League of Fans

Joe Nocera’s recent feature article in the New York Times Magazine titled, “Let’s Start Paying College Athletes,” along with his related New York Times op-ed piece, “The College Sports Cartel” represent some of the best thinking to date on how to fix college sports. Nocera’s plan would make college sports more honest and […]

Baylor’s Robert Griffin III won the 2011 Heisman Trophy and Stanford’s Andrew Luck was runner-up. They’re both quarterbacks. That’s not unusual as quarterbacks and running backs dominate the Heisman voting. What is unique is that both Griffin and Luck are also excellent students who place a high value on their college educations.

Griffin graduated […]

Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is one of the bright spots in the world of sports. The non-profit organization, founded by current chief executive officer Jim Thompson, is focused on eliminating the “win-at-all-costs” mentality that too often permeates the youth sports environment. The result of this mindset is that for too many children what should be […]

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 […]