By Ken Reed
A new study in the American Journal of Medicine, has found that on a national level, physical inactivity prevalence is unacceptably high and has not appreciably improved over the past decade.
In the report, researchers state:
“Specifically, on a national level, physical inactivity prevalence is unacceptably high … The coronavirus disease […]
By Ken Reed
The challenges for the NCAA keep coming.
The latest is a lawsuit filed by three athletes against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences claiming that rules prohibiting schools from paying their athletes violate antitrust law.
That lawsuit sits on top of another lawsuit, House v. NCAA, that claims the NCAA […]
By Ken Reed
I recently wrote about data showing sports participation for boys and young children (6-12) was declining. Girls participation was up slightly but still trailed boys’. Moreover, only two states, Minnesota and Massachusetts, are currently meeting the government’s goal of 63% youth sports participation by 2030. Furthermore, of those children participating in […]
By Ken Reed
According to national data from the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), boys participation in sports has dropped from 50% to 40% in one decade.
Boys are still participating in sports at a higher rate than girls but the gap is closing. Girls’ sports participation rate was 35%, according to SFIA. […]
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One of America’s best sportswriters, Joe Posnanski, joins us for this episode. Posnanski has twice been named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. He’s also written for The Athletic […]
By Ken Reed
College football’s barons still can’t figure out how to have a real playoff format.
It’s a classic sports example of ineptitude: 154 years after the first college football game was played, college football fans are stuck with a 4-team invitational tournament whose participants are chosen by a dozen or so suits in […]
Girls Hit the Hardest
By Ken Reed
ACL injuries among high school athletes have grown 26% over the past 15 years, according to new research developed by the National ACL Injury Coalition.
The National ACL Injury Coalition reviewed injury data for 12 major girls and boys sports over five three-year periods from 2007 to […]
Researchers Find Conclusive Evidence That Repetitive Head Impacts Cause CTE
By Ken Reed
When it comes to brain trauma and CTE in sports, the research is showing that we’ve put too much emphasis on concussions.
For a long time, parents, coaches, players, members of the media and some doctors have blamed concussions for causing chronic […]
Thankfully, his coaching style is going away
By Ken Reed
Originally published by Troy Media
“It’s time to do away with coaching by humiliation and fear. When college coaches choose to coach this way and win, then coaches at all levels feel they have to emulate this behaviour. This results in an environment with […]
By Ken Reed
John Wooden was fond of saying “Sport doesn’t build character, it reveals it.”
Building character should be a high priority for youth sports coaches. Unfortunately, too many youth sports coaches operate with a win-at-all-costs (WAAC) mindset. Developing strong character traits in their athletes are a secondary consideration, if they are considered at […]
Sports Forum Podcast
Episode #33 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Ken Reed Announces His Retirement and Chats With League of Fans Founder Ralph Nader – Ken and Ralph talk about the history of League of Fans and the reasons it was created. They then move into a discussion of a variety of contemporary sports issues that League of Fans has been working on in recent years. Ken and Ralph end by talking about the need for sports fans, athletes, and other sports stakeholders to get involved in the sports reform movement and be activists and change agents on issues important to them, whether that be at the local, state, or national level.
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Episode #32 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Prolific Author Joe Posnanski Joins the Show – Posnanski is one of America’s best sportswriters and has twice been named the best sports columnist in America by the Associated Press Sports Editors. We chat about his new book, “Why We Love Baseball,” his new Substack newsletter called Joe Blogs.
Episode #31 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: Foul Ball Safety Is Still an Important Issue at Ballparks – Our guests are Jordan Skopp, founder of FoulBallSafety.com and Greg Wilkowski, a Chicago based attorney. We discuss the historical problem of foul balls injuring fans and why some teams are still hesitant to put up protective netting in some minor league and college baseball parks.
Episode #30 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: The State of College Athletics with Dr. David Ridpath: Problems and Potential Solutions – Ridpath is a sports administration professor at Ohio University and a member of The Drake Group, a college sports reform think tank.
Episode #29 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: The Honorable Tom McMillen Visits League of Fans’ Sports Forum – McMillen is a former All-American basketball player, Olympian, Rhodes Scholar and U.S. Congressman. We discuss the state of college athletics today.
Episode #28 – League of Fans’ Sports Forum podcast: A Chat With Mano Watsa, a Leading Basketball and Life Educator – Watsa is President of PGC Basketball, the largest education basketball camp in the world. We discuss problems in youth sports today.
Media
"How We Can Save Sports" author Ken Reed appears on Fox & Friends to explain how there's "too much adult in youth sports."
Ken Reed appears on Mornings with Gail from KFKA Radio in Colorado to discuss bad parenting in youth athletics.
“Should College Athletes Be Paid?” Ken Reed on The Morning Show from Wisconsin Public Radio
Ken Reed appears on KGNU Community Radio in Colorado (at 02:30) to discuss equality in sports and Title IX.
Ken Reed appears on the Ralph Nader Radio Hour (at 38:35) to discuss his book The Sports Reformers: Working to Make the World of Sports a Better Place, and to talk about some current sports issues.
- Reed Appears on Ralph Nader Radio Hour League of Fans’ sports policy director, Ken Reed, Ralph Nader and the New York Times’ Tyler Kepner discussed a variety of sports issues on Nader’s radio show as well as Reed’s updated book, How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan. Reed's book was released in paperback in February, and has a new introduction and several updated sections.
League of Fans is a sports reform project founded by Ralph Nader to fight for the higher principles of justice, fair play, equal opportunity and civil rights in sports; and to encourage safety and civic responsibility in sports industry and culture.
Vanderbilt Sport & Society - On The Ball with Andrew Maraniss with guest Ken Reed, Sports Policy Director for League of Fans and author of How We Can Save Sports: A Game Plan
Sports & Torts – Ken Reed, Sports Policy Director, League of Fans – at the American Museum of Tort Law
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