"The Sports Act Needs To Be Updated"

The picture below is provided by the Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program (AISSP), the fiscal agent for the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics.

Read my previous newsletter issue - CSUSOP Is The Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program's Pet Project???? (dated March 6, 2024)

No surprise! AISSP Executive Director Tom Farrey will be a moderator.

Please read “How to Build a Better Sport System.” (I don't know if it will provide a closed caption.)

Topics:

• Should the federal government continue to outsource sport development to the USOPC and NGBs?

• Does Congress need an Inspector General to oversee the USOPC and the U.S. Center for SafeSport to ensure accountability for their missions?

• Should the Sport Act continue to be an unfunded mandate, or is sport development important enough to public health and other national priorities to deserve public support?

• How do other countries support grassroots sports and protect athletes?

I noticed that the AISSP has always repeated its statement that there are “11 million athletes.” The WorldOMeter states that the U.S. population is 341,335,046 (as of Monday, March 25, at 10:45 p.m. EDT). 11 million is 0.03% of this population.

Do you believe 0.03%?