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SSI Spring Discussion: "The Costs of Professionalizing Youth Sports"

Professionalizing Youth Sports Event flyer
April 19, 2018
11:30 am - 5:00 pm
Ohio Union

The cost and opportunities of youth athletics — monetary, physical and psychological — will be the focus when Ohio State’s Sports and Society Initiative hosts "The Cost of Professionalizing Youth Sports" April 19 at the Ohio Union.
 
The event will feature some of the world's foremost leaders in the topic of how money and the quest for athletic success at college and professional levels have changed youth sports. They will speak in two sessions:
 
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Impact and Advancement in Youth Sports
John Markell, former Ohio State hockey coach
Roy Hall, Ohio State football, Driven Foundation
Jeff Greene, Ohio State football, coach at IMG Academy
Tenisha Benson, Ohio Girls Basketball Report
James Houle, Ohio State Sports Medicine
Robert DeJong, Ohio State economist/travel soccer parent
 
3-5 p.m.
The Cost of Professionalizing Youth Sports
Tom Farrey, The Aspen Institute
Sean Gregory, Time Magazine
Mark Hyman, George Washington University
 
The event will take place April 19 in the Ohio Union, Great Hall Meeting Room No. 3. The public is invited and welcome. Registration is suggested.
 
Check out this reading list for more information on the professionalization of youth sports.
 
If you cannot join our live event, please check out our Facebook Live coverage.