Sports medicine, when applied at the level of a University, is a complicated and multi-faceted enterprise.  We are pleased to have Mr. Phil Hedrick, Head Athletic Trainer for Athletics at Texas A&M University in the podcast today to talk about the complexity of providing sports medicine care for 600 athletes.  We also talk about some of the changing paradigms in sports medicine, especially in how it relates to health insurance.

We're in the midst of college football season and once again, we're seeing high octane offenses challenging quickly evolving defenses.  To talk about this, we've got Coach Terry Price, Defensive Line Coach for the Texas A&M Football team and former NFL player, in the podcast today.  Coach Price has had extensive coaching and playing experience and this is a great conversation about how the game has changed and the challenges that coaches and players face.  This is a fun podcast to li...

Football season is in full swing and as does happen with any sport, injuries occur.  Today we are pleased to have Mr. David Weir (ATC, LAT) with us in the podcast to talk about football injuries and treatment.  We talk extensively about the world of Athletic Training, and especially how the emphasis on concussion monitoring is altering how football is practiced. This is certainly a timely topic and we think you'll enjoy!

Much of the sports media is focusing on next week's NFL draft - who will be drafted when and why. To salute the upcoming draft (and the three potential first-round picks from A&M), we have in the podcast Mr. Justin Moore who is the Associate Athletic Director for Football here at A&M.  In the podcast, we talk about football, but from a different angle than most people expect.  We think you'll enjoy hearing about how a big-time college football program is run... Enjoy!

All around the country, spring football is underway.  To salute spring football, we are pleased to have Coach Mark Hagen, Linebackers Coach at Texas A&M join us in the podcast.  This is a wide-ranging conversation from how you become a college football coach, to recruiting, to the role of the linebacker in modern football.  It's a fun conversation!  Enjoy!

Today is the third video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2013 Huffines Discussion.  Up today in our series is Notre Dame's Adam Sargent.  Mr. Sargent's talk is titled: "Wonderfully Flawed".

Former football coach, player, and media personality Lydia Dubuisson joins us in the podcast to talk sports marketing and football.  This is an interesting conversation that goes where you will least expect it to go. 

Concussions in sports have become a 'hot' topic and deservedly so because of the fact that concussions are brain injuries.  Journalist Patrick Hruby has been on the forefront of reporting on the dangers of concussions to NFL players' health.  He has put together several investigative articles that have focused on why the NFL was so slow to recognize the dangers of concussion and these articles have highlighted a systematic downplaying of the dangers of concussion to help protect the ...

As school winds-down across the country - both college and high-school - many of our thoughts turn towards recruiting and sports that will be happening in the Fall.  Today we are pleased to have Mr. Zerick Rollins from A&M's Student Athlete Service department with us today to chat about how college student/athletes approach their studies and their sports.

A critical part of any college athletic program is the academic support that is provided to the student-athletes.  One of the model programs in the country is Notre Dame's which has some of the highest graduation rates in football (almost 100%).  Adam Sargent is the Associate Director in Notre Dame's Academic Services for Student Athletes office and has been widely described as one of the primary reasons for Notre Dame's outstanding academic ach...