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Tom McMillen
Tom McMillen was a three-time All-American basketball player at the University of Maryland. He then was a Rhodes Scholar and played professional basketball in Europe for a year before embarking on an 11-season career in the National Basketball Association.
He retired in 1986 to begin a […]
Continue Reading →: Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers: Tom McMillen
By Ken Reed
Politicians are so messed up, so misguided, that they can declare bankruptcy one day, and then approve millions of taxpayer dollars to build a sparkling sports palace for a wealthy team owner the next.
That’s not hyperbole, it actually recently happened in Michigan.
As The Nation sports policy columnist Dave Zirin […]
Continue Reading →: Zirin’s Take on Detroit Nonsense Nails It
By Ken Reed
USA Today ran an in-depth front page story late last week about an important concussion lawsuit filed against the NCAA in 2011 by lead plaintiff Adrian Arrington, a former Eastern Illinois football player, and his lawyer, Joseph Siprut.
That article follows a recent Sports Illustrated piece that provides a peek […]
Continue Reading →: Concussion Lawsuit Against NCAA Finally Gaining Attention
By Ken Reed
College sports are on the precipice of a brand new era. Change is coming, it’s most definitely coming.
The highly-commercial, big-time college sports factories want to separate from the smaller, poorer conferences and schools. That’s been the case for awhile but now they’re getting vocal about it. They want to make their […]
Continue Reading →: The Sooner the NCAA Transforms the Better — For Everybody
July 16, 2013
Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball
245 Park Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, NY 10167
Dear Mr. Selig:
A question: How can you allow a growing number (16 at last count) of your Major League Baseball teams to promote all-you-can-eat tickets at their […]
Continue Reading →: An Open Letter to Bud Selig Regarding MLB’s “All-You-Can-Eat” Tickets
By Ken Reed
For many school-aged kids, physical education (PE) class is the highlight of their school day. However, for many others, it’s the worst part of their day.
Usually, the kids that are more athletic love it and the less athletically-inclined kids hate it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. And in […]
Continue Reading →: It’s Time for Team Sports to Be Removed From Physical Education
By Ken Reed
Sport can be a great instrument of peace. Throughout history, there are many examples of positive social change resulting from sport diplomacy.
For one, sport, through Richard Nixon’s “Ping Pong Diplomacy,” helped open the lines of communication between the United States and China in the 1970’s (no cracks about ping pong […]
Continue Reading →: American and Russian Athletes Competing on Russian Soil
By Ken Reed
In a positive move for former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon and his lead attorney Michael Hausfeld, Judge Claudia Wilken issued a written order on Friday giving Hausfeld and O’Bannon two weeks to amend their complaint by adding a current NCAA athlete. Who that athlete might be is unknown at this […]
Continue Reading →: Judge Rules Current Athlete Can Be Added to O’Bannon Case
By Ken Reed
California Assembly Bill 1309 is designed to prevent NFL players and other professional athletes from suing in California courts to get workers’ compensation for injuries occurring on the job.
Where did such a bill come from? One needs to look only as far as NFL owners and executives for an answer.
As […]
Continue Reading →: Brees and Brady Fight for Players’ Rights