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    The Price of Play: Examining the Pay-to-Play Pipeline in Girls’ Athletics

    In How College Athletics Are Hurting Girls' Sports: The Pay-to-Play Pipeline (Rowman & Littlefield) Rick Eckstein looks closely at college sports and chronicles how college and youth sports have become more commercialized, to the detriment of participants. Nicholas Zoroya is our reviewer, and although he finds Eckstein’s book a substantial contribution to the conversation on youth sports, he also thinks that the author, while rightly putting a lot of blame on the commodification of college sports, also lets the parents off way too easy.

    Sociology of Sport Journal, Volume 39, 2022, Issue 3

    SSJ publishes original research, framed by social theory, on exercise, sport, physical culture, and the (physically active) body. The journal publishes peer-reviewed empirical, theoretical, and position papers; book reviews; and critical essays. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Becoming Fans: Socialization and Motivations of Fans of the England and U.S. Women’s National Football Teams by Rachel Allison, Stacey Pope.

    International Review for the Sociology of Sport, Vol. 54, 2019, No. 7

    The International Review for the Sociology of Sport is a peer reviewed academic journal. Its main purpose is to disseminate research and scholarship on sport throughout the international academic community. The journal publishes research articles of varying lengths, from standard length research papers to shorter reports and commentary, as well as book and media reviews.

    Om finansieringen av arenabyggen i USA

    Karin Book Idrottsvetenskap, Malmö högskola Kevin Delaney & Rick Eckstein Public Dollars, Private Stadiums: The Battle over Buildning Sport Stadiums 230 sidor, hft., ill. Piscataway, NJ: Rutgers University Press...
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