Impact of Social Class on Sports and Athletes
Explore the influence of social class on sports, including disparities in high school sports, the home countries of the highest-paid athletes, and the impact of year-round sport participation on future career options. Discover how global inequalities play a role in the world of athletics.
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Chapter 8 Sociology of Sport
8.1. Social class and the future of high school sports 8.2. Home countries of the 100 highest-paid athletes 8.3. Year-round sport participation and future career options Social Class 8.4. Professional football players and poverty rates by state 8.5. The World Cup and the Olympics: Who benefits in Brazil?
Social class and the future of high school sports Social class has a dramatic impact on sports. In this way, sports increase the inequality gap that exists in local school districts. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/texas-school-sports- ban-p_n_1224155.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/education/premont-tex- schools-suspend-sports-to-save-costs.html
Home nations/continents on the Forbes list of 100 highest-paid athletes in 2019. * This is the market value of a country's goods and services divided by its population Source: International Monetary Fund Nominal Per Capita GDP* # of athletes on the list Nation/ continent Total Nominal GDP Population Home countries of the 100 highest-paid athletes $87.3 trillion World 7.7 billion $11,600 100 $19.4 trillion USA 334 million $65,100 62 $21.8 trillion Europe 839 million $29,400 20 Latin America & Caribbean 664 million $3.6 trillion $8,400 10 $31.6 trillion Asia 4.6 billion $7,400 5 Africa (54 nations) 1.1 billion $2.5 trillion $1,930 2 New Zealand 4.8 million $52 billion $42,100 1 Global inequalities are manifested in many ways. As you look through the photos of athletes in the Forbes list of the 100 highest-paid athletes in 2019, you ll notice that most were born in the United States and played sports there.
Year-round sport participation and future career options The changes that have occurred in high-performance sports over the past generation now serve as a double-edged sword in connection with social mobility and sports. High-performance athletes in most countries other than the United States often must drop out of school or give their education a very low priority if they wish to continue training and competing. Being an athlete in certain sports in the United States offers opportunities that few athletes have around the world.
State Total NFL players* Ratio~ Child poverty rate, 2017 (%)^ Child poverty rate rank^ Professional football players and poverty rates by state 20.7 36 Florida 201 1 in 4,095 21 39 Georgia 114 1 in 4,132 South Carolina 51 1 in 4,745 22.6 45 Alabama 55 1 in 4,818 24.6 46 28 50 Louisiana 60 1 in 5,017 Ratios of NFL players from states with high child poverty rates * Based on opening week NFL rosters ~ This ratio is based on birth estimates from the Census Bureau for April 1990 to July 1994. Children born then would be prime NFL age now, ages 23 to 27. The ratio is used as a ranking tool representative of a typical number of births for each state. https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2017/09/florida_georgia_lead_new_ranki.html ^ Children s Defense Fund. 2018. Child poverty in America, 2017. https://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/2017/09/florida_georgia_lead_new_ranki.html
. Rio de Janeiro was awarded the 2016 Olympic Games in 2009. As estimated expenses for the two events began to rise from less than $2 billion to about $12 billion for the World Cup, and $ 13.2 billion for the Olympics people in Brazil took to the streets in protest. The World Cup and the Olympics: Who benefits in Brazil? In summary, there were benefits associated with the World Cup and the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Brazil, but they were enjoyed by a select few that understood the way capital flows in connection with mega-events and were positioned to exploit it. For everyone else, there is a big debt to pay.
