Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue Podcast presented by Suffolk University

Jayan Gandhi and Jai Malhotra, cofounders of the National High School Sports Analytics Association discuss their first-ever conference and why data in sports rocks.

Can the National Football League grow tackle football into a truly global game - played and viewed in countries where other sports dominate? I am betting no. But does the NFL have a strategy that can put American football on par with basketball and international football? Andy Fuller, managing director of the International Federation of American Football, and Shigeo Iwamiya, Commissioner of the National Gay Flag Football League join the Sawyer Business School Amplification Avenue podcast presented by Suffolk University to talk about flag football's importance to growing the game that Americans love so much.

Firearms are a polarizing topic in the U.S. What is the role of the sportsman and hunter in educating others about the responsibilities that come with gun ownership? Matt Light, former New England Patriots left tackle, co-founder of the Light Foundation, and lifelong sportsman shares his perspective and insight on teaching responsibility, accountability, ethics, and leadership.

Host Skip Perham of the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School discusses the Concussion Legacy Foundation's recent findings that validate the research linking repetitive head injury and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy., commonly known as CTE. CLF Director of Programs, Samantha Bureau, PhD, communicates a call to action for global sports organizations like the NHL, FIFA, and the IOC to acknowledge the link and communicate the dangers to participants of all ages.

Defund the police! Arm every teacher! Both the left and right have their talking points to gaslight their bases on the topic of public safety. In this conversation, host Skip Perham of the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School talks with Jeff Hood, CEO of National Police Athletic Activities Leagues (PAL) Inc, which began servicing communities across the nation in 1914. In this conversation, Hood talks about PAL's mission; how the organization makes a difference one kid at a time; how marketing can help further the mission; a few of PAL's most famous alumnus; and just a little bit about NBA legend Steph Curry.

The most interesting conversations can often be about the topics you find the most difficult to discuss or the hardest in which to wrap your head around. In this conversation, host Skip Perham of the Suffolk University Sawyer Business School Marketing Department talks with Dr. Brianna Newland from New York University about the issue of transgender athletes. Dr. Newland is the academic director of undergraduate programs and an associate professor at the Tisch Institute for Global Sport. Her research explores the long-term sustainability of sports participation. The subject of transgender athletes has exploded into her field of study and she helps us go beyond the political fault lines to understand what we know, what we don't know and what needs to be studied on the issue.

March is Women’s History Month and it is also the month that features equal payday, the date in which women close the pay gap with their male counterparts from the previous calendar year. In February, just ahead of the month long celebration, we saw the final resolution of the US Women’s National Soccer Team’s lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation regarding inequities between the men’s and women’s soccer teams. As part of the final settlement, US Soccer agreed to pay the men’s and women’s teams equally. 

Amplification Avenue Podcast host and Suffolk University Sawyer Business School marketing instructor Skip Perham talks with April Heinrichs the World Cup winning player, Olympic Gold Medal coach and US Soccer Hall of Famer about her insight on the significance of the USWNST's achievement and what it means for women in all sports and US society as a whole.