In this article we draw on critical theory to discuss how power frames the media “narratives” of Eniola Aluko, a Black, female footballer who accused an established (White) football coach of bullying, harassment, and racial comments. We critically discuss data analyzed from 80 print media articles from three British newspapers (with circulation figures ranging from 1.4 million to 135,000 a day), from August 6, 2017 to October 19, 2017. In our findings, we discuss the four dominant themes identified from our analysis to examine how race, gender, and belonging frame Aluko in ways that seek to position her as an outsider and question her legitimacy in the White male space of football. We demonstrate how frames are shaped by, as well as reinforce, existing power relations, and influence how bullying, and racial harassment are represented in media accounts. We argue this type of analysis has implications for our understanding of how the narratives bullying and harassment in sport can be reframed along dominant power lines that question the legitimacy of athletes’ accounts and experiences.

在本文中，我们将使用批判性理论来讨论权力如何构架黑人女性足球运动员埃尼奥拉·阿卢科（Eniola Aluko）的媒体“叙事”，他指控一位成熟的（白人）足球教练欺负，骚扰和种族歧视。我们将批判性地讨论从2017年8月6日至2017年10月19日，来自三家英国报纸的80篇印刷媒体文章分析的数据（发行量每天从140万至135,000件不等）。在我们的发现中，我们讨论了确定的四个主要主题通过我们的分析，考察了种族，性别和归属框架如何让阿卢科定位为局外人，并质疑她在白人男性足球空间中的合法性。我们展示了框架是如何通过现有权力关系塑造和加强的，以及如何影响欺凌行为，和种族骚扰在媒体帐户中有所体现。我们认为这种类型的分析对我们理解体育中的欺凌和骚扰叙事如何沿着占主导地位的权力线进行重新构架产生了影响，这些权力线质疑运动员陈述和经历的合法性。