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Jac VerSteegSeptember 7, 2015

You have heard, no doubt, that unions are a dying vestige of the days when people knew who Pete Seeger was. As Labor Day 2015 comes and goes, there are two examples to show that labor unions still have a few niches. Ironically, those niches benefit the rich and/or powerful. Start with that poor, mistreated […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 25, 2015

I teach a class in the DeVos Sport Business Management graduate program at the University of Central Florida on ethical and moral principles in sport. Last week we welcomed a distinguished panel to our class, which included: Charlie Freeman, executive vice president of the Orlando Magic; Linda Landman-Gonzalez, vice president for government affairs and community […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 28, 2015

The Super Bowl is only days away, yet if you open the sports pages, there’s not much real football being written about. The rancor surrounding the game sounds more like a scripted build-up to a WWF Wrestlemania than the biggest game in legitimate American sports. The whole build-up to Sunday’s game has centered on cheating […]

Tag: deflategate

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