KIN 312M Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: United States Olympic Committee
2 Nov 2016
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Day 7 Sport and Health
5 Extra Years (video)
● First time children may live 5 years less than parents
Obesity
● Bottom Line Cost of Obesity
● These scary trends are occurring during an era where the benefits of physical activity
have never been more clearly supported
● Active Kids Learn Better
How do we define health?
How we define a problem impacts the solutions we seek
Health
● A complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity
● Sport would seem perfect, but…
○ Recall From Ch.1– Why Not Sport For Health?
■ Elite focus restricts rates
■ Injury rates too high
■ Do not provide sufficient physical activity
Also, the US is somewhat unique in 2 related areas when it comes to sport:
1. Unlike other countries that view the provision of sport as a responsibility of the national
government, the USA takes a more decentralized, market-based approach
2. Sport has historically been absent from public health policy
● Sport hasn’t been legislated or tied into policy much
Free Market Capitalism Functions in Place of Government
● Private sector believed to be more efficient than government for providing solutions,
shifting power to individual actors
● Only Federal Legislation Addressing Sports Policy: Amateur Sports Act of 1978 –
Provisions:
○ 1. Grants the US Olympic Committee and its NGBs (national governing bodies)
the power to coordinate and develop amateur sport in the US
○ 2. Encourages sport facility development
○ 3. Offers assistance to sport for women, the handicapped, and ethnic minorities
§ Nothing to enforce here
● Doesn’t give us much to work with
● Amateur Sports Act passed as a political reaction to poor performance relative to
Cold War adversaries in 1972 Munich Olympics
○ Act was just a political reaction
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Document Summary
First time children may live 5 years less than parents. These scary trends are occurring during an era where the benefits of physical activity have never been more clearly supported. How we define a problem impacts the solutions we seek. A complete state of physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Also, the us is somewhat unique in 2 related areas when it comes to sport: Unlike other countries that view the provision of sport as a responsibility of the national government, the usa takes a more decentralized, market-based approach. Sport has historically been absent from public health policy. Sport hasn"t been legislated or tied into policy much. Free market capitalism functions in place of government. Private sector believed to be more efficient than government for providing solutions, shifting power to individual actors. Only federal legislation addressing sports policy: amateur sports act of 1978 .
