[solved]-Using The Case Study 152 Which Is Provided Under The Question And The Information On This Topic Should The City Continue To Restructure Youth Sports In The Manner Presented In Case 152 Why O 14245
Using the case study 15.2 which is provided under the questionand the information on this topic, Should the city continue torestructure youth sports in the manner presented in Case 15.2? Whyor why not? Is there a case to be made for restructuring youthsports in this community? Do the people who are against suchrestructuring have a point? Is there a compromise proposal thatmight be made here? If you were to propose a compromise, what wouldyour proposal look like? How might your decision impact long-termsport participationCase Study 15.2Accept or Reject the Re-structuring of a Community Youth SportsProgramThe City of Raleigh’s Department of Recreation and Parks soccerprogram (one aimed at providing summertime recreation for some 1200youths and adolescents aged 8 to 13) is stirring up a storm. Thisstorm centers around the philosophy and values held by theadministrators of the program. The policy states, “the importanceof winning should be de-emphasized. Instead, thestress should be on playing for the fun of it and each youngstershould equally take part in the program.” As a result of thisphilosophy, game scores are not published, there are nouniforms, and there are no awards for specific outcomes (MVP,league championships, etc.). Each team has an adult “mentor,” whosejob it is to make sure that everyone gets a game and no one getshurt. The rule states that every member of the team must play atleast 15 minutes of a 30-minute game.The philosophy, however, has met with some strong adultopposition. One protesting parent states, “Since when is thisde-emphasis on winning the American way of life?” To tell theyoungsters it is not important to play with the intent to win, “issimply knocking out of them the one characteristic that weAmericans pride ourselves on having.” Another objection is the“everyone must play” philosophy. Would it not give the children theincentive to strive to “make the team on their own ability” ratherthan just be given a position because it is policy? One irateparent who wrote a letter to the editor of the EveningStar newspaper commented, “any boy or girl who enterscompetitive sports of any type should take the field with one basicprinciple: to win the game.” He further stated, “I personally haveno excuse for a good loser. If our youth are trained to just playthe game, and forget about winning, what kind of industrialists,doctors, and professional men and women will they become when theyreach adulthood?” A local businesswoman who was a former collegeathlete stated, “let’s quit making sissies out of our kids. Weshould change the philosophy of this program. This is a tough,competitive world that we live in. It isn’t too early for 8 to 13year olds to learn how to win. It’s time our kids learned that theway to survive is to learn to win, and there’s no better way tolearn than through sports.”Opponents of these views had their comments too. One motherstated, “boys and girls in the age 8 to 13 year old age bracketparticularly are too young to engage in the mental and physicalexcitement of competitive sports. There are many more importantthings than winning a soccer game. The child’s health, theinstilling of good sportsmanship, the art of getting along withothers, and of course the development of the child’s physicalwell-being are important aspects of our recreation program. Let’smake our children good citizens first, and competitive athletessecond.” Another father of a child in the league stated,“competition—that’s what these kids will get when they startplaying in high school and college. Not everyone will be goodenough to make the high school team. This might be the only chancea lot of these kids ever get to play soccer. Why not give them thechance to experience the game, without the pressure of having to begood or having to beat the other team?”It should also be noted that when asked, the kids whoparticipated in the soccer overwhelmingly responded “it’s fun” whenasked what they thought of the leagues that they played in. Oneyouth stated, “it’s really fun … I like that we all get to play.Sitting on the bench isn’t very fun, and besides, how can you getbetter if you never get the chance? Plus, even though our coachesdon’t keep score, we all know who really wins, anyway!”
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