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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.
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Dr. Ken Reed is Sports Policy Director for the League of Fans.
Dr. Ken Reed is Sports Policy Director for the League of Fans. He is a long-time sports industry consultant, sports studies instructor, sports issues analyst, columnist and author.
Reed is a distance faculty member for the United States Sports Academy and occasionally teaches sports studies courses, including Contemporary Sports Issues, History of Sports, and Sports Sociology.
Reed has long been a strong advocate for quality physical education and sports programs for all students, not just elite athletes. He created the Center for the Advancement of Physical Education (CAPE) for PE4life, a non-profit organization dedicated to making quality daily physical education available to all students, K-12. As director and senior policy analyst for CAPE, he developed numerous position papers, white papers, issue backgrounders, and op-ed columns. He is the author of PE4life’s “Blueprint for Change,” an overview of the benefits of physical education as well as an action plan for getting our children moving in order to improve wellness, learning and behavior.
A “recovering sports marketer,” Reed once was a sports marketing consultant before switching career directions and utilizing his marketing and communications skills in a social marketing role for a variety of sports, fitness and education causes. He has delivered numerous professional development seminars to educators on how physical education, sports, and other forms of physical activity can improve academic performance, decrease behavioral problems and enhance student wellness.
Reed also has served as an executive board member and faculty fellow for the National Institute for Sports Reform, as well as on the board of directors for Positive Coaching, a non-profit whose mission is to promote positive attitudes and behaviors in youth sports. In addition, Reed has served as an advisory board member for Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Sports Industry Operations program.
He has published a sports novel targeting young readers, 10-14, called Sara’s Big Challenge. The book’s overarching theme is the importance of being true to yourself. He recently completed Game Changer, the inspiring story of Phil Lawler, the “father of the new physical education.” Human Kinetics published the book in August 2011. In addition, he has been a sports columnist for several sports magazines. He currently writes a sports issues column for Mile High Sports magazine. He won first place in the 2005 Denver Newspaper Guild Awards competition for his sports commentary and was the recipient of the 2011 COAHPERD Sportsmanship Award for his work on fairness and ethics in sports.
Reed holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Denver, a master’s degree from Colorado State University (concentration in athletic administration), and a doctorate in sport administration (emphasis sport policy) from the University of Northern Colorado. His doctoral dissertation was a sports policy case study and dealt with the unsavory aspects of the Major League Baseball expansion process. Reed lettered in baseball and basketball at the University of Denver and has worn many hats in the world of sports, including coach, sports official, scout, manager, and sports talk show host.
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