By Ken Reed
As sports policy director at a sports reform organization, I usually write about problems and issues in sports — and what we can do to address them. But today, I’m taking a break from that project to celebrate the beauty of sport at its best.
Monday night’s men’s basketball championship game […]
By Ken Reed
Last week I wrote about a new study that concluded that exercise is more important than diet for maintaining weight loss.
I received some feedback saying I placed too much emphasis on exercise and not enough on a healthy diet; if the goal is not only maintaining weight loss, […]
By Ken Reed
In a 2017 survey of 17,000 sports officials (referees) across all sports, 57 percent said sportsmanship was getting worse, while only 16 percent said it was getting better. The numbers were worse in basketball specifically, in which 65 percent of officials said sportsmanship is on the decline.
It’s not […]
By Ken Reed
There are a ton of studies out there that show fit people enjoy better overall health, have fewer behavioral and emotional problems, and do better cognitively (including on academic tests) than those that are physically inactive.
Now, there’s evidence that people who’ve lost a significant amount of weight, and who […]
By Ken Reed
Despite strong evidence that regular, cardiovascular-based, physical education improves health, academic performance and behavioral problems, many schools continue to cut all means of physical activity, including P.E., recess and intramural sports programs.
These decision boggle the mind. If principals and school boards want improved test scores, they should be adding […]
By Ken Reed
A few weeks back, Duke’s star basketball player, Zion Williamson, blew out his Nike sneaker — and sprained his knee in the process — in a game against his school’s archrival, the University of North Carolina.
At the time, there were fears that Williamson had suffered a serious injury, one […]
Ken Reed, League of Fans’ sports policy director, appeared on The Morning Show on Wisconsin Public Radio earlier this week. The conversation centered around the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and the issue of fair compensation for big-time college athletes. Reed talked about the need for economic justice for college athletes who provide the product in […]
MLB Franchise Will Give Minor Leaguers a 50% Raise
By Ken Reed
Finally!
For decades, minor league baseball players have been economically abused by their Major League parents. Based on the number of hours they put in, minor leaguers often work for less than the minimum wage at the lower levels of teams’ farm […]
By Ken Reed
Birch Bayh, principal architect of the landmark Title IX legislation that barred sex discrimination in education and sports, died this week at the age of 91.
Bayh, a U.S. senator from Indiana from 1963 to 1981, spent a good party of his life fighting for equal rights for all Americans. Title […]
By Ken Reed
A few weeks back, Duke’s star basketball player, Zion Williamson, blew out his Nike sneaker in a game against his school’s arch rival, the University of North Carolina.
The high profile shoe malfunction stirred the debate once again over what is fair compensation for college athletes that help bring in millions of […]
- “Should College Athletes Be Paid?” Ken Reed on The Morning Show from Wisconsin Public Radio
Ken Reed appears on KGNU Community Radio in Colorado (at 02:30) to discuss equality in sports and Title IX.
Ken Reed appears on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour (at 38:35) to discuss his book The Sports Reformers: Working to Make the World of Sports a Better Place, and to talk about some current sports issues. 
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- League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to fight for the higher principles of justice, fair play, equal opportunity and civil rights in sports; and to encourage safety and civic responsibility in sports industry and culture.
