It’s no secret that concussions are a massive issue in the American football world, and have been for a while. The majority of football players have been subjected to such egregious amounts of head trauma that they will likely never fully recover from the damage inflicted on their brains. Actions such as the creation of […]
The University of Michigan football program boasts a historic past, but they are only a year removed from major turmoil surrounding leadership and underperformance on the field. Since then they have hired a highly sought after coach and notable alum, Jim Harbaugh, as the head coach in 2015. The Harbaugh hiring is just part of […]
Athletic Director responsibilities are changing, and much of the role’s evolution can be attributed to new expectations around using technology to communicate. Just like today, the success of ADs 20 years ago depended on their departments running smoothly. A big part of making that happen was communicating well with all stakeholders of the athletic department: […]
With Will Smith’s movie Concussion bringing the issue of head trauma in professional football back into the national spotlight, and to a broader audience than ever before, many are wondering how American football can persist as a sport over time. The discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (a progressive degenerative disease, simply referred to as CTE) […]
When surveying the college athletics landscape, what’s virtually always overlooked are those schools and student-athletes outside the power conferences and non-mainstream sports. That’s a reality entrenched amidst the enigmas of the NCAA… The newfound trend of VR startups venturing into elite college programs only highlights the disparity that exists, with the overall divide, seemingly, growing […]