By Ken Reed

Sports fans aren’t happy campers these days.

First of all, there aren’t any sporting events going on due to the pandemic. No basketball. No hockey. No baseball. No college or high school sports.

But they are also upset that they have to keep paying big sports fees on their cable […]

Get Out and Walk!

By Ken Reed

Like a lot of us lately, I’ve been spending quite a bit of time on Zoom. Invariably, whether it’s a work or personal Zoom session, someone will say “I really need to get more exercise during this pandemic.”

Undoubtedly, it’s tougher these days to exercise. Health clubs, recreation […]

By Ken Reed

Rob Manfred is either not taking these cheating scandals seriously or is simply a puppet whose only concern is not getting owners upset with him.

On Wednesday afternoon, the day before the NFL draft was set to begin (nice job burying the story Rob!) Manfred announced his punishment of the Red […]

By Ken Reed

Minor league baseball teams, like millions of other small businesses in this country, are in trouble. Big trouble.

Unlike their Major League Baseball colleagues who typically get about half their revenue from media rights deals, minor league teams are almost exclusively reliant on ticket sales and in-stadium concession and merchandise revenues.

MLB […]

April 15th is Jackie Robinson Day. In honor of #42 and what he did not only for the game of baseball but the country as a whole, we are re-posting a popular column from League of Fans’ sports policy director Ken Reed.

My family and I had just plunked our buns down on the hard […]

By Ken Reed

The Ivy League, often called the “Ancient Eight” due to the long tradition-rich history of its member schools, revealed its ancient mindset in a ruling last week when it disallowed spring athletes who lost their senior seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic from being eligible to compete next year.

Now […]

By Ken Reed

Nobody has been hit harder by all the sporting event cancellations caused by Covid-19 than low-wage workers at stadiums and arenas across the country.

Some pro sports owners have recognized this and are coming to the assistance of these workers.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been leading the way in […]

By Ken Reed

Both U.S. Soccer and the U.S. women’s national team (USWNT) want to settle their equal pay case before it’s scheduled to go to trial ‪on May 5th.‬ While it’s highly likely the coronavirus pandemic may delay the trial date, efforts are still being made to settle the dispute sooner rather than later.

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