Russia Faces Global Sports Crackdown After Invasion of Ukraine
“This will continue to be a contest of two different visions of what sport is and who is allowed to participate in and control sport,” said Andrés Martinez, a research scholar at Arizona State University’s Global Sport Institute. “I think this is a bit of a reset, though, in that it does set an important precedent and a standard that sporting federations cannot continue to act with impunity and just let the highest bidder dictate what happens in sport, oblivious to other considerations, including the behavior of those highest bidders.”
GSI Dir. of Research Scott Brooks comments on Basketball Africa League's 2nd season startup
"It's not just building athletes, it is building leaders in Africa," said Global Sport Institute Director of Research Scott Brooks, who also lauded the BAL's president, Amadou Gallo Fall, for playing an instrumental role in such development.
"His vision is not just that they play basketball," Brooks said, but that "they learn servantship ... and they come back to the continent and help him build it."
Global Sport Institute's new public opinion poll examines the driving forces behind the acceptance and awareness of sports betting
"What I worry about is fans betting against their favorite team or booing their former favorite player because they lost a bet," said professor Daniel McIntosh.
"I worry about the potential downsides of gambling addiction and a lack of proper safety measures in place. I worry about the future of sports. And again, I hope I’m just becoming a nervous nelly in my old age."