The Academy Spring 2019
Vol. 41, No. 1 Spring 2019 A PUBLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES SPORTS ACADEMY INSIDE THIS ISSUE Athletes of the Year Winners Building International Partnerships REAFFIRMED ACADEMY’S ACCREDITATION SUCCESSFULLY REAFFIRMED THE ACADEMY PRESIDENT’S COLUMN BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr. Robert C. Campbell III, Chairman, Mobile, AL Performance Enhancement the Right Way Ms. Joan Cronan, Knoxville, TN If you follow news about the world of sport, you’ve seen reports about corruption at one level of sport or another. Whether it is financial corruption in international Dr. Gary Cunningham, Santa Barbara, CA soccer, bribery related to the awarding of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, the Ms. Darrelyn Dunmore, Spanish Fort, AL use of illegal performance enhancing drugs by Russia in the Olympic Games, Ms. Susan McCollough, Gulf Shores, AL or the recruiting bribery and fraud case in college basketball, sport has seen Dr. Lee McElroy Jr., Troy, NY some of its greatest scandals, from the local and college levels to the pinnacles Dr. Marino Niccolai, Mobile, AL of international competition. Dr. T.J. Rosandich, Fairhope, AL Because of the corruption we see every day, the Academy has taken it upon Dr. Thomas P. Rosandich, Daphne, AL itself to enhance its educational offerings related to sport corruption issues. Mr. Jack Scharr, St. Louis, MO We have developed courses on sport governance, and we have also covered Mr. Joseph Szlavik, Washington, D.C. the issues of corruption in our online publications The Sport Digest and The Sport Journal. Another visible area where we see corruption is in strength and Dr. Don C.
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