The Sports Talk Series is an annual ADS panelist event designed to expose the student body to an engaging discussion on polarizing issues in the sports world that arise each year. Its mission is to provide all the students that attend with a greater understanding and appreciation for the issues and the surrounding circumstances that cause them in the first place. The Sports Talk Series also strives to provide our contributing panelists with an invaluable experience at UMass Amherst speaking with a diverse group of industry experts on the issues they are most passionate about. ADS hopes to build the Sports Talk Series to a level where it is considered the top academic event on campus with its extraordinary relevancy, participation and attendance from the student body.