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Until now, there has been little legal scholarly attention devoted to why the American youth sports system is the way it is, and why it is resistant to change. More Than Play explains how law and policy perpetuates a model that provides benefits to a wide range of stakeholders, often at the expense of children.
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Michael McCann
An outstanding review of youth sport law issues by a leading sports law scholar.
Accessible, informative, and enjoyable to read, it will make a great addition to sports law courses, along with other courses in the sports space. More Than Play will be often cited by academics, practicing attorneys, and judges.
"OUTSTANDING"
Linda Flanagan
This deeply researched and original book provides a fresh way of thinking about youth sport that doubles as a necessary call to action.
Few books deserve to be described as important, but this is one of them. More Than Play fills a void in our collective understanding of how youth sport devolved to where it is today: expensive, all-consuming, and often detrimental to the ones it is ostensibly meant to serve. Dionne Koller reveals how U.S. law and policy—rarely examined in the context of youth sport—favor a continuation of the status quo, even when the abundant harms to children are well known.
"FRESH WAY OF THINKING"
David Ridpath
Koller's scholarship and accomplishments are numerous, and this book did not disappoint.
This is a very important addition to the literature on American sports development and the much-understudied area of American youth sport governance and the numerous issues that plague it. She does a great job destructing the myths of youth sport in America and details its many current problems and issues, and she also presents realistic and achievable solutions to better youth sport in the U.S. This book is a must-read for scholars, practitioners, coaches, policy makers, parents, and athletes to forge a better, more defined future for youth sport and access to sport in America.
"MUST READ"
