2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges in youth sports. In this hour, we dissect the national data on sport participation rates and the impact of COVID-19 and hear from community leaders on how they are responding to an environment in which the divide between sport haves and have-nots has grown since COVID-19 gutted local leagues and sport programs.
Welcome
Allyson Felix, 6x Olympic Gold Medalist
The State of Play in 2020
Introduction by Dan Porterfield, Aspen Institute
Project Play discusses the findings of the annual State of Play report and the impact that COVID-19 has had on youth sports participation.
Travis Dorsch, Utah State University
Jon Solomon, Aspen Institute Project Play, moderator
A Historic Challenge for Communities
Community leaders describe the state of play for youth where they live and how they are responding to an environment in which the divide between sport haves and have-nots has grown since COVID-19 gutted local leagues and sport programs.
Gabe Albornoz, Montgomery County (MD) Council
Ron Nirenberg, Mayor of San Antonio
RaShauna Hamilton, Miami Dolphins
Jon Solomon, Aspen Institute Project Play, moderator
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