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League of Fans sports policy director, Ken Reed, has a new book nearing publication: How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan. It will be published by Rowman & Littlefield in early February.

“I’m excited about the book,” said Reed.

“There are a lot of books out there that look at a single sports […]

By Ken Reed

There is a growing concern in the soccer community and elsewhere that today’s artificial turf fields aren’t safe and may cause certain types of cancers. The concern stems from the ubiquitous little rubber crumbs –chunks of old tires — that bounce up from the turf and lodge in open cuts and […]

By Ken Reed

Fay Vincent was the last real commissioner in pro sports and Bart Giamatti was the last real commissioner who was good at his job: protecting the best interests of baseball.

MLB owners fired Vincent because he wasn’t focusing on what they wanted him to focus on — making them more money. They […]

By Ken Reed

Dan Wetzel is one of my favorite sports columnists. His columns are almost always well-researched, informative, insightful and witty. But he might’ve outdone himself with his recent column on the ego-inflated IOC and the 2022 Winter Olympics bidding process.

Due to worries about crazy costs associated with hosting the games, and […]

By Ken Reed

On Tuesday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) formally voted to end the blackout policy that allowed the NFL to not televise league games that weren’t sellouts in local markets.

Today, FCC commissioner Ajit Pai had some interesting takes on the decision.

“It’s a long time coming,” said Pai. “I think members […]

By Ken Reed

Time magazine recently had a cover article written by Sean Gregory entitled, “He Died Playing This Game: Is Football Worth It?“

The story deals with high school football player Chad Stover, who died last year due to a brain injury incurred during a playoff football game.

However, the article also deals […]

By Ken Reed

In the last month or so, Roger Goodell has made about every mistake a leader can make. Confidence in his organization, the National Football League, has never been lower.

Goodell’s latest misstep was initiating a badly tainted “investigation” into the Ray Rice situation. The goal of any Rice investigation needs to be […]

By Ken Reed

Given the high profile Adrian Peterson domestic violence case in the NFL (and several lower profile domestic violence cases in the league), speculation has risen regarding the possibility that one of the side effects of brain trauma is an increased tendency toward violence.

Let’s start with a surprising fact: NFL players […]

By Ken Reed

The Drake Group, a national organization of college faculty, released a position statement today that is highly critical of a recent NCAA proposal which, if given formal approval, would allow the five richest conferences (“The Big Five”) in the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision the freedom to make their own rules.

The Drake […]