In October, Wisconsin Badgers tight end Jack Pugh bravely opened up about his struggles with mental health on Instagram. In late February, Badger’s women’s head basketball coach Marisa Moseley publicly shared her mental health journey for the first time. The conversation surrounding mental health is becoming more and more normalized by the day, and UNCUT Madison is continuing to bring that conversation into the spotlight.
UNCUT Madison, an athlete-led 501 (c)(3) non-profit media platform co-founded by Dana Rettke on UW’s campus has gathered current and former Badger athletes to share their mental health journey’s at UNCUT’s first ever in person event, “Tackle the Stigma: A Conversation About Mental Health and Sports” on Tuesday, May 3 at 6:00 p.