A League of Fans Special Feature
Eugene Jarecki
Q’s & A’s with Leading Sports Reformers
Eugene Jarecki is co-chair (with Amber McReynolds) of the Election Super Centers Project, a non-partisan, joint initiative of the National Vote at Home Institute and Silver Linings Group. The Project’s mission is to help sports team and arena owners and […]
By Ken Reed
Max Cobb, chair of the NGB Council for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), believes it’s time that America’s youth sports coaches be required to complete base-level training. Cobb said:
“From my perspective, and I’m speaking for myself and not as a representative of any larger organization, the next step […]
Continue Reading →: NGB Council Chair Calls For Mandatory Youth Sports Coach Training
By Ken Reed
I was driving home recently and listening to a talk show about the social unrest in the country. The host was White and the guest was Black. After a couple minutes of discussion, the guest asked the host a powerful question.
“Have you ever woken in the morning and started to […]
By Ken Reed
Back in May, NCAA president Mark Emmert said no students, no football.
“All of the Division I commissioners and every president that I’ve talked to is in clear agreement: If you don’t have students on campus, you don’t have student-athletes on campus.”
At the time, everyone seemed in agreement with […]
Continue Reading →: Hypocrisy of College Administrators Reaching New Heights When It Comes To Sports
Norway has a successful youth sports system, accessible to all. The national lottery earmarks millions for youth sports every year
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
I’ve been a youth sports coach for 17 years. For the most part, it’s been very rewarding. However, one of the hardest aspects has been […]
Continue Reading →: Youth sports opportunity gap widens during pandemic
Guest Column
By Gerry Chidiac
In times of crisis, true leaders step forward. While effective political leadership has largely been absent, professional athletes, primarily players in the National Basketball Association and Women’s National Basketball Association, have demonstrated that celebrity status, when embraced with a sense of responsibility, can be a catalyst for global change.
Quite […]
By Ken Reed
Led by senators Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), a group of U.S. senators is working on comprehensive legislation that would help college athletes in numerous ways. They are calling the prospective legislation a college athletes bill of rights.
The senators outlined their bill in a statement released on Thursday. […]
Continue Reading →: U.S. Senators Working on College Athletes “Bill of Rights”
By Ken Reed
College athletics in general (and college football in particular) are in complete and total disarray. During the last few months, the NCAA has provided all the proof anyone could possibly need to demonstrate that they are completely worthless.
And toothless. When it comes to providing anything resembling leadership, well, let’s just […]
By Ken Reed
Several good pieces have come out the last couple days about how college athletes are embracing the power they inherently have to help shape college sports moving forward. Pac-12, Big Ten and Mountain West football players have presented their conferences with a list of demands that they want addressed […]
Continue Reading →: The Players Are Leading a College Sports Revolution
There simply is no ethical justification for colleges calling athletes back to campus while telling other students to stay home
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
A group of U.S. college football players (#WeAreUnited) have presented a set of demands to Pac-12 athletic conference administrators. The demands vary from COVID-19-based health […]
Continue Reading →: Pandemic further reveals exploitation of U.S. college athletes