Annual Report 2019–2020

Sport and the Body ‘‘

The heart crosses the finish line before the body.

A greguería written by

Alberto Ríos Arizona’s Poet Laureate, University Professor and Director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at ASU, ‘‘and a fan of sport ’’ Sport and the Body

Message from Kenneth L. Shropshire

Where do I begin … When the 2019–2020 academic year started, I don’t think we had any idea how dramatically our lives would change in the months that lay ahead. Our theme year focus of Sport and the Body was leading us down our usual path of uncovering new insights and sharing what we learned with wider audiences, all with the hope of using sport to make the world a better place. As spring rolled around, we were making plans around the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, going about our normal daily routines, as we should. Designs were in motion for the relaunch of our Global Sport Matters multimedia website and we were finalizing details for the third annual Global Sport Summit, to be held in early April. We, like all of you, had to drastically shift our priorities when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted our world. In a strange twist of fate, we found ourselves uniquely positioned to respond to the crisis thanks to a number of factors working in our favor: Arizona State University Annual faculty and staff were already well versed on the Zoom video conferencing platform, which had been report implemented universitywide many months before; we had been preparing to launch several new online multimedia channels, which soon proved to be ideal 2019–2020 for reaching a global audience; and we had a diverse, tech-savvy, responsive staff eager to take on new challenges.

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The result? To use a sporting metaphor, I think we knocked it out of the park. As sporting events at every level shut down across the globe, we brought together researchers, athletes, coaches, professionals, and other subject Contents matter experts to weigh in on the wide-ranging and ever-changing impacts. When the conversation shifted as a result of the shocking deaths of George Floyd, 4 About Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and others, we not only looked back at our past research on the intersection 6 People of race and sport but also began new conversations about how this pivotal moment could have a lasting 10 Global Sport Lab impact. You can read more about our Sports Equity 20 Global Sport Matters Research Project on page 31. As a whole, I couldn’t be more proud of the work my team has put out through 24 Global Sport Outreach this unprecedented time in our history. 30 Forthcoming My hope, in closing, is that we continue to disseminate this meaningful work. That we continue to utilize the 31 Global Sport Institute Support technology channels that have emerged to reach even more people than we had initially imagined, around the 32 Contact Us globe. As always, we are open for your ideas on what other impactful work we can deliver related to sport. Clickable link Stay safe,

Kenneth L. Shropshire CEO, Global Sport Institute adidas Distinguished Professor of Global Sport

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The Global Sport new digital content, and in a positive way now for delivering compelling Institute is where quickly adapted our or in the future. These visual, written, and audio diverse disciplines engagement strategies explorations included our content that went beyond converge in thoughtful in order to be relevant first Global Sport Institute wins and losses. examination of critical and helpful, given the Poll, the launch of our Through our Global issues occurring in sport. unprecedented events Field Studies series, and As a cross-disciplinary of this past year. new startups supported Sport Outreach, we enterprise, we strive to through our Global Sport strived for diversity, Our Global Sport Lab integrate across all of our Venture Challenge, inclusion, and impactful continued to explore a efforts in order to make including a brand new ways to bring audiences wide range of issues that a positive impact. We partnership with Phoenix together. Like many, we had a significant effect on continue to collaborate Rising FC. faced the challenges of sport, or could have the with groups throughout the pandemic and shifted potential to shape sport A reimagined Global the university, establish to the online realm. We Sport Matters platform unique partnerships with took the new normal as an saw a new website industry stakeholders, and opportunity to reconfigure (globalsportmatters. reach out to the sports our events and set new com) with an improved community at large for Global goals to grow our global experience of digital meaningful engagement. reach virtually. Sport sport knowledge content. In our fourth year of Driven by data and Read on to learn more programming, we Institute translated through a about our work in the expanded our research, strong storytelling lens, 2019–2020 academic created and distributed team we deployed a platform year.

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Message from adidas

Through the last three years of our Global Sport Alliance partnership with ASU, we continue to see how sport can be a platform for innovation and positive change, and we are on a journey together to understand how to make sport an inclusive and supportive environment for all. During this academic year, we had the opportunity to participate in a Global Sport Institute-hosted She Breaks Barriers roundtable, She Breaks Barriers collateral featuring Global Sport Institute as a partner. where we had the pleasure of meeting with researchers and others were unable to host an in-person “Sport is so much bigger than the in the industry to explore how to event this year for the winning game. It brings people together break down barriers for women venture teams, we were excited to like nothing else and provides the have the opportunity to host virtual and girls in sport. We examined opportunity to make real, positive the barriers’ causes, brainstormed coaching sessions with the venture change in our world. We are solutions and made plans for teams to provide insights and creating real, systemic change. feedback for them to continue to incredibly proud to be partners with advance their business concepts. an organization such as ASU that One of the highlights of our isn’t afraid of the future and exploring partnership is our annual Looking forward, we are excited involvement in the Venture Devils to partner with GSI, to continue the unknown, allowing us to push program. We had the opportunity to explore the topic of Race and the boundaries of what is possible to have adidas representation Sport and understand the ways to make a transformative impact on in which adidas can make lasting on the judging panel for the the future of sport.” change in our industry and within new Fashion and Wearable Zion Armstrong Technology course. And while we the communities we serve. president, adidas North America

adidas team Shane Jochum senior director Strategic Partnerships

Steffi Nuerenberg partnerships manager Strategic Partnerships

Zion Arnstrong, president of adidas North America and Brett Kurland, director of Sports Programs at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, during a fireside chat at the W. P. Carey School of Business Economic Club event in September 2019.

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Global Sport Institute team

Karina Forbes Bohn chief operating officer

Scott N. Brooks director of research

Andrew Ramsammy Kenneth L. Shropshire director of digital content chief executive officer

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Global Sport Institute team

Jeff Kunowski Karen Gallagher William Rhoden Chrisal Valencia associate director, senior researcher senior visiting manager, marketing innovation programs practitioner and communications

Additional staff

Katie Cross special projects assistant Ashley Esquivel marketing and digital communications assistant Kendall Jones Luke Brenneman Robert Turner II manager, events postdoctoral global sport Stacey Flores and programs scholar visiting scholar graduate assistant Grant Fogerty entrepreneurial programs assistant Vignesh Krishna graduate assistant Adrian Morales communications and outreach specialist

Stephon Preston Rosemary Rutkowski Rachel Lofton executive assistant business operations project coordinator to the CEO specialist, senior

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Global Sport Institute Shawn Klein, PhD Allison Ross, PhD affiliated faculty lecturer assistant professor The College of Liberal Arts and Watts College of Public Service Sciences, and Community Solutions, The Global Sport Institute School of Historical, Philosophical School of Community Resources affiliated faculty designation and Religious Studies and Development recognizes an interdisciplinary Eric Legg, PhD Brent Sebold, EdD group of ASU professionals who assistant professor executive director have advanced the study of sport Watts College of Public Service Training and Development Network, and Community Solutions, Entrepreneurship + Innovation, through teaching, conducting School of Community Resources Office of ASU Knowledge Enterprise original research, publishing in and Development Connor Sheehan, PhD academic journals, presenting at Vera Lopez, PhD assistant professor conferences and seminars, or professor The College of Liberal Arts and otherwise demonstrating alignment The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sciences, The Sanford School with the Institute’s goals. School of Social Transformation Kenan Song, PhD Barry Bozeman, PhD Joseph Marsit assistant professor Regents Professor senior lecturer Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Watts College of Public Service College of Health Solutions The Polytechnic School and Community Solutions, Michael K. McBeath, PhD David Swindell, PhD School of Public Affairs professor associate professor Xiangfan Chen, PhD The College of Liberal Arts Watts College of Public Service assistant professor and Sciences, and Community Solutions, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Department of Psychology School of Public Affairs The Polytechnic School Lindsey Mean, PhD Colin Tetreault Natalie Diaz associate professor instructional professional associate professor New College of Interdisciplinary School of Sustainability Arts and Sciences, The College of Liberal Arts and Giac-Thao (Alisia) Tran, PhD School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, associate professor Sciences Department of English College of Integrative Sciences and Robert Gray, PhD Enrico Minardi, PhD Arts, Counseling and Counseling associate professor senior lecturer Psychology The College of Liberal Arts and Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Nicholas Wise, PhD Sciences, The Polytechnic School assistant Professor School of International Letters Watts College of Public Service Victoria Jackson, PhD and Cultures clinical assistant professor and Community Solutions, The College of Liberal Arts and Michael Mokwa, PhD School of Community Resources Sciences, Pat Tillman Foundation and Development Distinguished Professor School of Historical, Philosophical Glenn M. Wong W. P. Carey School of Business, and Religious Studies Distinguished Professor of Practice Department of Marketing Jeffrey W. Kassing, PhD Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Molly Ott, PhD professor Yezhou Yang, PhD associate professor New College of Interdisciplinary assistant professor Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College Arts and Sciences, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, School of Social and Behavioral Sada Reed, PhD School of Computing, Informatics Sciences assistant professor and Decision Systems Engineering Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Global Sport Margaret Luciano, PhD Connor Sheehan, PhD scholars assistant professor assistant professor W. P. Carey School of Business Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics Global Sport scholars are past Tongyu Ma ASU seed grant recipients who doctoral candidate Kenan Song, PhD College of Health Solutions assistant professor successfully completed a research The Polytechnic School Andrés Martinez project as a result of a funding special advisor to the president Giac-Thao (Alisia) Tran, PhD provided by the Global Sport Institute. Office of the President associate professor College of Integrative Sciences Global Sport senior scholars are Andrew Maynard, PhD and Arts faculty whom we recognize for their associate director for significant research contributions faculty and professor Kaila Ann Vento School for the Future of Innovation doctoral candidate to the Institute above and beyond in Society School of Nutrition and Health the norm. Promotion Troy McDaniel, PhD assistant professor Floris C. Wardenaar, PhD Jorge Caviedes, PhD School of Computing, Informatics, assistant professor research professor and Decision Systems Engineering School of Nutrition and Health School of Computing, Informatics, Promotion and Decision Systems Engineering Mary Neubauer President’s Professor Yezhou Yang, PhD Erin Feser School of Art assistant professor faculty research associate School of Computing, Informatics, Suzanne Peterson, PhD College of Health Solutions and Decision Systems Engineering associate professor Victoria Jackson, PhD Thunderbird School of Global Alaina Zanin, PhD clinical assistant professor Management assistant professor School of Historical, Philosophical Hugh Downs School of Human Allison Ross, PhD and Religious Studies Communication assistant professor Hanqing Jiang, PhD School of Community Resources Yanchao Zhang, PhD professor and Development professor School of Engineering, Matter, School of Electrical, Computer and David Schaefer, PhD Transport and Energy Energy Engineering assistant professor Hyunglae Lee, PhD School of Social and Family Dynamics Meilin Zhu assistant professor undergraduate student Dennita Sewell School of Engineering, Matter, Biochemistry Transport and Energy professor of practice School of Art Eric Legg, PhD assistant professor Community Resources and Development Robert LiKamWa, PhD assistant professor Global Sport senior scholars School of Arts, Media and Barry Bozeman, PhD Michael McBeath, PhD Engineering Regents Professor and professor Devoney Looser, PhD research director The College of Liberal Arts Foundation Professor Center for Organization Research and Sciences, Department of English and Design, Department of Psychology School of Public Affairs Vera Lopez, PhD professor School of Social Transformation

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Research

Our 2019–2020 theme: Sport and the Body Each year, the Global Sport Institute identifies an issue that is globally impacting sport and selects that as our annual theme. That theme, in turn, guides much of our work. GSI hosted an academic luncheon in the fall to launch the 2019–2020 academic theme of As we transitioned from our Sport and The Body. 2018–2019 theme of Race and Sport into exploring Sport and Field Studies: starting from the 2009–2010 season the Body, we understood its A 10-season through the 2018–2019 season. broad nature and sought proposals Some key findings from the study from across several disciplines snapshot of NFL included: including humanities, science, arts coaching hires • Among head coaches of and multimedia. The day that follows the final Sunday Color, 41.7% had NFL playing In 2019 came the landmark in the regular season of the National experience. This compares with testosterone regulations that Football League is known as Black 22.7% of White coaches who have ruled Caster Semenya out of the Monday due to the high number NFL playing experience and 9.1% of White coaches who have no playing World Championships. We saw of coaches and general managers experience after high school. the United States Olympic and who are typically fired or resign Paralympic Committee make the after their seasons come to an end. • In this 10-season period, no move to become more inclusive in What ensues is a flurry of movement Black college coach immediately their name, as 2020 marked the around the league as head coaches went on to become an NFL head coach. For White coaches, 30th anniversary of the Americans are hired, often from the ranks of 6.8% had been a college head with Disabilities Act. Then there was former position coaches or offensive coach immediately before this job. the disruptive and bodily threat that and defensive coordinators. We rocked the globe and the global wanted to know: What patterns • Among White coaches, 29.5% sports community: COVID-19. could emerge from examining hired during the 10-season study were previously NFL not just a single year of The key research priorities head coaches. The percentage transition, but rather multiple surrounding the theme year were was 8.3 for coaches of Color. years of data? sport performance and injury, mind- • Four teams have never hired a body dualism, physical education, As Black Monday fell on Dec. 30, head coach of Color, offensive bodily experience, and embodiment. 2019, we simultaneously released coordinator of Color, or While much of the world halted the first issue of our Field Studies defensive coordinator of Color. in-person interactions, many of series in partnership with ESPN’s They are the Cowboys, Rams, our Sport and the Body seed The Undefeated. The first of Patriots and Saints. There are also grantees continued their work in many Field Studies that will be 12 teams who have never hired a fields such as health, technology, released by the Global Sport head coach of Color. and culture. In the pages ahead, Institute, our research team looked You can read the full report at: you will find a complete listing of at an extended history of the NFL’s globalsportmatters.com/ the research projects we funded. coaching hires, aggregating data field-studies/.

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Grants

Seed Grants Since its founding, the Global Sport Institute has supported the launch of more than 60 sport- focused research projects through its grant program. The goal of the grant program is to support research intended for publication, or to successfully position the project to secure additional funding. In the fall of 2019, the Global Sport Institute awarded grants primarily Global Sport Institute’s research and events staff pose at Sun Devil Stadium outside of the inaugural focused on the theme Sport and Researcher Luncheon. the Body, in addition to grants that advanced research projects launched during prior award periods. Course Development Grants For the first time, the Global 22 Sport Institute also awarded grants to support the development grants of college-level courses that awarded incorporated sport and another discipline. The goal of these grants was to demonstrate that sport could be interpreted in a variety Global Sport Institute researchers, seed grant recipients, and of unexpected ways and shared affiliated faculty brainstorm concepts around the academic theme among diverse audiences. of Sport and the Body

Applications from 31 15 38 $359,000 colleges and letters full funding departments of interest proposal awarded submitted applications

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Featured grantees for 2019–2020 One of our goals at the Global Sport Institute is to examine sport in a way that few others have, which is why we provide grants to researchers from a variety of disciplines across the campus.

Developing an Empowerment Pipeline: Design and control of a soft active How a Coaching Internship Course ankle brace towards the development Could Empower a Community through of transformable smart shoes Girls’ Youth Sport “As a solution to overcome “There are no doubt the limitations of the systemic, cultural and passive ankle brace, we discursive factors that propose an innovative create barriers for soft version that actively volunteer coaches in supports inversion- underserved communities eversion ankle motion (Aspen Institute, 2018). by using fabric-based Our project proposes to actuators with a variable address this community stiffness mechanism need by creating an while not interfering with applied nonprofit dorsiflexion-plantarflexion internship course at ankle motion. The level Arizona State University of support, i.e., the magnitude of brace to help undergraduate Hyunglae Lee students become stiffness, will be controlled Alaina Zanin School for Engineering of empowered role models based on the likelihood of Matter, Transport and Energy Hugh Downs College of a future ankle sprain. and community youth sport Human Communication coaches. A final purpose The soft active ankle smart shoes, successful of this project is to create sport within Maricopa brace is an integrated completion of this research recommendations for County, (b) to create sensing and actuation unit will provide the basis for a coaching curriculum an applied, data-driven, which senses the changes the successful development focused on athlete curriculum for coaches in foot-ankle mechanics of transformable smart empowerment and in girls youth sport during physical activities shoes. This innovation sustainable sport access contexts, (c) to enrich our in real-time, predicts the will not only impact sites. The purpose of this community by creating likelihood of ankle sprain, current best practices in project is to (a) develop new sport access sites for and actively changes footwear design, but also a pipeline of well-trained, girls in Maricopa County the brace stiffness to revolutionize and benefit empowered coach role and partnerships with the support the ankle as wearable devices and models for girls in youth ASU community.” needed. Since this unit robots in many fields, with will be a key component clinical, industrial, and military applications.” Recognition: In November 2019, Alaina Zanin, of the transformable Katrina Hanna and Laura Martinez were awarded the prestigious Group Communication Division Recognition: In July 2020, Hyunglae Lee, Marielle Top Paper at the National Communication Debeurre, Tiffany Hertzell and Carly Thalman earned Association 105th Annual Convention for their the top prize in the WearRA Innovation Challenge paper on “(Re)Structuring Empowerment: Volunteer at the Wearable Robotics Association Conference Barriers and Agency to Gender Disparities in for the unique design of their soft robotic ankle-foot Female Youth Sport Contexts.” orthosis.

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FSH394 Fashion and Wearable Technology

The FSH394 Fashion and Wearable Technology course was an examination of the many categories of wearable technology such as wearable computing, techno fashion, electronic textiles and smart clothes. Students researched, experimented with and designed wearable technology projects, from conceptual work to pragmatic solutions and Dennita Sewell applications. The course School of Art looked at how technology of the human body through could be used in wearable product design, fashion contexts as a means to design and prototype complement the functions production.

Highlight: In collaboration with our innovation programming, student teams were given pitch training by Global Sport Institute associate director of innovation, Jeff Kunowski. Student teams from the course then presented their wearable technology design concepts at the first-ever Fashion and Wearable Technology Pitch Competition on April 28, 2020. Judges Edwin Martinez, (adidas), Rana Abu-Ghazala (Bombfell), Jeff Kunowski (Global Sport Institute), Mili John Tharakan (NeoCraft Smart Textiles), and Troy McDaniels (Arizona State University) awarded Shock Defender the top prize for their innovative safety equipment and shock absorption design for high contact sports athletes. As part of their winnings, the students virtually joined adidas at their North American headquarters for a campus tour and advising sessions.

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2019–2020 GSI grant recipients

What Who School or college

Improving Concussion Reporting Among Bradley Adame The College of Liberal Arts and Athletes associate professor Sciences, Hugh Downs School of Human Communication

Personalized Immersive Biofeedback for Jorge Caviedes Ira A. Fulton Schools of Spinal Fitness Training and Rehab Therapy research professor Engineering, School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering

3D Printing of Novel Biomaterials for Xiangfan Chen Ira A. Fulton Schools of Personalized Sports Injuries Treatment assistant professor Engineering, The Polytechnic School

Low-Intensity Blood Flow Restriction Kaycee Glattke Ira A. Fulton Schools of Training as a Pre-Operative Rehabilitative doctoral candidate Engineering, School of Biological Modality to Improve Post-Operative and Health Systems Engineering Outcomes for ACL Reconstruction

The Missing Link: Intersectionality in Masumi Iida The College of Liberal Arts and Sports Psychology associate professor Sciences, The Sanford School

Design and control of a soft active Hyunglae Lee Ira A. Fulton Schools of ankle brace towards the development of assistant professor Engineering, School for Engineering transformable smart shoes of Matter, Transport and Energy

A qualitative examination on the social Eric Legg Watts College of Public Service influences on views of masculinity of assistant professor and Community Solutions, School adolescent male athletes of Community Resources and Development

Augmented Coach Robert LiKamWa Herberger Institute for Design and assistant professor the Arts, School of Arts, Media and Engineering

Sport and Flow Allison Ross Watts College of Public Service assistant professor and Community Solutions, School of Community Resources and Development

Sports, Exercise, and Sleep in Connor Sheehan The College of Liberal Arts and Adolescence and Early-Adulthood assistant professor Sciences, The Sanford School

Wearable Sensor with Motion-, Kenan Song Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering Temperature-, and Sweat-Detection assistant professor The Polytechnic School Capabilities

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2019–2020 GSI grant recipients

What Who School or college

The Effects of Virtual Embodiment on Ty Tang The College of Liberal Arts Performance graduate student and Sciences, Department of Psychology

Not Playing the Game: Examining Asian Giac-Thao (Alisia) Tran College of Integrative Sciences and American Student-Athlete Mental Health to associate professor Arts, Counseling and Counseling Disconfirm the Model Minority Stereotype Psychology

Running from Mountain to River: Jennifer Vanos School of Sustainability, Global Co-generating Actionable Data Connecting assistant professor Futures Athlete Health to Air Quality

Warming Up and Cooling Down Study Floris C. Wardenaar College of Health Solutions, assistant professor Nutrition

Empowering Girls through Sport: A Youth Kevin Wilson Watts College of Public Service Participatory Action Research Study graduate student and Community Solutions, School of Community Resources and Development

In-situ Nanoparticle Assembly Using 3-D Weiheng Xu Ira A. Fulton Schools of Printing For Commercial Functional Body graduate student Engineering, The Polytechnic Protecting Gears School

Developing an Empowerment Pipeline: Alaina Zanin The College of Liberal Arts and How a Coaching Internship Course Could assistant professor Sciences, Hugh Downs School of Empower a Community through Girls’ Youth Human Communication Sport

Soft Robotic Exosuits for Performance Wenlong Zhang Ira A. Fulton Schools of Improvement and Injury Prevention in Sports assistant professor Engineering, The Polytechnic School

2019–2020 Course development grant recipients

What Who School or college

The Athletic Trophy and Medallion: A Mary Neubauer Herberger Institute for Design and Collaborative Artistic Platform President’s Professor the Arts, School of Art

Fashion Wearable Technology Pitch Dennita Sewell Herberger Institute for Design and Competition professor of practice the Arts, School of Art

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Global Sport Poll New for the 2019–2020 academic year, we launched the Global Sport Institute Poll to measure general public attitudes across a wide-ranging array of issues confronting sport. Our first poll in January 2020 was nationally focused, while our second poll, launched after the COVID-19 outbreak, looked at the international impact the virus would have on sport. COVID-19 and Global Sport Poll January 2020 Poll The Global Sport Institute again partnered with Latino Decisions and The Global Sport Institute Pacific Market Research to survey 750 adults, this time reaching across analyzed data from 750 Australia, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the US to better understand completed online surveys how fans were feeling about the possibility of reopening sports and what administered by Latino concerns they had about visiting live sporting events. The survey took place Decisions, an independent April 18–27, 2020, early in the pandemic. survey research firm. Programming and data Data results at the time included the following: collection for the full project Youth sports Yes No were overseen by Pacific Do you think the inability to play sports has caused your child 72% 28% Market Research in Renton, stress or anxiety? Washington. When your child’s organized sport is cleared to resume activity, The individual research notes which of the following statements apply to you: produced from the poll were: I will not be putting my child back into organized sports 62% 38% • Banned Substances in Sport due to concerns of catching coronavirus (COVID-19). • Coach Shoving I will not be putting my kid(s) back into organized sports 63% 37% (i.e., physical contact made until there is a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. between a coach and a player) Resuming live sporting events Agree Disagree Cancellation of sporting events is a necessary step to limit • Gambling in Sport 85% 5% the spread of the coronavirus. • Pay Equity Live sporting events should only be allowed to start after a 54% 15% Final research notes can be coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine is available. found at globalsport.asu.edu/ research/library. Sporting events should continue through the coronavirus (COVID-19), but without fans in attendance, and games 37% 37% should be livestreamed or put on television.

79% said hand sanitizer at every entrance

What necessary 62% said having temperature screenings at entry points precautions would said signage that reinforces good habits need to be put in 60% place for fans to felt that they would need signage that says what is being feel comfortable 55% done to reduce risk

attending live events? 7% said no precautions are needed Tweet: Respondents of the Global Sport COVID-19 Poll Source: Global Sport Institute Poll share precautions necessary for the return to live sporting events. n=750, April 19–27, 2020, MOE+/-3.59%

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Edson E+I Institute partnerships and growth

Phoenix Rising FC Venture Challenge On Oct. 8, 2019, the Global Sport Institute along with our innovation program partners at Edson Entrepreneurship + 24 Innovation Institute announced a new Sport-related collaboration with Phoenix Rising FC: the Phoenix ventures funded Rising FC Venture by GSI Challenge. The new challenge and dedicated funding track within the Venture Devils program was a call to innovate and solve challenges that serve the club’s future goals 10 and aspirations. Phoenix Rising FC provided the Winning opportunity for winners to venture trips beta test their product or service at Phoenix Rising to adidas FC games, and the Global North Sport Institute supplied E&I - Pictured from left to right: Roman Rozell, Jeminise Parris, Brittany the winner of the venture Martin, and Jeff Kunowski. American HQ challenge with promotional opportunity to beta test resources available to resources, mentorship, with Phoenix Rising, they them via the university coaching, and an award are exploring forms of and to empower them to of up to $15,000. retail exposure, potential utilize those resources The winner of the licensing, and more to be to pursue business, inaugural challenge was determined. social and philanthropic HAT-TAC, a headwear Entrepreneurial endeavors. To date, we’ve storage product with a Education for mentored four student patented curved design Sun Devil Athletes athletes in the Venture that disburses the force Devils Network and have $85K on a hat while hanging to Our partnership with awarded $6,000 in grant keep it looking new and Edson E+I Institute was funding awarded to Sun In venture visually appealing. The established in October of Devil athlete-led ventures. grant funding founders of HAT-TAC 2018. From its inception, We plan to build upon this plan to utilize their funding the primary goal of this success in the year ahead dispersed to scale production and partnership has been to with even more athlete- to-date expand marketing and inform student athletes dedicated programming sales assets. For the of the entrepreneurial and resources.

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Past Global Sport Venture Challenge winners

Hoolest Performance Stonne Products Freebowler Technologies (2019 finalist) launched a (2018 winner) has successfully (2017 winner) has raised over Kickstarter campaign in July 2020 raised $450,000 in seed funding $500,000 in seed funding and is for their Skip nn’ Hole game and secured a distribution in the clinical trial phase working product, and was successfully partnership with SG, Cricket’s toward FDA clearance for the first funded in just eight hours. They largest equipment manufacturer. medical device product to treat ultimately raised over $53,000 In addition, the company has anxiety symptoms. The product during their 30-day campaign, developed a partnership with was inspired by the founder’s greatly surpassing the initial Kopojis, which provides access to difficulty controlling his “yips” $11,000 goal. the top-tier dealer network across while a competitive junior golfer. the globe. This new partnership will help to build their distribution channel and supply chain.

A snapshot of ventures funded by the Global Sport Institute since the inception of the Global Sport Venture Development program.

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Initiatives This year brought significant growth to our Global Sport Matters multimedia publication. We remained committed to our core mission of being a purpose-driven platform that provides in-depth insights on a diverse range of sports topics informed by data and research. We set out to share knowledge through a variety of content and storytelling that resonates with a broad audience and highlights sport’s innate ties with culture, history, science, technology, business, politics, health and the humanities to positively impact the global sport community.

Relaunching with a content-forward focus April 13, 2020 marked the second anniversary of our globalsportmatters.com website and media enterprise. We began the year evaluating the content hub’s successes and examining the ways in which we could make improvements with our audience in mind. After setting forth a plan to relaunch with a refreshed look and layout that lent itself to an optimized user experience, we reimagined our publishing strategy into topical, collective issues that encapsulate feature articles, podcasts, events, photo essays, and more. This led to an even greater focus on our foundational intent of serving important information to those The newly revamped site lent itself well to a timely digital issue featuring articles, podcasts, videos, who need it the most, in ways that polling data and a collection of GSM Live episodes. are widely accessible by all. And how do we produce compelling We committed to being as inclusive Just as we rounded the corner sport-related content while remaining as possible, showcasing diverse on completing the revamped site, cognizant of the collective challenges perspectives through our global the first notices of shutdowns and that come with the pandemic and guest list. quarantines due to COVID-19 the reignited anti-racist movement? In the month of July, we followed came down. And as we began to We accelerated into digital mode, the launch with our first published sync with a new, virtual routine, hosting a nine-episode series of Global Sport Matters issue: then came the deaths of Ahmaud GSM Live Webinars, two podcast COVID-19 and Sport. Arbery and George Floyd, placing seasons with a combined 20+ society at a complex crossroads of episode list, and officially went live compounded and unprecedented with the 2.0 version of our website. events. As we adjusted along with the world, we asked ourselves, With each of these outlets we aimed how do we maintain meaningful to remain relevant, understanding engagement with our followers? we could not ignore current events.

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Digital growth and response Our shift to a more virtual approach resulted in an increase in our digital footprint. Across our Global Sport Matters social media channels (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn), we experienced exponential increases across the board compared to last year. We garnered over 3 million impressions (up 89.4%), over 66,000 engagements (up 186%), over 14,000 link clicks, and grew our followers by 123%. An additional highlight is that between April and June 2020 we more than doubled our email subscriber list. Global Sport Matters Podcast With the relaunch of our website also came the relaunch of our podcast show. Our CEO Kenneth L. Shropshire and Visiting Senior Practitioner William C. Rhoden provided insights into the constantly Season 1, Episode 2: Season 2, Episode 7: changing status of sport, and with Director of Digital Content Andrew After the Draft: Optics and Time-Out! Opportunities Ramsammy, we launched a special Renee Montgomery, 11-year WNBA season dubbed “The Huddle” During the virtual NFL draft, team veteran point guard with the Atlanta which focused on more intimate owners, coaches, and players shared Dream who took a season hiatus conversations with guests from their homes and loved ones with to pursue social justice efforts, and across the sport sector. the world for three days. Shropshire Victoria Jackson, clinical assistant and Rhoden discuss the picks, the professor at Arizona State University, Season 1, Episode 1: optics, and how the NFL and other sports historian, former NCAA What do we know? ‘I don’t know.’ pro sports leagues might work with champ, and retired professional women in the future. track and field athlete, discuss what After professional sports leagues a time-out in sport could mean. around the world canceled their Season 2, Episode 2: seasons altogether or postponed Carl Douglas on America after Season 2, Episode 8: them indefinitely, Shropshire and George Floyd The R-Word, Racist Mascots, and Rhoden weigh in on the implications Reporters’ Roundtable from fanless areas to player Following the deaths of Ahmaud eligibility. Arbery and George Floyd, plus the As statues depicting confederate pursuant protests, police misconduct heroes and slave owners are torn attorney Carl Douglas, best known down, there is also a renewed call to for being one of the defense attorneys reexamine controversial names and in the O.J. Simpson murder case, logos in sport. Activist Amanda shares insights with Shropshire and Blackhorse discusses the revived Rhoden on what comes next for debate on exploitative Native American America. imagery and nicknames in sport.

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GSM Live webinars

1 In early April, as the Photo captions COVID-19 pandemic Around the World sidelined sport around 1 April 3, 2020 Featuring a global array of the world, we gathered experts including Ilhaam experts virtually for the Groenewald, Tracey Holmes, first episode of the Global Simon Chadwick, Stephen Ross, Andrés Martinez, Sport Matters Live James Skinner and Natalie webinar series. In the Welch. Hosted by Kenneth 2 3 weeks that followed, as L. Shropshire. leagues, players and fans COVID-19 and grappled with questions The Reset of Sport May 1, 2020 of what a return could look Featuring Victoria Jackson, like, we tackled complex Howard Bryant and questions of how sport Tracey Holmes. Hosted by Kendall Jones and could become better Kenneth L. Shropshire. upon its eventual return. COVID-19 and Sport With the university’s 2 in Native American campus-wide access to Communities May 15, 2020 4 the virtual platform of Zoom, Featuring Brent Cahwee, we were able to broadcast Natalie Welch, Jordan Marie Daniel and Dr. Michelle Tom. weekly, and we reached Hosted by Patty Talahongva new global audiences and Indian Country Today. from 44 countries who In Full View - Race, tuned in to hear from a 3 Sport and Privilege highly-respected guest May 22, 2020 list of sports experts who Featuring Lois Brown, Louis Moore and Mirna Valerio. ranged from researchers Hosted by Scott N. Brooks. 5 6 to media and from athletes COVID-19 and Sport to futurists. in Latin America May 29, 2020 As sport continued to Featuring Carla Bustamante, reflect larger societal Brenda Elsey, Victor Ocando issues, these conversations and Julio Ricardo Varela. intentionally included Hosted by Andrew Ramsammy. diverse communities and 4 Coaching in the perspectives that had “New Normal” June 5, 2020 been impacted not only Featuring coaches Vanessa by the pandemic but also Jacobs, Kerrick Jackson, 7 Dawn Staley, Geoff Arnold the groundswell demand and Lou Richie. Hosted by for social justice. Scott N. Brooks. We plan to continue 5 COVID-19 and the 6 Threatcasting 7 LGBTQ+ Pride this series in the fall Future of Youth Sport the Future of Sport in Sport June 12, 2020 June 19, 2020 June 29, 2020 2020 semester and Featuring Renata Semril, Featuring Brian David Johnson Featuring Billy Bean, Ashland invite you to tune in at Bobby Dulle, Ahada with Deborah Stroman, Johnson, Chris Mosier and globalsportmatters. McCummings and Eric Legg. Kelvin Watt and Kenneth Rosario Coco. Hosted by Hosted by Scott N. Brooks. L. Shropshire. Hosted by Cyd Zeigler and Outsports. com/events. Andrew Ramsammy.

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Standout stories On globalsportmatters.com, our stories highlight where sport intersects with business, culture, health, science, youth, and so much more. Over the past year these stories stood out. Pressures of wrestling can exacerbate mental health issues Dec. 18, 2019 William C. Rhoden, Written by McKenzie Pavacich, a masters sports journalism student at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Visiting Senior Practitioner Mass Communication at the time of publication, the article On Dec. 21, 2019, the Global Sport Institute formally and accompanying video chronicled a semester-long project spent interviewing athletes from the wrestling community announced the addition of William C. Rhoden to our roster. who were significantly impacted by mental health issues Rhoden was a long time and award-winning columnist for while competing. the New York Times. He is a current columnist for ESPN’s The Undefeated, and directs its Rhoden Fellows initiative. “A study found that collegiate athletes have Our CEO Kenneth L. Shropshire remarked, “I have known a 10%–15% chance and respected Bill and his work for many, many years. of developing a mental When he came in the spring of 2019 as a keynote speaker illness severe enough to at our Global Sport Summit, we immediately began to see warrant counseling, which natural crossovers between his work and the mission of The article by ASU student is 2% higher than their the Global Sport Institute. By formally adding him to our journalist McKenzie Pavacich team, we have a wonderful opportunity to amplify our included the story of Sun Devil non-athletic counterparts. wrestler Ryan Millhof. According to the NCAA, efforts to make a positive impact on the global community there are more than 460,000 student-athletes currently through sport.” participating in 34 different sports. If those numbers Throughout the academic year, Rhoden served as a host hold true today, then the population of current student- for the Journey of the Black Quarterback event, was a athletes who will battle a mental illness while juggling the guest and co-host for several podcasts, and contributed demands of being an athlete would fill nearly any MLB throughout many facets of the organization with his vast stadium: 46,000 people, give or take a few. knowledge of diverse issues. An issue as complex and individualized as mental health, it’s difficult to identify a singular problem or simple solution. “Overt racism is rare in sport When a stigma becomes socialized and so ingrained in hiring, but outcomes that how we function as humans, it’s difficult to separate the imply different treatment assumptions associated with a stigma from fact. based on race are still But, the facts are simple: student-athletes are suffering, evident, as is the case here. at a shocking rate, from mental illness — and oftentimes, In addition to complying no one notices until it’s too late.” with the Rooney Rule and Kenneth L. Shropshire simply interviewing a candidate of color, decision-makers The shape of the NFL head coaching river must also ask, ‘Am I thinking as broadly about potential Jan. 13, 2020 candidates of color as I am about white candidates?’ In connection with the release of our first Field Studies The data in our Field Studies provides some guidance issue on the trend of NFL head coaching hires, our for that additional contemplation. CEO Kenneth L. Shropshire penned a companion article One NFL insider’s description of the Cleveland Browns’ to emphasize that progress, failure, and patterns can be hiring of Kevin Stefanski applies broadly as well: ‘His judged best by looking at the long term. resume is impeccable, which matters … until it doesn’t.’”

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Additional GSI-hosted and co-hosted events

Brian Banks 1 Aug. 7, 2019, Oak Bluffs, Mass. Film screening and talkback Willie Documentary Aug. 15, 2019, Oak Bluffs, Mass. 1 2 Film screening and talkback Kenneth L. Shropshire welcomes audience members to the Dr. Charles Adler (Mayo Clinic) speaks at the screening of the film Brian Banks at the Martha’s Vineyard African 2019 Sport and the Body theme year launch. Sport and the Body American Film Festival. 2 Aug. 29, 2019, Tempe, Ariz. Theme year launch Sport for Every Body 3 Sept. 28, 2019, Tempe, Ariz. Community event Make Your Future: Innovation + Sport Oct. 28, 2019, Tempe, Ariz. Entrepreneurship panel Arts, Design and Sport 4 Oct. 31, 2019, Tempe, Ariz. Faculty cross talk 3 4 Global Sport Institute and partner Ability360 lead an adaptive Dean Bacalzo prepares for his presentation at ASU Spark Session: Zumba class at Sport for Every Body. the Art, Design and Sport faculty cross talk. 5 Run for the Oceans Nov. 1, 2019 Virtual discussion SeventySix Capital Sports Innovation Conference Nov. 6, 2019 Philadelphia, Penn. Conference and pitch competition Engaged Thinkers 6 Nov. 11, 2019 Virtual discussion 6 Rezball or Nothing 5 Kristen Hoffner, principal lecturer 7 Nov. 22, 2019, Tempe, Ariz. in the College of Health Solutions Film and discussion Undergraduate and graduate students skype with Sam Bencheghib as he at ASU, speaks to other GSI runs across the country for environmental advocacy. Engaged Thinkers via Zoom. Snow Day (at the Arizona 8 Science Center) Dec. 28, 2019, Phoenix, Ariz. Community event

8 GSI staff test concussion 7 goggles through mobility Community members attend the Rezball or Nothing event at ASU. exercises.

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Additional GSI-hosted and co-hosted events

Inaugural Researcher 9 Luncheon Jan. 29, 2020, Tempe, Ariz. Discussion and luncheon 10 Sports Innovation Tour 9 GSI student worker Katie Cross 10 Feb. 14, 2020, Multiple locations and W. P. Carey faculty member Multi-stop tour of sports facilities Global Sport Institute researchers and seed grant recipients share research Elana Kutz enjoy Chase Field during insights and learn about collaboration opportunities. the E&I stadium tour. Well-Being and Sport 11 College of Health Solutions and Sport Feb. 21, 2020, Phoenix, Ariz. Faculty cross talk Human Performance 12 April 10, 2020 Virtual faculty cross talk 12 13 Global Sport Venture Challenge Students, faculty, and professionals gather for a virtual faculty April 13, 2020 cross talk about human performance. Virtual pitch competition 11 SXSW: Empowering Allison Ross presents findings related to 14 a GSI seed grant project on youth sport the Athlete in the participation. Post-Sport Journey April 15, 2020 Virtual panel Barriers to Sport 15 for Girls and Women May 21, 2020 Virtual roundtable discussion Black Scholars in Sport June 12, 2020 Virtual roundtable discussion 14 13 16 2020 Global Sport Research Retired NFL offensive lineman Jacques Conference (ReCon) McClendon speaks on the Empowering GSI staff along with judges and former NFL players Justin July 22, 2020 the Athlete in the Post-Sport Journey, a Forsett and Jake Plummer cheer on winners of the Global Sport Virtual conference virtual SXSW panel. Venture Challenge.

15 16 Kim Woozy of Skate Like a Girl weighs in on a roundtable discussion concerning barriers Researchers from Global Sport Institute and University of to sport for girls and women. Brighton partner in virtual conference.

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Black Bodies in Leadership: Journey of the Black Quarterback On Feb. 20, 2020, we brought together a multigenerational panel of Black quarterbacks, spanning 50 years of football, to explore the history of those who have held the position, the status of Black men represented in leadership today, and the best path Howard Bryant, Kenneth Shropshire, Dwayne Haskins, Doug Williams, Warren Moon, Bill Rhoden, Marlin Briscoe, James “Shack” Harris and Jayden Daniels at the conclusion for success going forward. of the Black Bodies in Leadership event held at the Phoenix Art Museum. The event tied in with our first Field Study (see page 10), which included Black Quarterback by ESPN’s The James “Shack” Harris, the first an examination of common career Undefeated and on the heels of Black player to begin the season pathways for NFL head coaches. The Patrick Mahomes’ striking Super as a starting quarterback. Bowl win, award-winning author data showed that a common route Warren Moon, the first Black William C. Rhoden led the historic was to be an offensive position coach, quarterback to be inducted into conversation between four legendary then an offensive coordinator, then a the Pro Football Hall of Fame. head coach; in turn, if Black players quarterbacks and two legends-in- are discouraged from pursuing the the-making. The dialogue created a Doug Williams, the first Black quarterback position in their early bridge between progress made and quarterback to win the Super Bowl. progress needed and passed down years, their chance of becoming a Dwayne Haskins, 2019 Rose future NFL head coach decreases. lessons learned to a new generation of leaders on the field. Bowl MVP and current NFL By 2020, Black players made up quarterback. Panelists included: 70% of the National Football League, Jayden Daniels, current Arizona yet through the years, few have Marlin Briscoe, the first Black State University quarterback and held the quarterback position until starting quarterback in professional first true freshman to begin the now. Dubbed as The Year of the American football. season as a starter.

Audience members gather at Phoenix Art Museum for the evening event. Global Sport Outreach

Education

We continued our rewarding work in the athlete education and transition space, working with teams, leagues and others to create meaningful paths for athletes to explore beyond their playing careers. Athlete intake instrument GSI has been working with several sports leagues and organizations to develop and refine an intake instrument that will measure athlete Brent Sebold and Jeff Kunowski facilitate the Fin Tank portion of the Miami Dolphin Business Combine. post-sport readiness across a number of critical factors including Miami Dolphins Business Combine wellness, career preparation, and social support. The goal is to provide In late February, we partnered with the Thunderbird School of Global an evidence-based measure that can Management to take part in the Miami Dolphins’ fourth annual be given to both individual athletes Dolphins Business Combine. Over the course of four days, 38 current and player support coaches as part Dolphins players took part in programs and workshops focused on real of an assessment protocol. The estate, entrepreneurship, business leadership, negotiation, corporate instrument also gathers data that finance, marketing and project management. The business combine can inform leagues about needs and concluded inside Hard Rock Stadium with a Shark Tank-style competition strengths in their existing athlete where the players pitched business venture concepts in front of a panel transition support programs. of judges and a large audience. Sun Devil Athletics Throughout the academic year, SXSW virtual event NFL virtual events GSI and ASU’s J. Orin Edson The SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Our in-person NFL Finance Entrepreneurship + Innovation was one of the first in-person events Boot Camp was also adapted Institute division partnered with Sun to fall victim to COVID-19, but GSI to a virtual learning platform this Devil Athletics to educate student quickly pivoted to an online model year. What used to be a multiday athletes about the mentorship with our Empowering the Athlete classroom setting is now a series opportunities and funding streams in the Post-Sport Journey panel. of shorter, topic-specific virtual available through our Global Sport Guest speakers Mori Taheripour classes with moderated chat Venture Development program. and Jacque McClendon, along rooms and virtual Q&A. The first Through an on-site presence in the with GSI’s Karen Gallagher and class, COVID-19 Pandemic in Real Carson Student Athletic Center, Kenneth L. Shropshire, discussed Estate and the Housing Market, student athletes met one-on-one the struggle that athletes frequently gave practical advice on the pitfalls with GSI staff to discuss their face as they transition from a playing and opportunities that could arise entrepreneurial ideas, understand career to their often-unknown as the world around us began to the steps to develop a business futures. The group offered insights temporarily shift. plan, and learn how to compete into the effects of transition and what for funding through various pitch can be done to help athletes prepare competitions. for life outside sports.

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Seen and heard not be a pocket passer? Why can I not get labeled that way? Why do I have to be labeled a dual threat? It’s just like Lamar Jackson. People The Global Sport Institute continues to establish itself as a thought asked if he would play receiver. leader with the ability to show how sport intersects with many current It was disrespectful.” and emerging topics. As sports became a focal point for both COVID-19 College athletes are realizing and social justice issues, members of our leadership were called upon to their power amid the George share valuable insights on those subjects in addition to coverage on our Floyd protests and COVID-19 research work and events. Some samples include: time.com June 18, 2020 NFL fumbles in latest diversity That being said, Brooks invokes But with football players returning to hiring grades the racialized organization theory campus in the midst of a pandemic frontofficesports.com — which argues that corporations and economic turmoil that has surely Oct. 31, 2019 are racialized structures that center impacted some of their families, the whiteness as the default — to make As the CEO of Global Sport least the NCAA could do is allow sense of going from 10 Black head Institute at Arizona State University, athletes to receive benefits if any local coaches in 2011 to the mass exodus Kenneth Shropshire has seen the or national sponsors, or boosters, or of five Black coaches during and likes of African Americans Randall neighbors want to offer them. after the 2018 season that left the Cunningham and Michael Vick league with just three Black head “If there’s a reason to accelerate the become quarterbacks in the NFL. He coaches to start the 2019 season: transition to a system where kids can also noted the creation of The Rooney Mike Tomlin, Anthony Lynn, and Brian legitimately capitalize on who they Rule, which requires NFL teams to Flores. The NFL can force teams are,” says Kenneth Shropshire, interview minorities for head coaching to interview minority candidates, CEO of the Global Sport Institute at and senior football operations jobs. Brooks argues, but it can’t change Arizona State University, “this would But despite the decline in many of its the stereotypes and stigma be it.” metrics in the report card this year, surrounding African Americans The widening accessibility gap Shropshire remains confident that and other people of color. over time, the league will continue to in youth sports improve in this area across the board. ASU’s Jayden Daniels embodies wbur.org football’s acceptance of Black June 28, 2020 “We can be optimistic that a better quarterbacks Dr. Scott Brooks, of the Global day will come and that there won’t be theathletic.com Sport Institute at Arizona State a lack of decisions to bring in people Feb. 21, 2020 of color,” Shropshire said. University, says when young athletes Although Daniels has not make sports their main priority, New study: Minority coaches experienced the overt racism that can have a much longer-term still fare worse during NFL Briscoe, Harris, Moon and Williams consequence. encountered, he does hiring process “They’ve put everything else to see differences in how white and theundefeated.com the side,” he says. “They’re not as black quarterbacks are labeled. Dec. 30, 2019 focused on school — or school, “We know that professional sports “Typically, nowadays, Black only as it pertains to keeping them teams are really PR places, so if the quarterbacks get titled dual threats eligible. They’re not pursuing public doesn’t know about them then, because they’re able to move,” creative things like art, music ... so it is harder for [NFL teams] to hire Daniels said. “In a way, it’s a much. This is everything, and when them,” [Dr. Scott] Brooks said. compliment and an insult. You can that ends — and often not of your “Particularly when you know you’re use your athletic ability to get out own volition — all of these things not the default, you’re not a white of bad situations on the field, but that are senses of your purpose, male coach.” it’s also a stereotype. Why can I that goes away.”

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Making international connections

True to our name, the Global Sport We continue to support novel As the world was universally Institute strives to incorporate solutions to global sport impacted by the COVID-19 global perspectives into everything obstacles through our innovation pandemic, we found ourselves in we do. We continue to establish competitions. The winner of our a bit of an unusual situation; as we and nurture international Global Sport Social Innovation retreated to the relative isolation relationships that build upon our Challenge, Jeminise Parris, is a Sun of our individual homes, it became existing body of work and engage Devil student-athlete from Trinidad easier to make global connections audiences from around the world. and Tobago. After struggling to as digital communication became connect with college recruiters the norm. Our first virtual As the academic year started, while a high school athlete, she conference, Around the World: our director of research, began developing ideas for an COVID-19 + Sport, kicked off the Scott Brooks, was in South app that would make the process first of many online webinars and Africa to take part in a panel at easier for future Caribbean-based podcasts that would feature Stellenbosch University, where student-athletes with little or no a multinational roster of guests and he spoke on Hope in their Eyes: computer access. Her concept audience members. Reflections on Young Black South won $6,000 in funding. African Sporting Dreams. More than 40 countries were As our content shifted to more represented during our premiere Later in the fall, our associate of a digital platform, we released broadcast, including: director of innovation partnerships, several multimedia pieces Jeff Kunowski, who holds a dual highlighting the global impact of Argentina Namibia appointment with the Global Sport COVID-19. Filmmaker Rhasaan Australia Netherlands Institute and ASU’s J. Orin Edson Nichols, winner of last year’s Race Belgium Nigeria Entrepreneurship + Innovation and Sport Short Documentary Brazil Peru Institute, connected with potential Competition, produced a short Cameroon Philippines European collaborators while film about basketball in Haiti and Canada Poland participating in the Barca Sports how the country is rebuilding after China Portugal Technology Symposium repeated economic disasters. Our Croatia Qatar in Barcelona. live webinar, COVID-19 and Sport Germany Russia in Latin America looked at what France Singapore reset means throughout the region Haiti Slovakia amidst rising cases, the culture Honduras South Africa of sport, and the role it plays in Hungary Spain everyday life, as well as what’s next India Sweden for athletes and communities alike. Indonesia Switzerland Ireland Taiwan Just before the start of the new Israel United Arab academic year, we partnered with Japan Emirates University of Brighton in the U.K. Jordan United Kingdom to hold the 2020 Global Sport Kazakhstan United States Research Conference (ReCon), Kenya of America a virtual gathering that allowed Latvia Zambia researchers worldwide to listen, Malaysia present and connect on current work and findings. The presentations examined edgework and risk-taking as it pertained to race, gender, identity, public space and property, community, and violence.

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While 2019–2020 had its unique challenges, it allowed our research, content, outreach and overall development to grow in unexpected yet positive ways. As the world continues to readjust for the developments ahead, we believe that showing sport’s inherent tie to science, society, and people are all the more reason to continue to make a positive impact on the communities and individuals it touches. Our theme for the 2020–2021 academic year will be Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Sport.

About Sex, Gender Some of our future • Expanding our innovation funding and Sexuality in Sport plans include: opportunities with new partners, using the Phoenix Rising FC Venture Research topics could come from • Launching our Sports Equity Challenge as a model. physical, social, technological, Research Project, a multi-pronged artistic, identity-driven, policy- approach to partnerships across • Growing engagement with Sun Devil related, communicative, or other the sport industry with the goal athletes and other athletes outside realms of study. Themes might of working collaboratively to the university who are interested in include changes in performance, eliminate inequities in sport. exploring different paths along their the technology used to enhance post-sport journey. • In addition to the Global Sport performance for particular sexes, Institute Poll, adding quarterly • Integrating even more data and and the practices and instruments snapshot polls through Global research from our Global Sport of sex testing. Issues that may be Sport Matters to keep a pulse on Lab into Global Sport Matters considered could be unequal policy public opinion on sports issues. content, and producing more and institutional forms of oppression research-inspired content made (i.e., IOC bans on androgynous • New issues of the Field Studies for a mainstream audience. athletes), a history of the conflation series focused on the Power of sex and gender in sport, and the 5 Conferences, Major League quality of experience on and off Baseball, and an update to our playing fields for transgender Field Studies on the NFL. and gay athletes.

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Global Sport Lab Our research and innovation programs tackle real problems facing sport, and we address them by working internally and by collaborating with experts in the field. You can be a catalyst for change by supporting seed grants that will allow more issues to be explored, or by creating funding tracks that will ignite burgeoning ventures and entrepreneurs who are creating exciting sport solutions.

Global Sport Matters Amplify the message that sport goes beyond the playing field.Through our innovative approach to digital content, you’ll help us tell important stories, encourage dialogue and share information with those who need it the most.

Global Sport Outreach Help support important conversations by underwriting one of our many, powerful live events held throughout the year. These events make our research come alive through lived experiences. Or be an advocate for an athlete’s future as we build pathways toward long term success. Help us discover the best resources and solutions to support athlete empowerment in the post-sport journey.

Sports Equity Research Project Our long-term goal with this project is to bring about equity for all in sport. The project will begin with a focus on the Business Case for Diversity and Inclusion in Sport. We welcome collaboration in conducting research in order to make the move toward actionable change.

For more information on how to support the Global Sport Institute, please email [email protected].

@GlobalSportASU | 31 Each academic year, the Global Sport Institute identifies an annual theme centered on a critical issue impacting sport. This theme is integrated into our research, events, multimedia content, and more. Our purpose is to build a deeper, broader understanding of a single topic, examining it from several perspectives and sharing our findings through a variety of avenues.

Global Sport Institute Themes

2017–2018 Sport 2036

2018–2019 Race and Sport

2019–2020 Sport and the Body

2020–2021 Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in Sport

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