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The Potential for Youth Sports to Improve Childhood Outcomes
Children’s experiences can have important long-term consequences for their health and wellbeing. One potentially valuable experience is participation in youth sports, which may yield benefits including improved physical health and the development of generalizable...
Esports Is Bigtime But The Regulation of Traditional Sports Gambling Will Decide its Fate
Esports Is Bigtime But The Regulation of Traditional Sports Gambling Will Decide its Fate David J. Lisko Viktor Lyusi A few years ago videogame tournaments accommodated a few hundred players, competing for modest prizes, and a few spectators watched. Just a few...
Leveling The Playing Field: Dr. Jen Welter, The NFL’s First Female Coach
Leveling The Playing Field: Dr. Jen Welter, The NFL’s First Female Coach Radio Influence Staff This week’s Leveling the Playing Field was recorded in person as Bobbi-Sue interviews Dr. Jen Welter, the first female coach in the NFL, former professional football player,...
Why Playing College Football Prepared Me to Start and Lead an Organization
Why Playing College Football Prepared Me to Start and Lead an Organization Jarrod Barnes “I’m sorry, you don’t have enough experience for this position.” Have you heard this before in a job interview? While many employers look for traditional experience, the currency...
3 Keys to Leading When It Matters Most
3 Keys to Leading When It Matters Most Jarrod Barnes Success, victory, significance, and legacy. All of these are the result of leadership in life’s critical moments. These moments are different for everyone, for some it could be leading their family together...
The Next Great College Football Scandal
THE NEXT GREAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL SCANDAL: THE ETHICS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACHES’ HAVING THE SAME AGENT AS THEIR PLAYERS DAVID J. LISKO If you look at the NFL’s first-round draft picks from the last five years, you will find that an inordinate number of them are...