When and Why Youth Sports Went off the Rails
Show Notes: Learn in this podcast when and why youth sports changed into a commercialized business that is detrimental to children. Dr. Jordan retraces the history of youth sports starting from the early 1900s through today. This history includes influences such as worries about immigrant children roaming the streets unsupervised, the depression, the new pay-for-play model that emerged post-depression, the self-esteem movement, the rising cost of a college education and the dream of attaining a college scholarship, the advent of travel leagues and showcase events, and the early specialization…
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