Tag: football
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Rocco Porreca, Newbury College – Future of Football
The NFL’s profits may be booming, but a reduction in youth players is also looming. Rocco Porreca, assistant professor in sport management at Newbury College, describes changes being made to try to save football. Rocco Porreca enters his first year as Newbury’s Faculty Athletic Representative. Porreca joined Newbury College’s Roger. A. Saunders School of Business…
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Nicholas Port, Indiana University – Subconcussions
Not every athlete with a brain injury has been diagnosed with a concussion. Nicholas Port, associate professor at the School of Optometry at Indiana University, looks into other aspects of sports that could contribute to these injuries. Dr. Nicholas Port completed his undergraduate training at NYU’s Center for Neural Science (1990) and completed his pre-graduate…
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Russ Crawford, Ohio Northern University – Female Participation in Football Leagues
We’ve always heard that football as a masculine sport. Russ Crawford, professor of history at Ohio Northern University, says women also play the game and their numbers are increasing. Professor of History Russ Crawford was born in Ainsworth, Nebraska in 1961. He graduated from Chadron State College with a BA in History in 1985, and…
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Jonathan Willner, Oklahoma City University – Sports Economics
Does competitive balance in sports lead to better attendance? Jonathan Willner, professor of economics at Oklahoma City University, explains that the score on the field doesn’t always represent the amount of fans in the seats. Jonathan Willner was raised in Seoul, South Korea, outside of Washington, D.C., and in West Berlin, Germany, where he learned…
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Rhett Brymer, Miami University – Referee Bias in NCAA Football
Are the referees playing by the rules? Rhett Brymer, a professor at the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, is analyzing officiating in the NCAA and looking for instances of bias. Dr. Rhett Brymer is the John Mee Endowed Assistant Professor of management at The Farmer School of Business at Miami University. He sits on…