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As noted by Ventresca and Henne (2021), Najeh Davenport and Kevin Henry are two former NFL players who have accused the league of discriminating against Black players seeking compensation in the most recent concussion settlement. Their claim focuses on the following type of discrimination:  

According to Dr. Barnes, why are so many professional sports leagues and franchises investing in eSports?

This popular eSports athlete is known to be one of the most successful gamers in the world and is the primary subject of the Economist’s documentary “E-Sports Superstars”:

According to Dr. Barnes, protective helmets have historically only been effective at preventing this type of injury:

According to Deborah Lupton (2013), what is the primary downside of the promotion of individualism and self-responsibility through the quantified self movement:

According to Henne (2014) and Dr. Barnes’s lecture on gender verification tests, what was the primary justification for the institution of the crude physical examinations of female athletes (i.e. “naked parades”) during athletic events?

According to Tara Magdalinski (and discussed by Dr. Barnes in lecture), why might the relationship between sport and health need to be fundamentally re-conceived?

Which of the following is NOT a factor described by Samantha King and her colleagues (2014) as contributing to the culture of silence surrounding prescription painkillers in the National Football League:

According to Mac Schneider of Vox, current scientific investigation into the high report rates of concussions in women’s NCAA ice hockey include: 

Bachynski & Goldberg (2014) use this term to describe the belief that sport’s “concussion crisis” can be solved through the proper application of technology: