Athletics administrators face unique and intense pressures, which PFA Consultants understand through personal experience. Our consultants have been in your shoes as athletics department administrators and through consulting intimately with many athletics programs across the country. Personal and professional reputations are at stake when examining steps your department has taken to address harassment, discrimination, sexual or physical misconduct, emotional abuse, bullying, hazing, wrongful discipline/dismissal, fraud, and violations of state, institution or NCAA rules. We help athletics administrators objectively navigate many of the complicated issues they must appropriately address and maintain sound working relationships with student-athletes, parents, coaches, campus resources, and the media.
Why does it feel like athletics administrators are so vulnerable and what makes them so? It usually is not for a shortage of wanting to do the right thing but, rather, the failure to demonstrate they proactively did all they could to provide protection for all, especially the most vulnerable employees and students in their care. Reliance solely on cross-campus professionals and/or legal counsel, although well intentioned, often does not convey the level of independence and transparency needed to empower someone who is subjected to or knows of misconduct to bring it to the attention of the administration so it can be resolved in a timely fashion. PFA Consulting helps ensure that policies, procedures and practices (including training) provide transparency and protection for all.
Benefit from our experience and objectivity. Contact us to begin planning how we might help you and your team.
“I wish you would have been here working with our athletics department before I was deposed for an entire day about how I allegedly failed to properly address a coach’s concerns about discrimination. I was personally attacked for how I addressed the matter as a sport administrator. Since then, you have helped our University's athletics department set up internal response processes to clearly demonstrate our commitment to uniformly and fairly address similar situations.”
Division I Senior Associate Athletics Director, commenting to PFA Consulting
“A few years ago, as an athletics administrator I was questioned during litigation about the way I and the athletics department addressed a hazing allegation involving student-athletes on one of our teams. I wouldn’t wish that experience on my worst enemy. I am so much more confident today after working with PFA Consulting about how we should best address student-to-student incidents and allegations of misconduct to protect everyone involved.”
Division I Athletics Administrator, commenting to PFA Consulting
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