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Northwestern Players Win Big Decision in Attempt to Unionize Student Athletes
The greed that has overtaken college “amateur” sports has lead to a monumental decision yesterday in which Northwestern University football players have won the right to unionize as employees of the...
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Why Sports Leagues Should Shorten Seasons, Not Lengthen Them
The NFL has talked about lengthening its current season beyond 16 regular season games, and have even considered adding additional playoff teams. Major League Baseball plays 162 games, and many fans...
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Donald Sterling’s NBA Lifetime Ban May Have Future “Slippery Slope” Concerns...
LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is all over the news today, and the comments he made about African Americans were no doubt cruel, insensitive, hurtful, and callous. I do not condone what Sterling...
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Mark Cuban Brings up Good Points About Racism, Discrimination, & Human Bias
As the sports world continues to wait and see how the Donald Sterling v. NBA saga will eventually end, Dallas mavericks owner Mark Cuban again offers some very interesting opinions on what many would...
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Has College Football “Sold Out” as Kansas St Coach Snyder Claims?
Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder had some strong comments for the state of college football today, suggesting that schools have “sold out” by chasing money over integrity and the quality of the...
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Tips to Help Coaches with Leadership, Responsibility, and Mentoring
Youth and interscholastic coaches are often some of the most memorable and influential people in the lives of student athletes. In many cases coaches are as important to student athletes as teachers,...
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UNC Student Athletes Steered Toward Bogus Classes — Not Surprising
Universities pay top coaches millions of dollars to coach winning teams, so should it be all that surprising that increasingly more colleges each year get busted for setting student athletes up in...
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Poll Examines “Student Athletes”& Provides Interesting Results
Big time college sports have morphed into a multi-billion dollar business, culminating with last night’s NCAA football championship game between Ohio State and Oregon. College coaches today earn...
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Sports Cheating, Safety, and Character Concerns Don’t Seem to Have Any Impact...
Yahoo sportswriter Pat Forde recently wrote about the resiliency of college athletics, and how even with seemingly rampant cheating, college athletics are as popular as ever before. Forde’s column...
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The Syracuse Violations Again Prompt Discussions Around NCAA “Amateur” Sports
The NCAA has penalized Syracuse and mens basketball coach Jim Boeheim for a number of violations (including academic fraud, booster payments, and irresponsible drug testing), resulting in a loss of...
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High School Football Faces Biggest Challenges Yet Regarding Safety & Future...
American football has taken some big hits in recent years, particularly around the dangers of the game. With increasingly more former NFL players showing evidence of brain trauma caused from hits...
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NCAA College Football Coach Bonuses Surprising — and Confusing
An interesting USA Today story about NCAA football coach bonuses has raised eyebrows this week, with many coaches able to earn in perks far more than what other university employees (i.e. professors)...
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Essential Coach Team-Building Tips for Sport Success
Dedicated coaches regularly seek to expand their coaching knowledge and learn the latest when it comes to player development and maximizing team success. Coach leadership training not only helps with...
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UConn Mens Hoops Abysmal Graduation Rates Raise Questions Again About...
In what might be the most blatant abuse of the term “student athlete,” the UConn mens basketball team has been reported to have a mere 20% graduation rate — well below the national average of 77% for...
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High School Football May Be Eliminated in California, Will Other States...
High school football is again at the forefront of the sport safety discussion, with the California Interscholastic Federation sharing its most serious concerns to date about whether football is safe...
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Everyone in College Football is Getting Richer – Except for the Guys Who Make...
A recent Washington Post article revealed staggering financials for college football, including jaw-dropping salaries of seemingly everyone involved in college football — except, ironically, for the...
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Wisconsin Ban on Student Chants at Games May Lead to Future Changes in Fan...
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) recently banned students from engaging in specific chants at games including “air ball,” “you can’t do that,” and “scoreboard.” The ruling is...
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76ers First of “Big 4” American Sports to Take Plunge with Uniform Ads, But...
This week the Philadelphia 76ers became the first sport of the American “Big 4” (football, baseball, basketball, and hockey) to reveal a mock-up of what their uniforms will look like in 2017 with...
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Examining the Impact of Player Protests on NFL Ratings Decline
The NFL is witnessing a big decline in ratings this year, and reasons for the decline vary from unexciting prime-time matchups, presidential debate interference, and, of course, the controversies...
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Analyzing the Effects of Participation Awards in Youth Sports
The last few years I have observed, listened, and gauged the effect of participation awards in sports, holding off on developing a detailed opinion until I felt I fully understood the effects they have...
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