The return of professional sports has had many twists, turns, stops, and restarts. And each league has come up with its own solutions trying to play competitive games while keeping players and staff relatively safe. Football has been likely the biggest challenge with...
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Big Ten conference pulls a reverse
Big Ten presidents and regents overwhelmingly voted to cancel the football season on August 11. They consulted their medical advisors and decided that it was too risky for student-players and staff until 2021. While the school administrations moved on to other issues,...
MLB players may not like the bubble, but it works
The MLB has announced its postseason plan, and not everyone is happy. For the first time since 1944, the World Series will begin October 20 at a neutral site (Arlington, Texas) as will the division series and the championship series. The first-round wild card games...
The new voice in women’s tennis
Women’s professional tennis has had an activist side to it since at least the 1960s. Long before Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in 1973 in front of a television audience of 90 million, she was a vocal advocate for equal rights and equal pay for women. Other players...
Are athletes our best option for social change?
It usually is politicians, community leaders, educators, and even parents who recognize society's problems and speak up. These groups weighed in (both pro and con) on police brutality acts documented in the news and on social media. But increasingly, athletes use...
Senators suggest that college athletes get a Bill of Rights
Seismic shifts have occurred within the NCAA’s governing body regarding payment or compensation to athletes. Now Democratic Senators are looking at drafting a Bill of Rights so the athletes who spoke up about safety issues and social justice during the current...
Marlins season on pause after positive tests
It took five days into the shortened season before half of the Miami Marlins’ active roster and two coaches tested positive for Coronavirus. This incident should come as no surprise, considering the spike in cases concurrently happening outside of sports. The Marlins...
Football looking less likely in 2020
Every professional and college sport faces challenges in 2020 over safety concerns. However, it has also not helped that many organizations have stumbled out of the gate when trying to implement viable changes to make sports safe for players as they tried to salvage...
Washington’s NFL team to change name and logo
The Washington Redskin's football team announced on Monday, July 13, that it would change its name and logo that many considered a racial slur. This decision comes after decades of complaints from American Indian groups, human rights groups and countless others. The...
MLB swings and misses
Amidst professional sports' attempts to find a viable solution for safely returning to action, baseball illustrates the many complexities involved. It took three months of negotiations for the league and the players to finally restart summer camp to prepare for a...
