Dr. Obi Atkinson

BS in PE & Health @WestVirginiaU; MS in Sport Pedagogy @OhioState; PhD in Kinesiology @OhioState. Assistant Professor at @Suny_Cortland. Canadian 🇨🇦

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

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Book your Stadium Tour at Stamford Bridge now. ⭐️⭐Come and visit London’s Home of Trophies. 🏆

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[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

Universities had 17 years of warning. They responded by doing the opposite of what the math demanded.

In 2008, American birth rates fell off a cliff. The Great Recession made people stop having kids. Those never-born children would be turning 18 right now. The number of U.S. high school graduates peaked at roughly 3.9 million in 2025. By 2029, that number drops 15%. By 2041, it drops by nearly half a million students per year.

Every school in this tweet had access to the same Census data. They all saw the same curve.

Administrative positions at U.S. colleges grew 60% between 1993 and 2009, ten times the rate of tenured faculty growth. Non-instructional spending (student services, administration) grew 29% from 2010 to 2018. Instructional spending grew 17%. Average tuition at public four-year schools went from $3,500 in 2000 to $10,560 in 2023. Yale now has more administrators than undergraduate students. 5,460 administrators for fewer than 5,000 undergrads.

They built the cost structure of a growth company on top of a customer base that was mathematically guaranteed to shrink.

The split in this data tells you everything. Clemson, Syracuse, Duke, UNC, and Indiana are all cutting because the model broke. Alabama, Ole Miss, and the University of Florida are turning away more applicants than ever. Harvard gets five applications for every spot. The middle is where the cliff hits. Elite schools absorb demand. Everyone between elite and community college fights over a shrinking pool. The Fed published a study in December 2024 predicting 80 colleges will close in the next five years. Since 2016, over 100 already have. In 2024 alone, 28 shut down. One per week.

These program cuts and layoffs are a decade late. The birth rate data was sitting in Census spreadsheets the entire time. Everyone in higher education administration saw the enrollment cliff coming. They hired more administrators anyway.

[National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Ed @NAKHEorg]

NAKHE invites you to submit articles for a special issue of QUEST that focuses on sport and athletic coaching.

For more information visit https://t.co/azc5M9sRCT

Submit a proposed abstract to the guest editor, Timothy Baghurst ([email protected]), by June 1.

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

Might be one of a few who still uses Twitter but sharing our article that was just published. We overviewed and provided strategies on how the sport education model can be applied to extracurricular secondary esports programs. Link to article is here: https://t.co/Fu48qGemtw

[Ohio State Men’s Soccer @OhioStateMSOC]

Ohio State Men’s Soccer Golf Outing ⛳️
Registration is open to the public!

We will have a raffle for a signed Scottie Scheffler flag and other fun items! #gobucks

Link to register: https://t.co/agZrPEIAMt

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@JaredRagoPE Look at sport-based youth development programs such as First Tee, Girls on the Run, we scale a version of LiFEsports from Ohio State 30 mins south of Cortland. Happy to chat more!

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@Olympics not sure why you haven’t added Zach Werenski assist on the USA’s 5th goal in your box score statistics

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

What’s the deal?! Consistency is required

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@OptaJoe Man City had 4 shots on target, 2 of which went in and 2 of which were saved. Yet here we are again. You cannot base of referee decision. The lack of standard procedures for you all is shocking.

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

Arsenal plays Wolves and Rice shoots the ball on target it may or may not have been saved, yet result was a corner and you did not count that as a shot on target. And then today, Cherki shot on target is clearly saved but doesn’t result in corner so you don’t count it

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

Our students demonstrating how @OSULiFESports can operate at schools in Central NY as well presenting some of our initial pilot data over the past 2 years @WhitneyPointCSD Exciting times!

[Ryan Watrous @RyanWatrousPE]

This past Friday I presented at the NYS APHERD Central South Zone Conference at SUNY Cortland. Was a great way to end my winter break and head into student teaching!
@NYSAHPERD

[Emily Nothnagle @emnothn]

I'm excited to share our new open-access article, "Policy requirements and coach mental health training: A mixed methods analysis of online versus in-person delivery modalities," co-authored with Drs. Bates, Anderson-Butcher, and Ault-Baker! Read it here: https://t.co/P0rCX4XYX1

[Susan Crown Exchange @scefdn]

What’s happening in youth sports and physical activity legislation? Now there’s one place to see it all! Developed by @UWMedicine's Sports Institute in partnership w/ @UWCLA & @KCPlayEquity. Contributions from @scefdn and @OSULiFESports.
✔ 700+ state + federal bills
✔ Focused on safety, access, and accountability
Clear and built for the field.
https://t.co/OkVfFTdbtO
#YouthSports #WinningBeyondTheGame

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@EWRairport Terminal Baggage Claim 3 has been on an hour delay for getting bags off, any update? Passengers would greatly appreciate knowing why the delay is so long.

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

For my annual year in review, here are some of the best golf courses I’ve played in 2025. @StoneMtnPark @SevenOaks_Golf #PlantationLakes #SebascoHarbor

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

For my annual year in review, here are some of the best golf courses I’ve played in 2024. @BTDAgronomy @GreyHawkGC #TannerValleyGolfCourse #WhiteDeerGolfCourse Bring on 2025!

[Pride of Detroit @PrideOfDetroit]

I'm sorry, how can that be a touchdown?

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@OptaSTATS In the 66th minute Rice shot from a free kick was saved by the Wolves goalkeeper which resulted in a corner. Yet you aren’t counting Rice as having 2 shots on target. Please fix so then @FanDuel_Support will update

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@FanDuel_Support In the 66th minute Rice shot from a free kick was saved by the Wolves goalkeeper which resulted in a corner. Yet you aren’t counting Rice as having 2 shots on target. Please fix.

[Ohio State Football @OhioStateFB]

OHIO AGAINST THE WORLD 🌰

#GoBucks

[Dr. Obi Atkinson @ObiAtkinson]

@Apple I took this in Santorini while visiting this week with an iPhone. What are the chances it gets on one of your commercials where you show others cool pictures taken with an iPhone?