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United Airlines, PGA Tour collaborate to assist HBCU golf programs with travel expenses

“The United Airlines grant will impact our program’s ability to travel tremendously.”

One of the biggest expenses in golf, from the junior ranks to the PGA Tour, is travel.

The PGA Tour and United Airlines are joining forces to help golf programs at more than 50 Historically Black Colleges and Universities with travel grants to help teams get to tournaments across the country.

United will award the teams more than $500,000 in grants, divided equally among 51 programs. Each team will receive $10,000 in travel credits, which will help an estimated 250 student-athletes and their coaches fly to tournament sites that might have been previously out of reach.

“Removing barriers for HBCU students to have the same opportunities given to other collegiate athletes will open doors for countless young Black golfers to achieve their dreams and for HBCU golf programs to develop to their full potential,” said United President Brett Hart in a statement.

Winston-Salem University golf coach Charles Penny II, whose program was brought back for the first time in 10 years last year, said the team was able to play in only one fall tournament because it didn’t have enough money in its budget for more travel. He said with the United credits, the team will be able to play as many as four tournaments next fall.

“The United Airlines grant will impact our program’s ability to travel tremendously,” Penny said in a statement.

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The Florida A&M men’s team and Bethune-Cookman women’s team are among the programs that will receive the travel credits. When the Edward Waters women’s team begins play in 2023, they will be able to apply.

United is the official airline of the PGA tour and was the first sponsor for the Tour’s HBCU Grant Program.

“We have made a pledge to help diversify the landscape of competitive golf and this collaboration between United Airlines and these colleges and universities will be a significant step towards leveling the playing field and enhancing the student-athlete experience along the way,” Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement.

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Kayvon Thibodeaux agrees to marketing deal with United Airlines

Kayvon Thibodeaux is further utilizing his NIL, now agreeing to a partnership with United Airlines that will bring select direct flights to Eugene.

According to a new report from ESPN, Oregon’s defensive end Kayvon Thibodeaux has agreed to sign a marketing deal with United Airlines.

With the deal, United Airlines will reportedly provide special direct flights from Eugene to select Oregon Ducks away games this coming season.

“Partnering with United Airlines was a no-brainer for me, as they are a premium brand with the same core values as I have,” Thibodeaux said via ESPN. “I look forward to a long-standing relationship with United.”

As college athletes start to explore the space allowed to them by the new NIL rules put into place by the NCAA, this is something that we will likely see more of. Earlier in the summer, Thibodeaux already teamed up with Nike’s Phil Knight and Tinker Hatfield to release an NFT that can be sold for profit.

According to ESPN, the program with UA will begin with multiple direct flights from Eugene to Columbus, Ohio, starting on Sept. 9, for Oregon’s game at Ohio State on Sept. 11. Return flights from Columbus to Eugene will be available after the game and on the following two days.

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Unnamed NFL files suit claiming sexual assault, harassment on plane

An unidentified NFL player has filed suit against United Airlines alleging he was sexually assaulted and harassed on a flight.

An unidentified NFL player has filed suit against United Airlines, alleging he was sexually harassed, assaulted and violated by a female passenger on a Feb. 10 flight from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ.

The civil suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, seeks unspecified statutory and punitive damages from the airline. The player — and another male passenger — state the airline failed to properly respond to complaints, according to Bleacher Report.

Bleacher Report’s Master Tesfatsion reported the player, who’s listed in the complaint as John Doe 1, filed the suit in coordination with another male passenger (John Doe 2). They allege four complaints were made against a female passenger sitting in the same row for “unwanted sexual advances” before flight attendants moved her.

The men are suing United, the lawsuit says, because the airline refused to give them the name of the woman, the flight attendants, and potential witnesses and because the airline failed to follow policies to respond to sexual harassment and assault on the 10 flight.

The lawsuit alleges that United’s failure to have or enforce adequate policies and procedures for the prevention of and response to in-flight sexual assaults is a breach of its duty to protect and care for its passengers.