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Guest AuthorOctober 26, 2014

Recent sports news has been filled with stories about racism, gender violence, child abuse, and concussion-related brain damage for one in three former NFL players. But these bad stories have helped the public focus on broader societal problems. Since Roger Goodell became the NFL commissioner in 2006, law enforcement authorities have pursued 50 domestic-violence cases […]

Guest AuthorAugust 25, 2014

As someone who has worked for institutions of higher education for more than four decades, it is especially embarrassing for me that colleges have the worst record in sports for hiring women and people of color. UCF’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport released the 2013 College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card this […]

Guest AuthorApril 14, 2014

Many people love college sports. No. Many people are obsessed with college sports. They wear their colors, paint their cars college colors, names their dogs or even their children after their favorite coaches. They live and breathe their college! Big-time college sports make big-time money. The National Labor Relations Board ruled on March 26 that […]

Tag: Title IX

Richard Lapchick: Sports scandals put focus on many of society’s problems

Richard Lapchick: The failure of college sport as an equal opportunity employer

Jamie Miller: Unionizing college athletes will destroy college sports