Brian Frederick

Outside of Green Bay, where fans have the unique advantage of owning the team, no city has more invested in its team than New Orleans. And right now, every t-shirt store in New Orleans has one T-shirt that is prominently displayed ahead of all the others. Black with gold lettering,...

You may not know it, but the National Football League is a nonprofit organization. It may seem absurd that a collection of teams that generated at least $9 billion in revenue last season would be given tax-exempt status, but the NFL is technically classified as a 501(c)6 organization....

The most significant discussion of NFL blackouts in 40 years is taking place right now. Given the fact that the NFL's blackout rule punishes disabled, poor and elderly fans and the fact that the rule doesn't even work, it's long past time the rule was eliminated.

According to NFL rules,...

Blackouts have long frustrated sports fans, but never have they had a better chance to actually do something to end blackouts. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took a major step that could have huge implications for sports fans around the country. The agency is asking for public comments...

Congress is currently weighing legislation that could have serious implications for Huffington Post, Google, Facebook and Twitter. In other words, for the very future of the Internet.

In case you're unfamiliar, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its counterpart in the Senate, PROTECT IP...

Just over 100 years ago, President Theodore Roosevelt invited football leaders from Harvard, Yale and Princeton to the White House for a summit.

"Football is on trial," he told the assembled group. "Because I believe in the game, I want to do all I can to save it."

Tuesday night was supposed to be the tip off to what the NBA said would be its "most-watched season ever on TV." Last year's Eastern Conference runners-up, the Chicago Bulls, were set to visit the NBA Champion Dallas Mavericks, while Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant were set to square...

On Monday, the NBA announced the cancellation of the first two weeks of the 2011-12 season. It is the second time games have been cancelled in NBA Commissioner David Stern's tenure. The rift between the owners and players is so great that it's highly unlikely that there will...

In the last 20 years, the Cincinnati Bengals have only made the playoffs twice, losing in the first game both times. And those are the only two winning seasons the Bengals have had in the last 20. So it should come as no surprise that the Bengals haven't even come...

Collegiate sport has been reduced to little more than a shameless money grab. University presidents have now thrown off all pretense of preserving the historic tradition of athletic conferences in favor of the pursuit of lucrative television contracts (sometimes for themselves) for football. It's long past time Washington starts asking...

Last year, Dallas Mavericks (and the fan friendliest) owner Mark Cuban became inspired to try to help bring about a college football playoff -- "The more I think about it, the more sense it makes as opposed to buying a baseball team," Cuban said in December. "You can do...

NFL players and owners have finally reached agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. It's been a long, painful process, but at least it's over. More importantly, there will be a full slate of games in 2011.

In the weeks and months before the lockout officially started in March, many...

Five months ago, NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith and I stood in the lobby of Upshaw Place, the NFLPA's headquarters in downtown Washington. Smith had just come from one of the countless negotiating sessions with the NFL. Smith had sought me out after the chair of Sports Fans Coalition and...

Forget the Super Bowl. Forget the NBA finals. Forget the World Series. The U.S. women's World Cup victory over Brazil on Sunday was easily the most entertaining game in the past year. This game had it all: an impossible comeback, controversy, a formidable opponent, dubious officiating, nerve-wracking penalty kicks, and...

Tuesday, NFL owners met in Chicago to discuss the latest details of the labor negotiations with the players (and to try to work out their own internal differences). Unless NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell can unite them and reach a deal with players ASAP, it's looking as though, at the...

"Consumers who want to switch video providers shouldn't have to give up their favorite team in the process." - FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski

Since Sports Fans Coalition was founded in 2009, one of our primary concerns has been access to games. Sports fans -- one of the largest (if...

We're officially down the rabbit hole.

Ninety days into the lockout and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is now trying to convince fans that the lockout is in their best interests.

Thanks, but no thanks.

On Wednesday, Goodell talked with Tampa Bay Buccaneers season ticket holders on a conference call...

Last week, the Justice Department sent a letter to the NCAA asking why it does not have a postseason playoff in college football. Specifically, Justice suggested that the current Bowl Championship Series (BCS) system may violate antitrust laws.

"Serious questions continue to arise suggesting that the current BCS...

Yankees fans and Mets fans, unite! Giants fans and Jets fans, stand together! Knicks fans and Nets fans, make some noise!

It's time for all sports fans to get off the sidelines and into the game. We've been fouled, blind-sided, leg-whipped, and hip-checked for too long. For years, sports team owners...

Since SportsFans.org started in 2009, we've criticized the leagues, team owners, players and media outlets whenever they've disrespected sports fans.

Now it's time to call out sports fans.

No, not you. Well, not you unless you're the kind of sports fan who drinks too much and acts like a jackass...