How We Can Save Sports - A Game Plan

From disturbing new research on concussions to publicly-financed stadiums that benefit wealthy team owners, Ken Reed argues that much of our sports culture is broken, driven by win-at-all-costs and profit-at-all-costs values and policies. Reed outlines the most pressing challenges in sports today and offers practical solutions for change.

List of contents

Foreword by Ralph Nader
Preface
Chapter One: Our Sports Have Been Seized By the Forces of Ego and Greed
Chapter Two: Transition to Community Ownership Model Needed to
Empower Fans
Chapter Three: Concussion Research Can't Be Ignored
Chapter Four: It's Time to Take Adult Egos Out of Youth Sports
Chapter Five: College Sports: Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter Six: PE and Sports for All Students
Chapter Seven: Sports World Needs More Humanistic Coaches
Chapter Eight: Clear Actions Need to Be Taken to Ensure Equal
Opportunity in Sports for All Americans
Chapter Nine: It's Time to Establish a National Sports Commission
Chapter Ten: Sports Media is Dropping the Ball on Social, Cultural, and
Economic Issues in Sports
Chapter Eleven: Calling All Potential Sports Reformers
Appendix: Action Plan and Resources
About the Author
About League of Fans

About the author

By Ken Reed - Foreword by Ralph Nader

Product details

• Authors: Ken Reed, Reed Ken
• Assisted by: Nader Ralph (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2015
• EAN: 9781442242647
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4264-7
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 22 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Sociology: sport & leisure, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Sociology: sport and leisure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects