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Sports has always been linked to politics

By on December 16, 2022   /   Coaching Issues, Sports Business, Sports Ethics, Sports Management, Sports Media, World Cup Soccer   /   Leave a comment
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In our recent Op-Ed piece that appeared in the International Business Times (December 12, 2022), we stated: “You cannot keep politics out of sport, not on the world stage, not when it involves basic human rights, and certainly not when the governing bodies of those sports have their hands so deeply in governments’ pockets.” We were referring to #FIFA and the attempt of the organization to remove human rights issues from the #WorldCup and from the country of #Qatar. As a sports ethics keynote speaker and sports ethics consultant, I was surprised by some of the feedback […]

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Sexual harassment charges indirectly hit coach

By on December 6, 2022   /   Coaching Issues, Women's Soccer   /   Leave a comment
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As a sports ethics and business ethics motivational speaker and consultant, I must often talk to groups on the topics of sexual harassment and abuse. It’s a damn shame. As we approach 2023, I am often surprised at the lack of awareness on these topics, especially among athletes and coaches. The Portland Thorns The Thorns (women’s soccer) have had more than their share of documented off-the-field problems. It speaks to an ethical and managerial breakdown top to bottom, but for this post I want to address the topic of sexual […]

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Why the Portland Thorns must matter to all of us

By on November 12, 2022   /   Coaching Issues, Div 1 Women's Sports, NCAA Women's Soccer, Professional Athletes - General, Women's Soccer   /   Leave a comment
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As a sports ethics keynote speaker, sports ethics consultant and co-author of Monday Morning Ethics, my heart is invested in ethical choices and consequences. As grandfather to girls, my heart is invested in their future happiness. Whether they become athletes — or not, is not relevant; that they have an equal chance to compete in all phases of life, is both my desire and my cause. Every time I think society has “arrived,” something comes along to discourage my optimism. The Portland Thorns Before touching on the key points of […]

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