It’s no secret that concussions and safety from potential brain damage are of the utmost concern for NFL players. The NFL has been on the receiving end of public stigma regarding the safety of their players the past few years. There was even a movie released in 2015, “Concussion”, that was nominated for a Golden […]
Category: On the Bench
On The Bench: The MLB should be able to sign Cuban players
On April 9, the Trump administration cancelled a Dec. deal between Cuba and the U.S. that allowed the MLB to sign Cuban baseball players. The administration argued that the Cuban Baseball Federation is part of the Cuban government, which means that this deal was illegal due to the trade ban with Cuba. The United States […]
On the Bench: What ACC Dominance Has Done to the State of College Basketball
This year’s March Madness did something historic before any of the games even began. For the second time in college basketball history, three teams from one conference were number one seeds in their respective regions of the bracket. This conference was the Atlantic Coast Conference or ACC, and its level of dominance doesn’t bode well […]
On the Bench: Was it really a day in the life?
On Sunday, the NCAA released a promotional video on their twitter account of the supposed “day in the life” of a college athlete. This post soon went viral for being as what former and current NCAA affiliated athletes claimed as a highly inaccurate representation of the reality of what student-athletes actually experience. The video is […]
On the bench – What did hockey do to Florida?
Oh, Florida. I love you for a number of reasons: the numerous beaches, the countless parties, the endless wilderness and the…cheap hockey tickets? As any person who follows hockey would know, Florida’s teams aren’t exactly the best (although the Tampa Bay Lightning is first in the league right now, not sure how). This translates to […]
On the Bench: The Madness of March Madness
This year, March Madness kicks off on March 17. That means for three weeks, division I college basketball players from the best teams in the NCAA will compete for the title of National Champions. There are many debates about college basketball and its athletes in the media. Mainly if they are taken advantage of or […]
On the bench: Caster Semenya: It’s a tough decision but someone’s gotta do it
There have been a lot of controversies involving the Olympics in recent years, but South African mid-distance runner Caster Semenya, is one complicated issue that is only worsening. Semenya won Olympic Gold in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, but athletes and the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) believe that Semenya might be at an […]
On the Bench: What happened to the good halftime shows?
I’m not a person who follows football but I always watch the Super Bowl. The two things that always excite me the most are the funny commercials and the halftime show. The commercials were quite good, my two favorites being Walmart Grocery Delivery and Olay. The halftime show was disappointing, to say the least. Due […]
On the Bench: The NFL needs to send a clear message to the media
On Super Bowl LIII’s Opening Night on Monday, Rob Gronkowski, tight-end of the New England Patriots, was up to his usual antics, dancing and joking around with reporters. But one of his responses during this press conference stirred quite a bit of controversy. When reporters asked Gronkowski what the chances are of him retiring from […]
On the Bench: Tigers don’t eat McDonald’s
It’s customary that whatever team wins a national championship for their sport, the president invites them to visit the White House in celebration. Usually, the White House has a whole meal for the team but this year the NCAA Football Champions, the Clemson Tigers, got fast food. On Jan. 7, the Tigers won a hard […]