It is fairly rare for people to be able to predict the future with any accuracy, but if you study
the trends and analyze the odds for those trends to gain traction, stall, or disappear, you might make
some educated guesses. Assuming you’ve absorbed the changes in sport that have occurred in the past 50 years, try to imagine some that may occur by 2025 or 2050. Some suggestions for change were detailed in the box on page 366 in Woods.
Part One:
Using information from Chapter 20, please describe two changes that you foresee in the structure or organization of sports in the next twenty years. For example, will the number of participants increase in pleasure and participation sports when compared with performance sports? How will the changing population affect sport participation? These are just a couple suggestions. Think outside of the box for your changes and keep a global perspective in mind when developing them. Remember to support your changes with information from your textbook and other sources.
Part Two:
“Who will lead the way?” (Woods, 377) From the list of social theories on page 377 and 378, select the theory or theories that will drive your two proposed changes from Part One. Try to memorize, understand, and evaluate these theories according to your experiences and studies.
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