Kingsborough Athletic Department Case Study

The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, which is only 45 minutes from Detroit, is a public higher learning institution that was founded in 1817. The University of Michigan is considered to be one of the best colleges in the country.

Throughout the world of sports, it is very common for athletes to get injured or bruised up. A lot of the injuries that athletes suffer from often require surgery and intense rehab. Many kids are stuck with paying the medical bill and have no insurance to cover it. The worst part about all of this is that most college coaches end up taking away the player's scholarship because of an injury. The NCAA has its own catastrophic injury insurance, which insures individual athletes up to $20 million. But the majority don’t qualify. This example just shows that most athletes don’t have enough money to get insurance which would help them with their injury. As a result for the players not having insurance, the coaches will end up taking away their scholarship.

Athletics have changed over the years in Hampton Roads, Virginia, particularly in High School Football.  Football programs seemingly shied away from bettering young athletes and keeping them on the right track to focusing on building “super teams” to better benefit the coaches and the school’s reputation.  Lately we have watched a few of the area's top athletes coincidentally join forces at the same schools, regardless of what school zone they were originally assigned to, raising eyebrows all across the area. It has become such normality that more and more coaches are obtaining reprimands for recruiting violations, posing a very interesting question: Should the coaches who utilize the talent that they are given and actually work to build their team up from the ground be given more credit, or should the coaches with teams consisting of above average players continue to get all of the praise?

If a group of students were asked who the biggest influence in their life was, many would say some kind of coach. The general thought that comes to mind when discussing coaching is athletic coaches, but coaching has a much broader spectrum. The major difference between a coach and other leaders is commitment. Coaches help build plans for success for their followers and then follow their progress until the goal is completed.

“Only 8% of high school athletes go to the next level.” There are very few kids that will pick a school sport over a travel/AAU sport. A sport of choice is anyone's decision, but who you play for could be a big factor. Kids from all around the world play travel sports trying to improve on specific skills. This could lead kids into not playing for their own high school team, but going and playing for someone trying to gain recognition or get a higher level of competition. The cycle of kids abandoning their team for a travel team needs to stop; it is taking away from the community as a whole and MHSAA should issue restrictions against students choosing travel leagues over school sports.

The University of Texas at San Antonio, located in San Antonio, Texas, invites nominations and applications for the position of Director of Athletics.

These athletes had a great idea, but first they had to earn the right to become a union. The players had to go through the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) The NLRB considered the question of whether football players on athletic scholarships at Northwestern University are employees under the National Labor Relations Act (Patterson). After 16 months of deliberation the NLRB dismissed the Northwestern players’ petition. It was dismissed because Northwestern football players were not employees under federal labor law and could not unionize because of it. (Mccann) Although Northwestern players did not succeed they still made great progress. Since they started the movement in 2013 and a lot of positive changes has come from this movement.

For any athletic program during any sporting event, a brawl breaking out between the two opposing teams could be considered an undesirable situation. During a game between the Florida International University Golden Panthers and the Miami Hurricanes, that very thing happened and severe punishments were handed down by both programs to those involved. On October 14, 2016, a game between these two “cross town rivals” took place, and there was trash talk and penalties throughout the game. All of these penalties and trash talk led to a brawl that took place after a touchdown catch by running back James Bryant. According to Susan Miller Degnan, Barry Jackson, and Michelle Kaufman of the Miami Herald, “after Bryant ran inside the pylon for the score,

On October 25th a message was sent to the Varsity Football Team regarding the necessity to retake their team photos and it was scheduled for October 30th. My sons asked if I could attend so I could take some extra pictures for them, especially since this was Alexander's last year with the high school. I was both crestfallen and enraged yesterday when only thirteen players, including my two, and one manager who showed up for the picture. None of the coaches were present for the picture either! I have enclosed both a copy of the picture as well as the initial request for pictures at the bottom of this email for your review.

Choosing a new coach is one of the toughest jobs for a college athletic director, especially when hiring a coach for a program that is a consistent winner. He or she must try to hire a coach who they feel can continue the success that the program has had, while also being a good fit for the department and the school. It would do no good to hire a coach you know will win but will butt heads with administration as well as alienate the fans and will not have the respect of the players. The athletic director must sit down and set out the criteria that they want in a new coach and for a search committee that will help him or her to select a new coach. Having a search committee will allow the athletic director to have several different set of

The Cornerstone University Athletic Department was a great experience to the sports management world. Before this internship started, I was hopeful to learn many new things, and I did. I was excited to work with so many people that love sports as much as I do. I was pleased to be working under Rachel Wood, the assistant athletic director focusing on facilities and logistics. Also working very closely with Trey Reed, the events manager.

While only one of the women I worked with this semester is graduating, I know that other female athletes within the athletic department have and are carrying on the leadership skills they learned because of athletics. For the sake of privacy, some names have been changed. One student, Beatrice Manuel, was a successful student-athlete here at Ohio that is graduating with me next week. Over the course of four years, she learned key leadership skills such as how to lead a team and work with them, resilience, goal-setting, how to work under pressure and how to adapt to numerous situations. Because of her hard work and the key skills she learned, Beatrice is will be attending vet school this coming fall. Other female athletes in the athletic department are going on to obtain their masters degrees, or are obtaining jobs in leadership and management positions. In our athletic department, I know of one person who was formerly a student-athlete herself. I wrote many journals about Jenny, the football coordinator in Ohio’s athletic department. She played soccer collegiately and I see the skills she learned put to use everyday. She leads the entire football, and plans their academic schedules, as well as advises them and hosts weekly meetings. There is never less than three athletes in Jenny’s office or waiting to meet with her. She works under pressure, knowing that it is her responsibility to guide almost one hundred football players to graduation. Time management also comes very

As a proud and committed member of the Davis Athletic Council, I have become a confident communicator and have displayed this trait in a variety of situations. The Davis Athletic Council, (more commonly the DAC) consists of 28 students chosen for their athletic ability and leadership skills. We demonstrate communication through our collaborative efforts to organize activities and bridge the gap between staff and students.

Saint Leo University is one of the best overall colleges in the South, and their School of Business features a fantastic sports management program. Interestingly, Saint Leo is the first national college to be accredited by the Commission on Sports Management Accreditation (COSMA, which is one of the first specialized accrediting agencies with a focus on a sports management). Also, the school has been recognized by many independent institutions--including SportBusiness, and the Alliance for Sports Business (ASB)--as offering one of the best programs in the field. Overall, U.S. News and World Report ranks Saint Leo's business school in the top 100 colleges in the category of Best Online MBA programs. This school is

Following on from the success of the 5x60 progamme a similar project was established on a local level in 2014 where Neighbourhood Sport Coordinators (NSC’s) were appointed across Cardiff. The role of these NSC’s is to, “ensure that local sports clubs are linked to schools, and that they make sure that children of all areas are able to ‘access high quality sporting opportunities within their local community’ (School sport Programme, 2016). Funded by Cardiff Council, in partnership with Cardiff Metropolitan University, ‘Sport Cardiff’ as an organisation works with 95 schools in Cardiff, including all 19 secondary schools. This allows young people to participate in traditional and non traditional sports, through clubs run in schools (Sport Cardiff annual review, 2016) The