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Abstract

This study presents a chronological case study exploring the University of Texas Austin wherein a broad coalition of students, college athletes, marching band members and others from the UT community engaged in several forms of activism challenging the university to address racial inequities. Unlike other sport organizations that swiftly supported activist efforts, the University of Texas serves as a case where leadership attempted to uphold the status quo and stifle dissent. Thus, this manuscript explores the oscillating dynamic between sport activism and organizational responses when a broad coalition of actors, lacking status, influence, and power, engage in continued efforts to ensure their actions create change. Employing a framework of internal and external activism, our intentions with this manuscript are to focus on the actions of the Coalition. We discuss the process of escalation, a lack of solidarity, and the importance of status and financial resources. We situate our findings in relation to previous research and theorization on sport activism.

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