Webinar #14: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 3: Name, Image, and Likeness — Chaos or Opportunity?
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Given the 2021-22 recruiting chaos created by differing state laws, lack of NCAA enforcement of inducement and extra benefit controls, and the call for common guardrails, what should be the role of Congress? What do H.R. 850, the College Athlete Freedom Act sponsored by Representative Lori Trahan (MA) and other federal NIL bills propose? What is the current status of … Read more
Webinar #13: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: The Drake Group National Awards “A Vision for the Future”
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Included in this program are the presentations of national awards to Sedona Prince, University of Oregon basketball player and journalism students who have excelled in investigative reporting on intercollegiate athletics. Allen Sack, Co-Founder of The Drake Group delivers a keynote address. In the midst of the current governance, NIL and athlete exploitation chaos, can a … Read more
Webinar #12: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 2: Mandating A College Athletes Bill of Rights
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How can Congress address the economic and educational exploitation of college athletes: lack of adequate long- and short-term insurance and medical expense coverage for athletics injuries, low graduation rates for minority basketball and football players, lack of professional codes of conduct that protect athletes from abuse. The panel examines Senator Cory Booker’s Framework for legislation mandating a College … Read more
Webinar #11: 2022 Sack Symposium Proceedings: Session 1: Giving College Athletes the Right to Unionize
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Is it possible for Congress to give college athletes the right to unionize under the National Labor Relations Act in order to create a better balance of power between athletes and their institutions? How important is it to retain the athlete’s “student” relationship to the university? If athletes were allowed to “unionize,” should athletes aggregate by … Read more
Webinar #10 – College Athletes Freedom of Speech and Expression – or the Lack Thereof
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Panelists explore how rights of free speech operate in the context of intercollegiate athletics including speech used abusively by athletes, athletes protesting abuse by coaches, trainers or other university staff, athletes engaging in political protest, coaches’ efforts to control athletes’ use of social media and commercial speech that is invoked in the context of NIL … Read more
Webinar #9 – Lack of Accountability for Athlete Abuse in College Athletics
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Over the last few decades, reported stories of athlete abuse in college athletics have become more frequent and more egregious. Incidents of abuse – including physical, mental, and sexual – have been swept under the carpet, and perpetrators are often able to resign and find employment at other institutions. The media as a whole is … Read more
Episode 14: Racism & Mental Health
College athletes are in the firing lines of several sources of racism—what are the implications on their mental health? Watch Episode 14 of Ask Doc to learn more about racism & mental health.
Episode 13: Abusive Coaches
An estimated 25-75% of competitive athletes experience abusive coaching. How do you recognize abusive coaching? How can you address abusive coaching and prevent it from being the norm? In Episode 13, Doc Emmett unpacks the grocery bag that is abusive coaching: what forms it can take, how to recognize it, its effects, and steps to … Read more
Episode 12: Key Steps to Addressing Your Mental Health
Doc Emmett talks the 4 initial keys to handling your mental health. Your mental health is just as important as your physical health. Athletes—prioritize your mind just as you do your body!
Episode 11: Agents
Agent is a “bad word” in the eyes of the NCAA. Can college athletes hire agents while they are still playing in college?