Patrick Hruby
Patrick Hruby is a former VICE Sports contributing editor.
Are Athletic Directors Angling For A Washington Bailout of NCAA Amateurism?
LEAD1, a trade association of NCAA Division I-A athletic directors, is lobbying Congress and creating a PAC to give money to politicians. What does it want in return?
Tom Brady's Agent Is Starting a Pro Football League for College-Age Players
We talk to sports agent Don Yee about his planned Pacific Pro developmental football league, which will pay athletes and could compete for talent with NCAA schools.
We Can't Pay College Athletes, Because They Might Fix Their Cars And Buy Food For The Homeless
While athletic directors fake-fret that campus athletes will spend money on "tattoos and rims," football players are buying Christmas presents and sending checks to their families.
Friday Night Lights Out: The Case for Abolishing High School Football
A Nevada school board candidate wants to eliminate high school football, and a handful of others are making a medical, ethical, and financial case against America's favorite prep sport. Their arguments are unpopular. But are they right?
New Pop Warner Lawsuit Raises Hard Questions About the Future of Youth Tackle Football
A potential class action lawsuit filed against Pop Warner, USA Football, and NOCSAE over brain damage and CTE could help redefine how society views tackle football for children.
In New Documentary, Former USC Football Player Bob DeMars Sheds Light on the Dark Side of College Sports
Made by a former NCAA athlete and featuring the stories of many others, the new documentary "The Business of Amateurs" explores topics like pay-for-play, brain trauma, and athletes' rights.
The NCAA Lets College Olympians Collect Cash for Gold, Because Amateurism Is a Self-Serving Lie
The NCAA fights tooth and nail to make sure football and men's basketball players don't get paid. It also allows campus Olympic sport athletes to keep medal bonuses. Wait, what?
The Drugs Won: The Case for Ending the Sports War on Doping
The fight against performance-enhancing drugs has long been framed as a moral crusade. But some heretics like retired investigator Don Catlin and former USATF exec Doug Logan now contend that the battle is a quagmire, and doing more harm than good.
The Rejected NFL Concussion Settlement Appeal Leaves Former Players With CTE High And Dry
A federal appellate court upheld the NFL concussion settlement over objections that the deal doesn't do enough to cover CTE. Are former players with the disease out of luck?
Four Years A Student-Athlete: The Racial Injustice of Big-Time College Sports
While the NCAA’s rules governing college athletes are colorblind, the impact of amateurism is anything but—disproportionately costing black football and men's basketball players and benefiting white stakeholders by as much as $2 billion a year.
If The NFL Thinks Football Is Linked To CTE, Then Its Concussion Settlement Should Pay For The Disease
NFL Health and Safety director Jeff Miller stunned onlookers by telling Congress that football and CTE are linked. So why doesn't the league's proposed concussion lawsuit settlement do more to cover the disease?
VICE Sports Q&A: "Concussion" Doctor Bennet Omalu
Neuropathologist Bennet Omalu's discovery of the brain disease CTE in former NFL star Mike Webster—and the league's efforts discredit him—are the real-life inspiration for the Hollywood drama "Concussion."