title: World Scholar-Athlete Games
text: # World Scholar-Athlete Games
  
  The World Scholar-Athlete Games or WSAG was an event organized by the Institute for International Sport at the University of Rhode Island.
  
  ## Events
  
  Bridge was added to the event in the 1997 WSAG.
  
  ## Controversy
  
  In 2016, Dan Doyle, founder of the Games and the Institute for International Sport, was found guilty of embezzlement and forgery.
  
  ## The Games
  
  | Year | Host | Number of Participants | Keynote Speakers |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1993 | University of Rhode Island | 1200 | Galway Kinnell, Ralph Nader, Jack Healy |
  | 1997 | University of Rhode Island | 2000 | |
  | 2001 | University of Rhode Island | | |
  | 2006 | University of Rhode Island | | Bill O'Reilly, Bode Miller, Bill Clinton |
  | 2011 | University of Hartford | 1000 | Linda McMahon, Colin Powell |
  