Global Sport Matters

Global Sport Matters Podcast Presents, in collaboration with Columbia University Sports Management: Sports Professors, where Professors Kenneth Shropshire & Scott Rosner discuss the 101 on what happened in sports business. Each episode gives you a quick recap of the past week in sports before diving deeper into a bigger topic to look at what's happening and why it matters.

In their first episode of The Sports Professors Podcast, Kenneth Shropshire and Scott Rosner first examine the viability of the Olympics, which is set to take place in Tokyo this year despite rising numbers of COVID-19 cases in the country and calls for cancellation by Japanese citizens.

Next, the two professors dive into the impact of fan activism and the power people have to change the course of sports history. In the discussion they look at recent examples of fans halting the European Super League from moving forward and protests of Northwestern University Athletic Director hire Mike Polisky amid lawsuit controversy that led to his departure just 10 days into the job.

On today’s show, our host Kenneth Shropshire, CEO of the Global Sport Institute, Director of Research at Global Sport Institute, Scott Brooks, Consultant and ED of Minority Opportunities Athletic Association, Stan Johnson, and former AD now COO for Kennesaw State University, Tamica Smith-Jones discuss the people and experiences behind the numbers and the shape of the river for athletic directors and college sport.

On the episode, a former professional basketball player from Australia (Russell Hinder), a sport historian at Arizona State University (Victoria Jackson), a researcher of community sports and youth at Arizona State University (Eric Legg), an adaptive athlete and coach (Nick Pryor), and CEO of Global Sport Institute (Kenneth Shropshire) share stories about the leaders in sport who made a difference in shaping their lives.

Today’s show focuses on 4 voices from the world of sport who sat down to answer questions about the moment they knew the pandemic was serious, how sport has changed or how they've changed this past year, and what they would want to tell their communities today.

Guests are Ilhaam Groenewald, board member of South African Sports Olympic Committee and Chief Director of Maties Sport at Stellenbosch University, Lori Okimura, paralympics delegate and former chair of USA Volleyball, Brent Cahwee, member of the Pawnee/ Euchee tribe and Co-founder of NDN Sports, a digital resource for Native American Sports News and Dr. Fitz Hill, former head football coach for San Jose University.

On the show today, Global Sport Institute CEO Kenneth Shropshire and Bill Rhoden of ESPN’s The Undefeated reflect on their first episode in the pandemic one year ago and the impact 2020 continues to have on the world of sport.

On the show today, Global Sport Institute CEO Kenneth Shropshire and Bill Rhoden of ESPN’s The Undefeated join us to talk about the rainmakers, the stalled progress in hiring for Black coaches, and the pathway to progress.

The NFL hasn't measured up to its diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives. After more controversial hires, it has to be asked, where does it go from here?

Kenneth Shropshire and William C. Rhoden of ESPN's The Undefeated discuss Urban Meyer's controversial staff pick, Chris Doyle, whose racist comments in the past have come back into light after only one coach of Color was hired in this year's cycle. In the ongoing fight for equality in the NFL's highest positions, it seems a new approach is needed to see real progress.

In this mini-series finale, looking at the NFL's Rooney Rule, where do we go from here? Karen Given talks with Rod Graves, Bill Rhoden, and Ken Shropshire.

In last week’s episode, Karen Given reported on the origins of the Rooney Rule. A rule meant to increase diversity at the head coaching position, which subsequently was extended to front-office positions. If you haven’t heard that episode, we recommend that you go back and take a listen.

In today’s episode, we delve into whether or not the rule created 18 years ago works, and whether or not its intent is actually having the impact everyone had hoped for.

We continue our story with reporter Karen Given.

In 2002 the NFL and its owners agreed they needed to improve the hiring of head coaches of color. But how they came to that agreement and the subsequent rule wasn't something that came from within.

Reporting is Karen Given, former host and producer of NPR's Only A Game.