By Ken Reed

A report this week said Stanford was fighting for the purity of amateurism in college athletics during Pac-12 discussions about the possibility of football returning this fall.

Well Stanford, that is simply precious.

According to the article:

“Stanford is vehemently committed to student-athletes retaining their amateur status. Stanford’s Jacquish & Kenninger […]

By Ken Reed

While most school fall sports seasons across the country have either been cancelled, postponed, or allowed to continue under heavy restrictions due to COVID-19, youth sports have — for the most part — continued on with few changes.

Youth sports organizations have a ton of freedom to do what they want […]

By Ken Reed

Max Cobb, chair of the NGB Council for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), believes it’s time that America’s youth sports coaches be required to complete base-level training. Cobb said:

“From my perspective, and I’m speaking for myself and not as a representative of any larger organization, the next step […]

By Ken Reed

I was driving home recently and listening to a talk show about the social unrest in the country. The host was White and the guest was Black. After a couple minutes of discussion, the guest asked the host a powerful question.

“Have you ever woken in the morning and started to […]

By Ken Reed

Back in May, NCAA president Mark Emmert said no students, no football.

“All of the Division I commissioners and every president that I’ve talked to is in clear agreement: If you don’t have students on campus, you don’t have student-athletes on campus.”

At the time, everyone seemed in agreement with […]

By Ken Reed

Led by senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a group of U.S. senators is working on comprehensive legislation that would help college athletes in numerous ways. They are calling the prospective legislation a college athletes bill of rights.

The senators outlined their bill in a statement released on Thursday. […]

By Ken Reed

College athletics in general (and college football in particular) are in complete and total disarray. During the last few months, the NCAA has provided all the proof anyone could possibly need to demonstrate that they are completely worthless.

And toothless. When it comes to providing anything resembling leadership, well, let’s just […]

By Ken Reed

Several good pieces have come out the last couple days about how college athletes are embracing the power they inherently have to help shape college sports moving forward. Pac-12, Big Ten and Mountain West football players have presented their conferences with a list of demands that they want addressed […]

By Ken Reed

A new split-screen ad called “You Can’t Stop Us” from Nike has people praising its emotional impact.

The overarching message is that athletes — and all of us — can join together to create change.

“We’re never alone, and that is our strength,” says U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe in […]

By Ken Reed

A group of Pac-12 football players (#WeAreUnited) have joined together to present a set of demands to Pac-12 conference administrators. The demands vary from Covid-19-based health and safety concerns to economic and racial justice issues.

It’s clear to everyone — including the players — that college athletic conferences, and individual universities, […]