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The Athletic Business Podcast: Trends in Collegiate Recreation with T.J. Peele

AB Staff
Dec 17, 2019

Welcome back! Thanks for staying subscribed to the feed as we took some time off for Thanksgiving. 

On today’s episode, we speak with T.J. Peele, former director of university recreation at the University of West Georgia, and current director of business development for college and university Health Fitness Corp. T.J. talks about his experience in rec, trends on campus and how his current work helps recreation departments thrive. 

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