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 […]
Continue Reading →: NFL and NFLPA Come Through For Retired Players
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 […]
Continue Reading →: NCAA Takes Another Loss In Athletes’ Education-Related Benefits Case
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 […]
Continue Reading →: NCAA Athletic Departments in ‘Panic Mode’
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 […]
Continue Reading →: 2020: The Perfect Time For the Return of Traditional Doubleheaders
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; […]
Continue Reading →: Sonny Vaccaro deserves more from The Last Dance
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 […]
Continue Reading →: Sports Heroes or Citizen Heroes? We Honor What We Value
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 […]
Continue Reading →: Don Shula Was a Progressive And a Class Act
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 […]
Continue Reading →: Don’t Let Physical Inactivity Be a Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic