Jackie Silverman, assistant professor of marketing at the University of Delaware, co-authored a study in Management Science that could offer potential insights into how and when we fill out NCAA Tournament brackets. In the study, she found people are more risk seeking (more…
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GW Expert on What’s Behind the Explosion of Interest for Women’s Basketball
Selection Sunday is this weekend and collegiate basketball teams are looking to punch their ticket to March Madness. Interest and viewership in women’s college basketball has skyrocketed over the last year, in large part thanks to the stardom and domination…
Marketing-Legal Expert Available on Supreme Court’s NCAA Ruling
Marketing professor and practicing attorney Henry C. (Hank) Boyd at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business is available to discuss, broadly, the implications of the Supreme Court ruling that the NCAA has violated antitrust laws by colluding to deny education-related benefits…
Law professor available to talk about NCAA and Supreme Court
Creighton University expert on Sports Law, David P. Weber, notes the Supreme Court strenuously pressed the NCAA on its definition and interpretation of “amateurism” during oral arguments on Mar. 31, 2021 in one of the most impactful cases facing the…
NAU researchers publish new report, recommendations to increase concussion disclosure in athletes
Psychology chair Heidi Wayment co-authored the report with Ann Huffman, Deborah Craig and Monica Lininger. The work was a result of a grant funded by the Mind Matters Challenge, which provides recommendations for increasing concussion symptom disclosure in collegiate athletic departments and military service academies.
PRACTICE ALONE DOESN’T MAKE PERFECT – GENETICS AND FAMILY DYNAMICS PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
The study compared Division I student athletes (SA) and noncollegiate athletes (NA) who had competed in youth sports. The study found that parents and siblings of Division I student athletes (SA) were more likely to have been high-achieving athletes, while other factors previously thought to be imperative, such as the age of single sport specialization and birth month, were not significantly different.
Top Triton B-Baller Back on Court, with an Assist from UC San Diego Health
As UC San Diego Athletics steps up to NCAA Division I competition level, they do so with another team behind them: UC San Diego Health, now their Official Health Care Provider