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The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
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The book explores the transformation of youth sports from a source of fun to a commercialized profit-driven industry. It analyzes the youth sports economy through various perspectives, including corporations, entrepreneurs, coaches, parents, and children. Hyman investigates the rapid changes in the marketplace and their impact on kids, while highlighting individuals and communities that resist this harmful trend of commercialization.
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The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families, Mark Hyman
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today's Families
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mark Hyman
- Publisher
- Beacon Press
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN13
- 9780807001448
- Category
- Social sciences, Sport
- Description
- The book explores the transformation of youth sports from a source of fun to a commercialized profit-driven industry. It analyzes the youth sports economy through various perspectives, including corporations, entrepreneurs, coaches, parents, and children. Hyman investigates the rapid changes in the marketplace and their impact on kids, while highlighting individuals and communities that resist this harmful trend of commercialization.