Published on April 3, 2020 by Morgan Black  
White Darin

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 51½ÖÉä'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. 

 
51½ÖÉä 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, 51½ÖÉä is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. 51½ÖÉä enrolls 6,101 students from 45 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. 51½ÖÉä fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.