athletic administration
May 1, 2020
Preparing for the future COVID-19 landscape
Due to COVID-19 there are still many unanswered questions regarding the outlook of sports in the future. Currently, government officials are developing and implementing safety protocols and procedures so states can begin to return to normal operation...
April 23, 2020
Summer soccer field maintenance
Healthy, dense natural grass is a key part of the success of any fall soccer field program. Turfgrass maintenance practices on any athletic field is a year-round series of inputs to maintain and increase the quality of grass. Although all maintenance...
April 17, 2020
BSN SPORTS helps coaches & ADs amid Coronavirus-related school closures
DALLAS, April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — BSN SPORTS, a division of Varsity Brands and the nation's largest direct marketer and distributor of sporting goods to the school and league markets, recently announced a series of initiatives to allow coaches ...
April 16, 2020
Leadership strategies for ADs in response to COVID-19 crisis
As we are all aware, COVID-19 has had a major impact on sports worldwide. All athletic activities and competitions have been canceled or postponed to ensure our coaches, athletes, game personnel and spectators stay healthy and safe. This is an u...
April 8, 2020
NIAAA offers free online workshops for athletic administrators
With the rest of the country attempting to carry on their everyday lives with web-based technology such as Zoom, athletic directors have the opportunity to work on professional development for free while working from home. The National Interschola...
March 30, 2020
US Justice Department weighs in on transgender athletes civil suit
A federal civil rights lawsuit aimed at blocking transgender athletes in the state of Connecticut from competing as the gender they identify as during varsity athletics has gotten the attention of the U.S. Department of Justice. Attorney General W...
March 20, 2020
Dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic
The horrific COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic crisis, which has engulfed a good portion of the world, is also having a huge impact upon education and, obviously, athletic programs. Schools have closed in many states and this means putting the spri...
March 2, 2020
Lessons learned in adding a new sport
Bloomsburg University was faced with a serious problem — it had a need to increase sport offerings for the underrepresented women. Adding a new sport to an already crowded landscape, both within your institution and your conference, is not as easy...
More than half — 54.6 percent — of the schools surveyed said they would be interested in offering esports to students if the FHSAA sanctioned the games.
FHSAA considers adding esports to athletic offerings
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The FHSAA is considering adding esports to its athletic offerings afte...