June 8, 2020
While sports officials have not been formally designated “essential workers” during the COVID-19 pandemic, they certainly remain essential to all sports organizations now in the process […]
May 6, 2020
No country in the world has the array of sports available to the public as does the United States. Whether one is an actual participant or […]
April 22, 2020
According to a recent report in the New York Times (the “Times”), after years of investigations and indictments, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) handed […]
September 5, 2019
For the past couple decades or so, athletes participating in various sports under the umbrella of the United States Olympic Committee (“USOC”) and its National Governing […]
August 6, 2019
The U.S. sports industry, largely unregulated in contrast to the most regulated industries in the nation, is on the cusp of learning first-hand what happens when […]
June 24, 2019
By David D. Dodge david@sprtsoc.com When the college admissions scandal was originally reported on in early March of this year, many observers believed that this news […]
November 29, 2018
On October 21, 2018 The New Yorker published a piece in The Sunday Archive entitled Scandals by Erin Overbey and Joshua Rothman. In the opening paragraph, […]
October 8, 2018
In the wake of the Dr. Larry Nassar scandal at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University and ongoing investigations at USA Swimming where allegations of sexual […]
June 7, 2018
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling boosts the prospect of commercial sports gambling across the nation. In a 6-3 decision, the Court struck down a federal […]
May 8, 2018
Based on a finding by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, former USA Taekwondo national team coach, Jean Lopez, has been declared permanently ineligible for any involvement […]
April 5, 2018
Nearly five years ago, I recall a conversation I had with Adam Turtletaub, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & International Programs at SCCE, when he told […]
March 1, 2018
On February 14, 2018 President Trump signed into law a bill that aims to protect amateur athletes from sexual abuse. The new law has three main […]