League of Fans' Ken Reed Talks Sports Reform

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Ken Reed doesn't hate sports. He enjoyed a full scholarship to the University of Denver, where he played baseball and basketball, and holds a doctorate in sports administration.

Ken Reed doesn't hate sports. He enjoyed a full scholarship to the University of Denver, where he played baseball and basketball, and holds a doctorate in sports administration. So when people ask him why he's attacking organized sports at all levels as right-hand man to Ralph Nader in League of Fans (the consumer-advocate-cum-presidential-candidate's sports reform project), Reed is forced to explain his motives. "I love sports. I'm trying to make them better," says the author of near-daily blog posts at leagueoffans.org, as well as the group's 10-part manifesto addressing the perceived plight of sports fans and participants alike. Paul Steinbach asked Reed, a self-described "recovering sports marketer" and PE4life veteran who accepted his current job in January, to touch on just a few hot-button issues.

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