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When I started thinking about how to address the issue of trans exclusion from youth sports, I knew I needed to include the culture/industry of youth sports as part of the discussion. The pressure to compete and perform at a high level in athletics is reaching kids earlier than ever before, facilitated by parents who see success in sports as the ticket to success in life. This episode explores the relationship between the increased parental investment in kids' athletic achievements and the social acquiescence to the exclusion of trans kids from sports.
Kirsten Jones
Peak Performance Coach, Podcast Host, Author
Work Referenced:
Kurt Weaver
Executive Director You Can Play Project
Val Moyer
Researcher, Athlete Ally
Bob Boland (Faculty Profile)
Assistant Professor of Law Seton Hall Law
Other books, articles, cases, and media referenced in this episode:
- Hilary Levey Friedman, Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture (2013)
- Dianna K. Fiore, Parental Rage and Violence in Youth Sports: How Can We Prevent “Soccer Moms” and “Hockey Dads” From Interfering in Youth Sports and Causing Games to End in Fistfights Rather than Handshakes?, 10 VILL. SPORTS & ENT. L. J. 103 (2003)
- Phoebe Friesen et al., Overuse Injuries in Youth Sports: Legal and Social Responsibility, 28 J. Legal Aspects Sports 151 (2018), DOI: https://doi.org/10.18060/22569
- JS Brenner, Overuse Injuries, Overtraining, And Burnout in Child and Adolescent Athletes, 119(6) PEDIATRICS 1242 (2007), DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0887
- Complaint, Mears v. Bd. of Educ., No. 13–3154 (NLH–JS), 2014 WL 1309948 (D. N.J. Mar. 31, 2014)
- Complaint, Munck v. Dallas Lacrosse Acad., No. 4:14-cv-173 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 25, 2014)
- Fox Butterfield, Man Convicted in Fatal Beating in Dispute at Son’s Hockey Game, N.Y. TIMES A1 (Jan. 12, 2022)
- Sophie Kaufman, Years-long Defamation Case Settled in Landmark Decision for Youth Sports, SWIM SWAM (July 25, 2022)
- New Survey Identifies Decline of Sportsmanship in Youth Sports According to Parents and Coaches, LIBERTY MUT. INS. (June 2, 2014)
- Elizabeth Heubeck, Parents’ Bad Behavior at School Sports Events Has Gotten Extreme, EDUC. WEEK (Feb. 3, 2023)
- Margo Riser, Flynn’s Push to Make Youth Sports Safer for Officials and Players Clears First Legislative Hurdle, N.J. ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS (Jan. 19, 2023)
- Justin Jouvenal, To Get Their Kids on the Court, Some Parents Turning to the Courtroom, JACKSONVILLE.COM (Apr. 3, 2015, 7:48 PM)
- Bob Cook, The Roots of a Lacrosse Parent’s Infamous Lawsuit Over His Son’s Playing Time, FORBES (2014)
- Network for Pub. Health, Traumatic Brain Injury in Youth Sports Fact Sheet: Summary Matrix of State Laws Addressing Concussions in Youth Sports (2018)
Publication Date
12-10-2023
Disciplines
Education Law | Law and Gender
Recommended Citation
Gras, Sara, "Episode 6: For the Kids" (2023). Season 01. 9.
https://scholarship.shu.edu/hearsay-s01/9
