A poll done by the Fan Freedom Project found that fans are becoming fed up with the growing amount […]
Continue Reading →: Music and Sports Fans Are Losing Control In the Ticketing Game
Sports Fans Coalition unveiled a “Just Playoff” campaign last week by announcing a national fan petition calling on President Obama to live up to his promise to help bring about a college football playoff to replace the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system. The petition drive will soon evolve into individual college campus petitions […]
Continue Reading →: Sports Fans Coalition Launches “Just Playoff” Petition Drive
League of Fans Says Cartel is Anti-Fan, Anti-Player, and Anti-Football
Ralph Nader announced today that his League of Fans organization is summoning passionate college football fans from all walks of life to step forward, come together, and stand up for justice in the fight against the anti-competitive Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
“The BCS has hijacked […]
Continue Reading →: Nader Calls For Civic Blitz Against the Bowl Championship Series (BCS)
The recent deaths of NHL enforcers, Wade Belak, Rick Rypien, and Derek Boogaard have raised a lot of questions and concerns. See “Questions Linger Over Recent Deaths of Three NHL Enforcers,” San Jose Mercury News.
What role did concussions, if any, have in their deaths?
Did blows to the head from years of fighting […]
Continue Reading →: Deaths of NHL Enforcers Raise More Questions About Concussions
Nobody can dispute that girls and women have made tremendous strides in the sports world since the implementation of Title IX in 1972. Title IX requires schools at all levels across the country to offer girls and women equal access to any educational program or activity that receives federal funding, including athletics. Most schools have […]
Continue Reading →: Despite Title IX, Gender Discrimination Remains a Real Problem
Recent high profile incidents of fan violence have raised concerns about fan safety at major sporting events in the United States. (See USA Today article.) Teams and leagues are scurrying to beef up their “crowd management” and “crowd control” plans. The focus of those plans needs to be on alcohol.
Fans ultimately must be […]
Continue Reading →: Alcohol Fuels Fan Violence, Stadium Security Issues
League of Fan’s sports policy director Ken Reed, was a guest panelist on ESPN’s Outside the Lines show on August 24th. (See the show here.) The episode focused on the recent college football scandal involving the University of Miami and whether or not they should receive the NCAA’s “death penalty.”
Reed argued that the […]
Continue Reading →: LOF’s Ken Reed Appears On ESPN Show Discussing College Sports Reform
League of Fans Says Sports World Must Open Eyes to Compelling Concussion Research
Ralph Nader announced today that his League of Fans organization is pushing for the King-Devick sideline concussion test to become mandatory in all sports from high school down to the youth sports level. The announcement came in conjunction with the […]
Voters in Nassau County, New York shot down a ballot initiative to build a new hockey arena for the New York Islanders by a whopping margin, 57 percent to 43 percent. See “Voters Nix $400 Million Hockey Tix.” Publicly-financed stadiums and arenas are rarely a good deal for local taxpayers. The proposed new arena […]
Continue Reading →: Nassau County Voters Say No to New Hockey Arena
Jonathan Mahler’s article “Student-Athlete Equation Could Be a Win-Win,” was a good overview of what Mahler aptly called a “dysfunctional system” – intercollegiate athletics. There is little doubt the current system is broken. Today’s commercialized college sports programs — primarily football and men’s basketball — have little to do with education. There are three […]