Social Class and Youth Sport
What is the number one reason drop out of sports by age 13?
It is no longer fun
For every 100 high-school athletes ____ will receive a full time college scholarship.
How many countries have a similar "Bill of Rights for Young Athletes" to Norway?
0
What was the first intercollegiate competition in the US?
The Harvard vs. Yale Regatta
What allowed for college athletes to receive scholarships based on financial necessity?
The Sanity Code
What is the most expensive aspect of youth sport?
Travel
Who is the youngest athlete to receive an NIL deal?
McKenna Whitman
The Purpose of youth sport in Norway is ___ and ___.
Friendship; Well-being
Which school was likely the first institution in America to provide athletic scholarships through governing board action?
Penn State
The NCAA requires athletes to pay for their own ___?
Health Insurance
Kid's motivation to play sports ____ as parents spending ____
Declines; Rises
What is the average length of a athletes career in Individual sports?
3-12 years
How does Norway fund its youth sports programs?
Sports Gambling Revenue
Athletes in which college sport has the highest likelihood of becoming professional athletes?
Baseball
What is the name of Penn State’s collective?
Happy Valley United
What are the requirements of the 10,000 rule?
10,000 hours of quality practice
What three dreams are the biggest drivers of the multi-million dollar youth-sport industry?
1. College Scholarships
2. Potential Riches
3. Preferential College Admissions
In the last decade, participation in youth sport has dropped by about ___% in America.
8%
The term ___ comes from the Ancient Greek Olympics and were later used by the NCAA.
Amateurism
Class action lawsuit which barred the NCAA from selling athletes name image and likeness to professional companies for profit.
O'Bannon vs. the NCAA and EA sports
The professionalization of youth sport are categorized by what three categories?
1. Hierarchical Divisions
2. Paid Full-Time Coaches
3. Year-round seasons
Although 76% of Division I men’s college basketball players believe that they have a shot to play in the NBA, only ____% will be drafted.
1.2%
Today, about ___% of kids in the United States are considered obese.
40%
"From the first contest, intercollegiate sport has been a ___ enterprise and ___ followed closely on it's heels"
commercialism; professionalism
Name 3 of 5 of the “alternative future” ideas for college sports.
Pay for play
Maintain current system
“Trust fund” model
Drop college sports altogether
Other alternatives?