No Young Pros: Keeping Youth Sports Accessible
Youth sports as we’ve known them are over. Parents now spend an average of 10.5% of household income on youth sports. One third of family trips are to related activities. The pursuit of college scholarships is a big part of this distortion of youth sports, and the focus on recruiting creates all kinds of issues. What’s the parent’s responsibility in all of this? And the NCAA? And the private leagues generating millions of dollars each year? What should be the ROI of youth sports? Fun, free play, personal development? There is no stopping the youth sports engine - how can we work with these leagues to preserve the accessibility of youth sports, to make sure that children are benefiting?
Presenters

Danielle Elliot
Contributing Writer
Vice Sports
Danielle Elliot is freelance writer who focuses on science, sport, travel, and the many intersections of the three. She regularly contributes to VICE Sports, and her work has been published by Gran...
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Jeremy Goldberg
Pres
LeagueApps
Jeremy is the President & Quarterback of LeagueApps, a technology company that powers how sports is organized around the world. He leads all business development and external and investor relation...
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Lawrence Cann
Founder/CEO
Street Soccer USA
Lawrence Cann
Founder and CEO, Street Soccer USA
Lawrence Cann, is the Founder and CEO of Street Soccer USA, a leading organization in the use of sport for social change. In 2012, Lawrence was ...
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Lisa Strasman
Pres & Chief Operating Officer
NCSA Athletic Recruiting
Lisa Strasman was one of the first competitive female ice hockey players in Illinois, and went on to captain the team at Yale University. After graduation she traveled to Switzerland to play profes...
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