Archive for September, 2017
the benefits of college athletics
From Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, insights on the benefits of college athletics participation.
Read morestudent voice on athletics reform
Number of Twitter followers: @UWMadison: 166K Starting five players on 2016-17 UW men’s basketball team: 252K As matters of welfare, competition, and support will increasingly be explored, student-athletes have bigger platforms that ever before.
Read morethe snowballing youth sports industry
Several observations on the rapidly expanding youth sports industry:
Read moretexas student homelessness after the storm
The disastrous effects of Hurricane Harvey will be felt in schools. Over a million children could be without homes. Schools and communities will be challenged to work through this together. The strength and courage of Texas families — buoyed by the support of all who love and support them — will be seen in these […]
Read moreadmirability in sports
It’s great to see nine Big Ten schools are rated “above the line” here in the way their football programs are operated. On this “admirability scale,” UW-Madison was rated tops…
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