessons and have access to resources to help make informed choices in their day-to-day lives" (National Football League Players Association, 2012).
The NFLPA also endorses a very recognized and admirable cause called NFL Play 60. NFL Play 60 is the National Football League 's campaign to encourage every child to active for at least 60 minutes a day, order to help reverse the trend of childhood obesity. Roger Goodell the commissioner of the NFL said this about Play 60. “Our players recognize the value of staying healthy and it 's important that young fans also understand the benefits of exercise. NFL PLAY 60 is a significant tool in ensuring children get their necessary, daily physical activity" (Play 60, 2013).
The Make-A-Wish foundation is probably what the NFL and MLB are known for.
What is make a wish foundation? Well it is when a child who is either terminally sick, needing a life saving operation or something along those lines. The child are registered by either child parents or child care givers. The whole question is if you had one wish what would it be? Children being children want to meet their sports heroes. The children are given an opportunity to meet sports heroes or attend a game or just be part of their favorite team.
"The football and community are the twin pillars of the NFL. Whether nationally at the league level, locally at the team level, or individually through the volunteerism and philanthropy of owners, players, coaches, and club personnel, there exists a powerful NFL-wide commitment to giving back. This commitment is year-round-there is no offseason to the NFL 's multi-tiered, ongoing work to strengthen America 's communities" (NFL. …show more content…
2012).
Major League Baseball Players Association has quite a bit of social responsibility to their fans and their communities. So much in fact that most of the baseball teams contribute to a local social responsibility much more than the national spotlight. Here a few of the MLBPA initiatives that teams are putting together. "Buses for Baseball gives underprivileged kids throughout the United States and Canada the chance to attend a Major League game as personal guests of the players. To date, Buses for Baseball has provided an unforgettable trip to a Major League game for over 12,250 disadvantaged youth from more than 265 different organizations" (Players Trust, 2013).
Disaster Relief "A $1 million grant from the Trust helped launch the Volunteers of America Gulf Region Rental Housing Development Fund. Individually through their teams, and through the Players Trust, Major Leaguers also donated hundreds of thousands of dollars for food, clothing, and other necessities distributed to families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Players volunteered in temporary medical facilities, renovated damaged homes and delivered supplies and equipment to victims of the storm.
Major League baseball players and the Players Trust were quick to respond to the relief-and-recovery efforts of Haiti following the devastating earthquake in January 2010. The MLBPA joined forces with the player unions of the NFL, NHL, and NBA by creating a TV public service campaign to support the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund. Additionally, the Players Trust made a $1 million commitment to the people of Haiti--to be dispersed over five years--through nonprofits dedicated to assisting the Haitian recovery efforts. Grants have been distributed to long-time Trust partners Esperanza International and Medicines for Humanity as well as to newcomers Project C.U.R.E., Physicians for Peace, World Concern Development Organization, the National Organization for the Advancement of Haitians, Youth Build International and the Solar Electric Light Fund" (Players Trust, 2013).
"Medicines for Humanity, the international health care organization, is dedicated to supplying vital life-saving medicine to thousands of people, especially kids, throughout the Dominican Republic. Players Trust has contributed $472,900 to help Medicines for Humanity 's Dominican Republic health care programs" (Players Trust, 2013).
Banks of Hope, "small business loans for women and their families can break the cycle of poverty, by generating income, education, health and self-worth.
Esperanza International has become one of the leading microfinance service organizations in the Dominican Republic and the largest lender to the poorest of the poor through its Banks of Hope program" (Players Trust, 2013).
Welcome Back Veterans: As part of Major League Baseball national fundraising and awareness initiatives for Welcome Back Veterans, players, and coaches wore Stars and Stripes caps on Memorial Day and Independence Day weekends. Net proceeds received from the sale of the caps helped Welcome Back Veterans, an MLB Charities initiative in partnership with the McCormick Foundation and the Entertainment Industry Foundation that addresses the wishes of returning American veterans and his or her relatives (Welcome Back Veterans. Jan 2013).
The MLB and NFL are excellent organizations, and they both contribute greatly to the social responsibility to which we hold them to with such a high regard. In our eyes neither one of them contributes more than the other. Either way these organizations are doing what is best for their part of a socially responsible
America. References
National Football League Players Association. (2012, January). Community Programs. Retrieved from https://www.nflplayers.com/about-us/Community-Programs/
NFL. (2012). NFL and the Community. Retrieved from http://www.nfl.com/community
Play 60. (Jan 2013). Retrieved from http://www.nflrush.com/play60/
Players Trust. (Jan 2013). Retrieved from http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/trust/buses.jsp
Welcome Back Veterans. (Jan 2013). Founding Partners. Retrieved from http://web.welcomebackveterans.org/about/founding_partners