The author wrote "40 Million Dollar Slaves" and introduced the concept of the conveyor belt.
Who is William C. Rhoden?
This famous group of five basketball players joined forces to attend the University of Michigan in 1991.
Who was The Fab Five?
This term describes the system that moves athletes from youth sports through college and potentially into professional leagues.
What is the Conveyor Belt?
This professional basketball league selected Kevin Durant in the 2007 ____ draft.
What is the NBA?
True or False: According to Rhoden, the Conveyor Belt gives Black athletes opportunities for success while also allowing schools and sports organizations to profit from their talent.
True
This Athlete played one year at the University of Texas
Who is Kevin Durant
An athlete from the Fab five who went pro was
Who is Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King, and Juwan Howard?
These two stages of the Conveyor Belt come directly after youth leagues in the presentation's diagram.
What are camps/AAU and high school stardom?
Kevin Durant played one college basketball season at this university.
What is the University of Texas?
According to Rhoden, the sports industry treats Black athletic talent as this type of resource.
What is raw material?
This NFL Hall of Fame tight end studied the Conveyor Belt to protect his son from recruiters.
Who is Kellen Winslow Sr?
This historically Black institution type could have benefited financially and gained exposure if the Fab Five had chosen it.
What is an HBCU (Historically Black College or University)?
This term describes how athletes become reliant on coaches, tutors, and structured schedules to manage their lives.
What is dependency?
Kevin Durant was selected at this overall position in the 2007 NBA Draft.
What is 2nd overall?
According to the presentation's 2005 NCAA estimate, this percentage of high school basketball seniors played in college.
Vice-chancellor who “adopted” Winslow Sr
Dr. Walter Daniel.
Kobe Bryant dropped 81 points on this member of the Fab Five in an NBA Game.
Who was Jalen Rose?
one of the are three major effects the Conveyor Belt can have on young athletes, according to the presentation?
What are special treatment, dependency, and silence?
Durant attended which high schools
What is Oak Hill Academy? or Montrose Christian?
This modern college sports system allows athletes to earn money from their name, image, and likeness.
What is NIL?
This player was the only one from the Fab Five NOT to play in the NBA
Who is Ray Jackson?
This athlete became the first Black scholarship football player at the University of Oklahoma.
Who is Prentice Gautt?
This term describes the recruiting stage where young athletes compete at camps for college scholarship offers.
What is the "Meat Market?"
Durant's journey from elite high school basketball to college and the NBA illustrates this important limitation of the Conveyor Belt.
What is that athletes rarely make it to professional sports. Does Durant break barriers?
Rhoden argues that Black athletes may avoid speaking out because they fear losing these valuable opportunities.
What are scholarships, endorsements, careers, or institutional support?