Episode 9
Season 5 The Ethics & Responsibility of Supporting College Student-Athletes: Life Beyond Their Sport
Michelle
Boettcher
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In this episode, Halie and Kenzie sit down with Jess Wildfire, Executive Director for Student-Athlete Development at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to discuss college student-athlete development. We explore historical and recent events in college athletics, such as the University of Missouri football team protest in 2015 and the UT Knoxville student-athlete march in 2020, in the hopes of understanding how to holistically support today’s student-athletes.
Resources:
- How the Missouri Football Protest Changed College Sports Forever - https://www.si.com/college/2020/11/05/missouri-protests-daily-cover
- How to Start a Movement - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74AxCqOTvg
- March on UTK: Organized by Student-Athletes - https://fb.watch/42jAxah9Dg/