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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016
Athletes using platforms
to push for social change
By KAREEM
COPELAND
AP Sports Writer
Photo by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
James Folk, right, and caddy Carson Kawasoe celebrate following a long putt made by
Folk on the seventh hole in Monday’s round. More photos online at dailyastorian.com
Coast Invitational
brings out champions
The Daily Astorian
WARRENTON — The
irst day of match play in the
106th annual Oregon Coast
Invitational is in the books,
after Monday’s action at the
Astoria Golf & Country Club.
The Grand Champions and
Junior/Seniors hit the links to
oficially open the competition
in the annual event, which con-
tinues today and runs through
Saturday.
Fresh off his medalist vic-
tory in the qualifying round
over the weekend, Astoria
member James Folk teed off at
8:04 a.m. against Scott Hamil-
ton in a irst round match in the
Junior/Seniors division.
Results of Monday’s
matchups were not available.
Five former champions
were in action in the Grand
Champions division, including
a trio of two-time winners.
John DeLong (2003, ’08),
Jeff Canessa (2007, ’09) and
Jay Ross (2006, ’10) all had
afternoon tee times, while
Chris Shepard (2011) and
Anthony Arvidson (2013) are
also in the ield, in search of
their second OCI titles.
Action continues today
with play in the Women’s,
Senior and Super Seniors
divisions.
Women’s qualifying med-
alist (and three-time cham-
Allan LaPlante follows his tee shot on the fourth hole in
Monday’s action in the Junior Seniors division.
Longtime Oregon Coast Invitational participant Steve Hval
tees off over the water hazard on the ninth hole during
Monday’s round in the Junior/Seniors division.
pion) Amanda Jacobs will
face Kristin Finnegan in a irst
round matchup, while other
championship light matches
include sisters Cappy Mack
vs. Nikki Mack; and Astoria
members Katie Sturgell vs.
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A featured Super Senior
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Athletes today are using
their platforms as sports
celebrities to bring atten-
tion to the violence that has
erupted across the coun-
try and recently Carmelo
Anthony has been one of the
most outspoken.
The New York Knicks
All-Star is taking a break
from his preparation with
the Olympic basketball team
Monday to host a meeting in
Los Angeles with athletes,
politicians and people in the
community to advance the
conversation about what he’s
called a broken system.
University of Califor-
nia-Berkeley professor emer-
itus Dr. Harry Edwards said
today’s athletes have a level
of power that Muhammed Ali
and others didn’t have in the
1960s, and they have begun
using it to speak out against
violence both by and against
police.
How much change they
can effect remains to be seen,
as Ali changed the world.
The newfound power of
today’s athlete comes from
monetary wealth, celebrity
status and having the vehicle
of social media to communi-
cate directly with the masses.
They can reach hordes of
people, encouraging them to
get involved in social change.
“Joe Louis and Jack
Johnson and Jesse Owens
struggled for legitimacy,”
Edwards said. Then “you
began this struggle for
access. Which is what Jackie
Robinson and Larry Doby
and Kenny Washington and
all those guys were involved
in. In the 1960s, the struggle
was for respect and dignity.
“Now the struggle is for
power. And these men have
power. So they have a dif-
ferent forum than we had in
the late 1960s to be able to
go on network television and
make a statement concern-
ing violence and the killing
of black men, women and
children in this country. ...
That’s an exercise of power.
They have the capability
today that we only dreamed
about in the 1960s when only
one or two athletes even had
endorsements.”
Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
NBA basketball players, from left, Carmelo Anthony,
Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and LeBron James speak on
stage at the ESPY Awards in Los Angeles in July. The
four gave an anti-violence speech and expressed their
support of the values behind the Black Lives Matter
movement.
Anti-violence
Anthony, LeBron James,
Chris Paul and Dwyane
Wade gave an anti-violence
speech at the ESPYS and
expressed their support of
the values behind the Black
Lives Matter movement.
University of Missouri foot-
ball players threatened to
boycott games last year in
support of student groups
protesting the school’s racial
environment. School Presi-
dent Timothy Wolfe eventu-
ally retired. Serena Williams
spoke out against the vio-
lence at Wimbledon. Mem-
bers of the WNBA’s Indiana
Fever, New York Liberty and
Phoenix Mercury recently
wore black warm up shirts in
the wake of recent shootings
by and against police ofi-
cers, and were ined by the
league.
The league rescinded the
ines after a public backlash.
Anthony’s meeting in Los
Angeles coincides with the
latest stop on the Olympic
men’s team exhibition sched-
ule as the Americans prepare
for the Rio Games.
Power, inluence
It is nearly economically
impossible to ignore today’s
athletes as the power they
wield reaches farther than
their own bank accounts.
James is literally worth
millions of dollars to the
Cleveland economy as the
success of the Cavaliers moti-
vates thousands of people
to spend. Cavs’ attendance
ranked No. 2 in the league in
2009-10 and the last two sea-
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sons, but dipped as low as No.
22 during James’ four years in
Miami.
Their inluence goes
beyond promoting merchan-
dise and ticket sales.
Edwards said sports
have become a religion in
this country and around the
world, giving athletes more
inluence than in the past. He
believes as “walking corpora-
tions” they carry more weight
than “the doctor up the street
or the lawyer around the cor-
ner or even the community
organizer.”
“Sports in modern soci-
eties really amount to secu-
lar religions,” Edwards said.
“Athletes have a phenomenal
megaphone. ... So that obliga-
tion to speak up, especially in
regards to the African-Ameri-
can outcomes and interests, is
critical.”
Social media allows ath-
letes to directly communi-
cate with millions of fans and
followers with a few key-
strokes and encourage action.
Edwards explained ISIS has
used it in a similar way to
recruit self-radicalized peo-
ple. The difference is in the
message.
Dr. Joseph Cooper, assis-
tant professor at the Uni-
versity of Connecticut, said
any major social policy —
civil rights movement, fem-
inist movement, passage of
Title IX — began with mul-
tiple conversations. But there
must be action behind the
words.
Both Edwards and Cooper
said that’s the next step in the
process.
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