League of Fans

By Ken Reed

The Houston Texans’ Tom Savage was down on the ground. His hands were shaking uncontrollably, like he was having a seizure. He had taken a brutal shot to the head and it was clear he wasn’t right.

Yet, minutes later, he was back on the field playing quarterback. Somebody on the Texans’ […]

By Ken Reed

According to Oliver Luck and Brian Hainline, a couple NCAA executives, the way this country develops young athletes is deeply flawed. In fact, they call it “broken.”

Luck and Hainline cite single sport specialization — often pre-puberty — as one youth sports trend in the United States that is particularly troubling.

By Ken Reed

Unlike soccer, in which boys and girls — and men and women — play by virtually the same set of rules, lacrosse has traditionally had a different set of rules for males (contact allowed) and females (contact not allowed).

As such, female participants haven’t been required to wear helmets — like they […]

By Ken Reed

The New England Patriots’ man-child of a tight end, Rob Gronkowski, delivered one of the cheapest of cheap shots this past Sunday in a game against the Buffalo Bills.

His penalty? A one-game suspension. What a joke!

With New England leading 23-3 late in the fourth quarter, Bills rookie cornerback Tre’Davious White […]

By Ken Reed

Big-time college football is swimming in money. One need look no further than the huge buyouts college athletic programs are paying football coaches they’ve let go.

A group of seven head coaches (Mike Riley, Nebraska, Todd Graham, Arizona State, Jim McElwain, Florida, Jim Mora, UCLA, Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M, Butch Jones, Tennessee, […]

In his recent column, Ralph Nader takes on the nation’s sports media and its unwillingness to dig beyond a superficial level on important contemporary sports issues.

In doing so, Nader highlighted the work of League of Fans and its sports policy director, Dr. Ken Reed.

Here’s an excerpt from Nader’s column:

“Over the […]

By Ken Reed

Former Ohio State Buckeyes football great, Chris Spielman, has asked a judge to allow him to expand his lawsuit against Ohio State to include all 89 colleges that have contracts with sports marketing and talent agency IMG.

Spielman claims that marketing campaigns for dozens of big-time college football programs improperly use the […]

By Ken Reed

More than 10 months after a settlement between the NFL and retired players, the vast majority of retired players have yet to receive a monetary award.

“The current administrative structure of the claims process is flawed, cumbersome and moves at a glacial pace,” according to attorney Thomas Girardi, who represents more […]