Experience and Career Length in Professional Football: The Effect of Positional Segregation

• Autores: Clayton Best
• Localización: Sociology of sport journal, ISSN 0741-1235, Vol. 4, Nº. 4, 1987, págs. 410-420
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study examines positional segregation in light of recent data documenting the increased participation by black players in professional football and describes the relationships between positional segregation and experience and positional segregation and career length. The primary sample was composed of 1,508 professional football players from the 1982 season. A secondary sample of 1,371 professional football players was used to study career length. The results indicate that positional segregation is still prevalent in professional football. The recent increase in participation by black players has occurred in positions that have been primarily black in the past and at linebacker. Whites are likely to have more experience in professional football than blacks, which is explained in part by the positions in which blacks and whites are most likely to play.