Published on April 3, 2020 by Morgan Black
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Professor Darin White offers a response to the announcement that the World Games, originally scheduled for summer 2021, have been postponed for a year and what this means for the Birmingham community.
Professor White is executive director of Samford University's Center for Sports Analytics, program coordinator for Brock School of Business' sports marketing program, and chair of the Entrepreneurship, Management and Marketing department in Brock School of Business.
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
