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League of Fans Asks Fans and Athletes to Also Become Sports Citizens

Ralph Nader announced today that his League of Fans organization is starting a campaign to recruit fans, athletes and other sports stakeholders to join the League of Fans’ effort to make sports more just, ethical and safe.

“The number of important issues and […]

At a time when his league is still reeling from the deaths of three enforcers last summer, all of whom reportedly suffered from depression possibly associated with repetitive blows to the head, and at a time when the rest of the sports world is looking for ways to lessen head trauma, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman […]

The Chronicle of Higher Education has a special feature that’s drawing a lot of attention. It’s titled, “What the Hell Has Happened to College Sports? And What Should We Do About It?“

In the feature, eight prominent figures in college athletics, including William Friday, Tom McMillen, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, and Harry Edwards discuss what they […]

Patrick Hruby has written an excellent analysis of the Florida Marlins (now Miami Marlins) recent wild spending spree in the free agent market — which is the result of an unscrupulous stadium deal that was pushed through by Miami-Dade County commissioners and other local politicians without a referendum. See Yahoo! Sports ThePostGame (Full disclosure: […]

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is calling for the FCC to eliminate its sports blackout rule. See Blumenthal’s letter to the FCC.

Blumenthal joins Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and several public interest groups, including League of Fans, in supporting the campaign to end sports blackouts on television. The campaign was kicked off by the Sports […]

League of Fans Calls For Sports Journalists to Fulfill Their Journalistic Duty

Asks Fans and Other Stakeholders to Demand More From the Sports Media and Its Large “News Hole”

Ralph Nader announced today that his League of Fans organization is starting a campaign to ask the sports media to increase their work on the social, […]

Dear Mr. Stern:

Later this month, NBA play will resume after a lengthy lockout and intense labor negotiations between the players and management. But why are you starting this abbreviated season with a tripleheader on Christmas Day, December 25—a religious day revered by a majority of the American people and a special time for […]

According to researchers from New York’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, heading a soccer ball on a regular basis — even just a few times a day — can lead to brain damage. See FoxNews.com. Soccer players who headed the ball on a frequent basis showed similar brain injuries to […]

Despite receiving approximately $4 billion every year from the sale of broadcast rights, the NFL refuses to release high-angle video that shows the entire playing field to fans or media outlets for fear that it would open up coaches and players to criticism. The video, known as All-22 footage because it shows the actions of […]

Major-college football coaches, on average, are making nearly $1.5 million in 2011, an increase of approximately 55 percent since 2006. See USA Today, “Salaries for college football coaches back on rise.”

“The hell with gold,” higher education lawyer Sheldon Steinbach says. “I want to buy futures in coaches’ contracts.”

This obscene jump in compensation […]