| The
Advisory Board
The NISR Advisory Board consults with the Director and Executive
Board to develop and implement policy. The Advisory Board also serves
on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Sports Reform.
Dr. Linda
Bensel-Myers |
Associate Professor, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. Dr. Bensel-Myers is presently
the Director of the Drake Group, a national faculty coalition
seeking to end academic corruption in our colleges and universities.
Linda’s plight against academic corruption at the University
of Tennessee has received national exposure. She is presently
authoring a book on her experiences. |
Bob Bigelow |
Winchester, Massachusetts. Bob Bigelow
is a former NBA player and frequent critic of youth sports.
His book Just Let the Kids Play:
How to Top Other Adults from Ruining Your Child’s Fun
and Success in Youth Sports is a superb analysis of what
currently ails athletics at the youth level. Bob is a tireless
worker for the right of young athletes to enjoy the games they
play. His book provides thoughtful recommendations and reforms
for our present youth sports culture. |
Dale Brown |
Dale Brown Enterprises, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Dale Brown, legendary basketball coach at LSU, has become a
frequent critic of college athletics. Through motivational speeches
and participation in national forums, Dale has spoken passionately
and persuasively about changes he believes are necessary to
reform sports at the collegiate level. |
Bill Cushing |
Community member in Bethlehem, New York.
Bill Cushing has been coaching recreational, travel and scholastic
sports teams for over 15 years working with 5 year olds through
20 year olds in soccer and basketball. He has also served on
the Board of Directors of the Albany Sports Foundation, YMCA,
Bethlehem Soccer Club and Bethlehem Basketball Club. Bill is
a former New York State Emergency Medical Technician and has
been involved with sports training care. |
Dan Doyle |
Director, Institute for International
Sport, Kingston, Rhode Island. Dan Doyle is Director and founder
of the Institute for International Sport. This organization
emphasizes the development of sportsmanship and leadership skills
in young athletes from around the world. Responsible for the
development of a National Sportsmanship Day as well as the International
Scholar Athlete Games, Dan is focused upon providing positive
change in our present sports culture. He presently is co-authoring
a book entitled The Encyclopedia
of Sports Parenting. |
Fred Engh |
President, National Alliance for Youth
Sports, West Palm Beach, Florida. Fred Engh is the President
and founder of the National Alliance for Youth Sports. This
organization is seeking to reform the culture of youth sports
by training and certifying youth coaches and sports administrators.
The prevention and education tactics used by the Alliance have
been very effective in combating the many problems that hinder
our youths from having positive sports experiences. Fred’s
book, Why Johnny Hates Sports:
Why Organized Youth Sports are Failing Our Children and What
We Can Do About It, is considered to be a classic work in
the area of sports reform. |
Dr. Jon Ericson |
Professor Emeritus, Drake University,
Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. Jon Ericson is a former Provost at Drake
University. A long time critic of intercollegiate athletics,
Jon was the founder of the Drake Group, the national faculty
coalition fighting against academic corruption. He organized
and presided over the Drake Group Meetings in Iowa several years
ago and was asked to testify in front of the recent Knight Commission
Meeting on Intercollegiate Athletics. |
Dr. John Gerdy |
A Visiting Professor of Sports Administration
at Ohio University, Dr. Gerdy is a former collegiate basketball
All-American, professional player, NCAA legislative assistant,
and Associate Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference. He
has authored a number of pivotal books in the area of sports
reform including Sports: The All-American Addiction and
Sports In School: The
Future of an Institution |
Dr. Michael Gray |
Professor of Physical Education, Northern
Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky. Dr. Michael
Gray is a worldwide lecturer on issues related to youth sports
especially as they relate to the effects of stress on the behavior
of children and adolescents. A board member with National Alliance
for Youth Sports, Michael has also served as the Director of
the Human Performance Laboratory, and Past Director of the US
Olympic Committee Medical Site. |
Ramogi Huma |
Chairman, The College Athletes Coalition,
Sherman Oaks, California. Ramogi Huma is a former collegiate
football player at UCLA and is the Chairman of the Collegiate
Athletes Coalition. The goal of this group is to organize college
athletes in order to give them a stronger voice about health
insurance, scholarship stipends, and the general working conditions
of athletes. Ramogi is a tireless and committed worker for the
rights of athletes in our colleges and universities. |
Marc Isenberg |
Director, Athlete Network, Los Angeles,
California. Marc Isenberg has been a frequent critic of our
sports culture especially as it relates to issues of sports
gambling and commercialism. He has authored several articles
on these issues and his work is frequently quoted in newspapers
and magazines. His book, The Student
Athlete Survival Guide is one of the best manuals available
for advising young people about the potential problems and pitfalls
they may face as high school and college athletes. |
Dr. David Janda |
Director, Institute for Preventative Sports
Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. David Janda is the founder
and Director of the internationally recognized Institute for
Preventatitive Sports Medicine. An international leader in the
area of sports injury prevention, Dr. Janda authored an award-winning
book in this area entitled The
Awakening of a Surgeon. In the book, he chronicles his journey
through the area of sports injury prevention. He discusses the
forces that prevent our athletes from using the safest equipment
and the best teaching methods for limiting sports injuries.
|
Dr. Kenneth Reed |
An expert in sports administration and
sport policy, Dr. Kenneth Reed has focused his career on reforming
our sports culture through a variety of sports policy initiatives,
especially in the win-at-all costs mentality that pervades athletics
today. He teaches sports studies courses and has published numerous
well received articles and columns on contemporary sports issues.
Presently, he is the regular sports issues columnist for Mile
High Sports magazine. |
Brian Porto, Esq |
Attorney at Law, Windsor, Vermont. Attorney
Brian Porto has authored a number of provocative pieces in law
reviews regarding legal challenges to our present system of
intercollegiate sports. An outspoken critic of commercialism
in sports today, Brian is presently authoring a book on the
topic. |
Cathy Redmond |
National Coalition Against Violent Athletes
(NCAVA), Littleton, Colorado. Kathy Redmond is the founder and
Director of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes.
The goal of the coalition is to educate the public on a variety
of issues involving athletes and violence and to promote positive
development among athletes. As a victim herself of a violent
act perpetrated by an athlete, Kathy has become an outspoken
and persuasive critic of our present “jock” culture |
Dr. Alan Sack |
Professor, University of New Haven, New
Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Alan Sack has been an outspoken critic
of intercollegiate athletics and the demise of amateurism. A
former Notre Dame football player, Alan is known for his articulate
and passionate examination of the problems facing athletes in
our present win-at-all-costs sports culture. His co-authored
book, College
Athletes for Hire: The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA’s
Amateur Myth, is considered a classic in the area
of sports reform. |
Marcia Sage, Esq |
Director, Sports Ethics Institute, Laurel,
Maryland. Attorney Marcia Sage is the founder and Director of
the Sports Ethics Institute. A tax lawyer and ethicist, Marcia
created the Institute to raise and explore the many ethical
issues that arise in our sports culture today. The Institute
has already held two summits on important wide-ranging ethical
issues in sports. The discourse at these two summits has contributed
significantly to ideas about sports reform in our present society. |
Dr. Ellen Staurowsky |
Professor, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New
York. Dr. Ellen Staurowsky is a former college athletic director
and an outspoken critic of our present sports culture. Co-author
of the highly regarded book, College
Athletes for Hire: The Evolution and Legacy of the NCAA’s
Amateur Myth, Ellen is a leading voice in the debate regarding
sports reform in our country. She is an expert regarding the
controversy surrounding amateurism in intercollegiate athletics
and a specialist in the area of Title IX legislation. |
Jim Thompson |
Director, Positive Coaching Alliance,
Stanford, California. Jim Thompson is the founder and Director
of the Positive Coaching Alliance. The overall goal of the Alliance
is to provide a teaching culture in which young athletes will
love to play sports. Jim has been a tireless worker in advocating
more rational approaches to the coaching of young athletes and
his methods are being widely adopted. His book, Positive
Coaching: Building Character and Self-Esteem Through Sports
provides strategies to motivate and
inspire athletes to reach their full potential. |
Dr. Charles Yesalis |
Professor, Penn State University, State
College, Pennsylvania. Dr. Charles Yesalis is an internationally
recognized researcher in the field of performance enhancing
drugs. He is a frequently called upon lecturer in his field,
has testified before Congress, and has served as a consultant
to numerous federal agencies such as the National Institute
on Drug Abuse, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Food
and Drug Administration and the US Office of National Drug Control
Policy. His book, The Steroids Game: An
Expert’s Inside Look at Anabolic Steroid Use in Sports
is an authoritative work on this important topic. |
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