Student-athletes need more sleep

Recent studies have shown the amount of sleep a person gets directly impacts their physical health, emotional well-being, productivity and performance. A lack of sleep can lead to serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Student-athletes should be encouraged to take sleep seriously, but that can sometimes be difficult given the demands of their schedules. Do you think student-athletes get enough time for sleep?

Fan behavior needs to change

Your team just won the big game - what do you do?

Clap, cheer, high-five your fellow fan.

Wrong.

Didn't you get the memo?

Simply savoring a team's victory isn't an adequate response to winning anymore. These days some fans use sports celebrations as an excuse to break laws and destroy property.

What is it with sports fans and violence? How can we curb the problem?

NCAA President talks Title IX

NCAA President Myles Brand told USA Today that universities are likely to cut programs due to tough economic times, but they should not use Title IX as an excuse for cutting men's programs. Title IX mandates equal opportunity for men and women. The law does not mandate a university cut men's programs to accommodate this proportionality. "I would suggest that athletics directors need to spend more smartly," Brand told the paper and suggested cutting costs in travel, facilities and "expenditures in the highly visible sports."

Vanderbilt faculty protest boxing match held on campus

Saturday's WBC super middleweight bout between Jermain Taylor and Jeff Lacy drew criticism from the school's Faculty Senate Executive Committee. The committee said Vanderbilt's status as an internationally renowned academic medical center disqualifies boxing events from coming to campus. "The World Medical Association, for example, which represents physicians from dozens of countries, condemns boxing as an activity whose 'basic intent is to produce bodily harm in the opponent,' one that 'produces an alarming incidence of chronic brain injury,'" the memo said. Additionally, the committee believed Saturday's fight was contrary to the fundamental mission of the university.