By Ken Reed
America is clearly broken.
We’ve struggled from the beginning of this nation to live up to our ideals.
From our Pledge of Allegiance: “… with liberty and justice for all …”
From our Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal …”
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By Ken Reed
Most coaches have a leadership gene, no matter what level they coach at. It’s part of their makeup.
Following the despicable, appalling, unfathomable (it’s hard to pick the most appropriate word) death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis cop, coaches across the country have been stepping up and showing leadership in […]
By Ken Reed
Teamwork will allow us to win the game of life
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how connected and interdependent we truly are as a global community
I’ve been blessed with many great sports experiences in my life. Since I was seven years old, I’ve loved […]
By Ken Reed
After decades of treating retired players poorly, the NFL and NFLPA have come through big time for the league’s old timers in the league’s new CBA.
More than 10,000 retired players will get a substantial bump in their pensions, along with other new benefits.
“A few weeks ago, the question I […]
By Ken Reed
On Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld an earlier court ruling stating that the NCAA rules limiting college athletes’ education-related benefits violate Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The ruling adds to the growing body of legal and economics literature stating that the NCAA’s “amateurism” rules do […]
By Ken Reed
College athletic directors around the country are sweating profusely these days. The coronavirus pandemic has already cost NCAA athletic departments millions of dollars due to the cancellation of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. Now athletic directors are worried about the possibility that the college football season might be shortened this fall, if […]
By Ken Reed
Baseball has a problem. Well, they have a lot of problems, the vast majority COVID-19 related.
But if they reach an agreement with the players; get the doctors and scientists to sign off on their safety plan; and get the go-ahead to play ball from enough state governors; then their next problem […]
The man who is trying to give college athletes their due inexplicably doesn’t appear in Chicago Bulls documentary
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
Sonny Vaccaro is to basketball what Marvin Miller was to baseball.
They both have had a profound impact on their games; they both fought valiantly for athletes’ rights; […]
League of Fans founder Ralph Nader recently wrote a compelling column about heroes. He took a look at the disproportionate attention sports stars receive in relation to the heroes who fight for justice and are effectively addressing important socio-cultural issues, as well as the everyday heroes who are stepping up during the COVID-19 pandemic. We […]
By Ken Reed
Don Shula was an old school football coach but he was a progressive thinker in many ways, and not just from a football strategy perspective.
When it came to treating female reporters as equals, he was on the right side of history long before his peers.
In the early 1980s, NFL teams […]
- "How We Can Save Sports" author Ken Reed appears on Fox & Friends to explain how there's "too much adult in youth sports."
Ken Reed appears on Mornings with Gail from KFKA Radio in Colorado to discuss bad parenting in youth athletics.
“Should College Athletes Be Paid?” Ken Reed on The Morning Show from Wisconsin Public Radio
Ken Reed appears on KGNU Community Radio in Colorado (at 02:30) to discuss equality in sports and Title IX.
Ken Reed appears on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour (at 38:35) to discuss his book The Sports Reformers: Working to Make the World of Sports a Better Place, and to talk about some current sports issues. 
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Sports & Torts – Ken Reed, Sports Policy Director, League of Fans – at the American Museum of Tort Law
League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to fight for the higher principles of justice, fair play, equal opportunity and civil rights in sports; and to encourage safety and civic responsibility in sports industry and culture.
