Financial compensation for athletes under the NCAA governance is now a reality thanks to California’s Fair Pay to Play Act, which prompted the NCAA to update its archaic policies in 2019. Ostensibly this means payment for athletes playing Division 1 football and...
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Year: 2020
ANTONIO BROWN FACES MORE TROUBLE
No one is going to argue that talented NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown is his own worst enemy. His career is marked by questionable judgment, erratic behavior on and off the field, and, seemingly, attempts to sabotage a lucrative football career. This has led both a...
MLB ANNOUNCES RED SOX INVESTIGATION
Baseball has a particular appreciation for stealing bases or taking advantage when a pitcher tips their pitches. However, digitally assisted sign-stealing using replay technology is where it draws the line since Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sent out...
SUPER BOWL SEES ITS FIRST FEMALE AND OPENLY GAY COACH
Football fans outside of the Bay Area likely became acquainted with 49ers offensive assistance Katie Sowers due to a new national ad selling Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 tablets during playoff games. Now with the 49ers win over the Packers, Sowers will be the first woman...
NFL HAS A MINORITY LEADERSHIP GAP
The 2019 NFL regular season has drawn to a close. While some teams move on to the playoffs, a handful of others not playing in January have already opted to change head coaches and general managers in hopes of improving. This is a standard operating procedure in the...
RACIST CHANTS BECOMING ALL TOO COMMON IN EUROPEAN SOCCER
Many celebrate soccer as the true global team sport. Yet an international cast of players who move from country to country and team to team find themselves embroiled in a cultural shift towards nationalist pride and racial intolerance. It manifests itself in offensive...