Posted 10:42 a.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2014
B. David Ridpath, a nationally recognized sports management professor and intercollegiate athletic reform activist, will speak at UW-La Crosse Feb. 12.
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B. David Ridpath, a nationally recognized sports management professor and intercollegiate athletic reform activist, will speak at UW-La Crosse Feb. 12.[/caption]
An Ohio professor will discuss the history of intercollegiate athletics during a presentation at UW-La Crosse.
B. David Ridpath, a nationally recognized sports management professor and intercollegiate athletic reform activist, will speak on “The Faculty Driven Reform Movement in Intercollegiate Athletics: Can It Work to Make College Sports More Academically-Centered?” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in 102 Wimberly Hall.
The presentation, part of the Distinguished Lecture Series in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, is free and open to the public.
Ridpath will address the history of intercollegiate athletics and the more than 100-year effort at various reform movements. Specifically he will address the recent faculty-driven reform movements within and outside of the NCAA governance system over the past decade.
In particular, Ridpath will discuss faculty reform efforts, potential legislation, and legal cases to illustrate the impact of these reform efforts and the potential future changes coming to college sports because of them.
Ridpath is an associate professor in the Department of Sports Administration in the College of Business at Ohio University in Athens. He has several years of practical experience in the sports industry and teaches classes in marketing, sponsorship, risk management, sports law, issues in intercollegiate athletics, and other areas. Ridpath was Interim Associate Athletic Director for Compliance in 2007. He has been a faculty member at Ohio University since 2006.
If you go—
What: Distinguished Lecture Series in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Who: B. David Ridpath
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12
Where: 102 Wimberly Hall
Admission: Free
B. David Ridpath, a nationally recognized sports management professor and intercollegiate athletic reform activist, will speak at UW-La Crosse Feb. 12.[/caption]
An Ohio professor will discuss the history of intercollegiate athletics during a presentation at UW-La Crosse.
B. David Ridpath, a nationally recognized sports management professor and intercollegiate athletic reform activist, will speak on “The Faculty Driven Reform Movement in Intercollegiate Athletics: Can It Work to Make College Sports More Academically-Centered?” at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12, in 102 Wimberly Hall.
The presentation, part of the Distinguished Lecture Series in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, is free and open to the public.
Ridpath will address the history of intercollegiate athletics and the more than 100-year effort at various reform movements. Specifically he will address the recent faculty-driven reform movements within and outside of the NCAA governance system over the past decade.
In particular, Ridpath will discuss faculty reform efforts, potential legislation, and legal cases to illustrate the impact of these reform efforts and the potential future changes coming to college sports because of them.
Ridpath is an associate professor in the Department of Sports Administration in the College of Business at Ohio University in Athens. He has several years of practical experience in the sports industry and teaches classes in marketing, sponsorship, risk management, sports law, issues in intercollegiate athletics, and other areas. Ridpath was Interim Associate Athletic Director for Compliance in 2007. He has been a faculty member at Ohio University since 2006.
If you go—
What: Distinguished Lecture Series in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science
Who: B. David Ridpath
When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12
Where: 102 Wimberly Hall
Admission: Free