NFL Leaks May Help Gruden

As a sports ethics motivational speaker and sports ethics consultant, I am consistent in my insistence that no employee of a sports organization should ever try to “take the fall” or assist in the covering up of unethical behavior. When any kind of...

Deshaun Watson’s apologists step-up

Other than the “Kars for Kids” jingle, we can think of possibly no other song as obnoxious as the 1974 classic, “Feelings.” It is possibly the most over-sung song in the history of Karaoke. We recall the song under the strangest of conditions,...

Should Sports Ethics Matter to a D1 Athlete?

A sports ethics friend sent a text and asked if I had heard about the University of Nebraska Huskers safety who was arrested last week for a DUI? At the time it was kind of absurd, because my residence is in South Carolina and my friend lives outside of Cleveland. How...

Brett Favre is Worrying Me

by Bruce Wolk for Sports Ethics If you have grown up loving football, and Brett Favre in particular, I cannot believe what he has done to ruin his reputation in these past months. First, there was the diversion of PPP funds that he and co-defendants at the University...

Why is Mental Health an NFL Secret?

(Last evening, as we watched a Sunday night game, the NFL had a public service type announcement in support of mental health. We believe, quite strongly, that mental health should be a national priority. That said, what is the NFL [or any league] doing to prioritize...