Tony Weaver, associate professor of sport management and chair of the Department of Sport Management, was recently featured in two articles on the future of college athletics following the COVID-19 pandemic.
With some uncertainty surrounding upcoming college athletics seasons, Associate Professor of Sport Management Tony Weaver offered insights in two recent articles by sports media outlet Deadspin about COVID-19’s potential impacts on college sports.
On May 7 Deadspin included Weaver’s thoughts on the financial burden COVID-19 has caused athletics departments across the nation in the article
The article discusses programs that have had to make cuts to staff and even entire sports programs due to the pandemic. Weaver discussed the efforts of athletics departments to protect their sports programs in the wake of the pandemic.
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On May 8 Deadspin mentioned Weaver in a second article focused on how changes to Title IX legislation in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic could potentially impact women’s college athletics programs. Read the entire article,聽“As Athletics Budgets Plunge, Who’s Fighting For Women’s Sports On Campus,”聽.