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NFL Slowly Making Progress On Concussion Policy

By editor On January 25, 2012 ·

The NFL just wishes the concussion issue would go away. But it’s not going anywhere.

In fact, sports-related head trauma in general, and concussions in particular, will be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest sports issue in the next decade. The NFL will be thrust right into the middle of it.

For [...]

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Q & A With John Gagliardi

By admin On January 24, 2012 ·

A League of Fans Special Feature

John Gagliardi

John Gagliardi is the head football coach at NCAA Division III St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He’s the winningest coach in college football history, with a 484-133-11 all-time record, including 30 conference titles and four national championships. He’s the first active head coach to be inducted [...]

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Snowboarders Fight Growing Use of Energy Drinks in Sports

By editor On January 19, 2012 ·

A couple of professional snowboarders, Bryan Fox and Austin Smith, have started a “Drink Water” campaign to combat what they see as a troublesome trend: the heavy marketing of energy drinks like Red Bull and Rockstar at sporting events in general and snowboarding competitions in particular. As part of their campaign for water in [...]

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FCC Seeks Fan Comment on Elimination of Sports Blackout Rule

By editor On January 15, 2012 ·

A group of petitioners, including the League of Fans, has successfully pushed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to rule on the sports blackout rule. The FCC has released a public notice seeking public input on the matter. It’s important that fans respond in force in order to increase the chances of ultimate success on [...]

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Movement to Pay College Players Continues to Gain Momentum

By editor On January 14, 2012 ·

Rick Telander, a respected columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and author of the book The Hundred Yard Lie, which exposed a lot of the myths and hypocrisy surrounding college football when it was released in the late 90′s, has written a column calling for a players strike in big-time college sports.

If the [...]

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Q & A With Robert Lipsyte

By editor On January 10, 2012 ·

A League of Fans Special Feature

Robert Lipsyte

Robert Lipsyte was an award-winning sportswriter for the New York Times. His book SportsWorld: An American Dreamland, published in 1975, is a seminal work in the field of sports journalism. It was one of the first sports books to not “god up” the athletes or view games [...]

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Nocera Plan for Reforming College Sports One of the Best Yet

By editor On January 5, 2012 ·

Joe Nocera’s recent feature article in the New York Times Magazine titled, “Let’s Start Paying College Athletes,” along with his related New York Times op-ed piece, “The College Sports Cartel” represent some of the best thinking to date on how to fix college sports. Nocera’s plan would make college sports more honest and [...]

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Top Two Heisman Trophy Finishers Represent Student-Athlete Ideal

By editor On January 3, 2012 ·

Baylor’s Robert Griffin III won the 2011 Heisman Trophy and Stanford’s Andrew Luck was runner-up. They’re both quarterbacks. That’s not unusual as quarterbacks and running backs dominate the Heisman voting. What is unique is that both Griffin and Luck are also excellent students who place a high value on their college educations.

Griffin graduated [...]

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A Great Chance to Make a Difference in Youth Sports

By editor On December 29, 2011 ·

Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) is one of the bright spots in the world of sports. The non-profit organization, founded by current chief executive officer Jim Thompson, is focused on eliminating the “win-at-all-costs” mentality that too often permeates the youth sports environment. The result of this mindset is that for too many children what should be [...]

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Q & A With Jay Coakley

By editor On December 27, 2011 ·

A League of Fans Special Feature

Jay Coakley

Jay Coakley is a former athlete who became one of the nation’s preeminent sports sociologists.  Coakley grew up in the Chicago area and evolved into an all-state basketball player.  He moved to Colorado to play for famed hoops coach Joe B. Hall at [...]

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    League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to encourage social & civic responsibility in sports industry & culture. See League of Fans Core Principles

    December 20, 2011 Click here to read the news release and report on Ralph Nader's Call for Budding Sports Reformers

    December 7, 2011 Click here to read the news release and report on Ralph Nader's Claim that Sports Media Are Dropping the Ball on Social, Cultural, and Economic Issues in Sports

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    Read the news release and report on Mandatory Implementation of King-Devick Concussion Test in High School and Youth Sports

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