Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-219) and index.
Contents:
Do sports benefit children? Sports benefit children / Scott Ganz and Kevin Hassett ; Sports can harm children who train too vigorously / National Alliance for Youth Sports ; Some female athletes develop unhealthy practices / TeensHealth ; Professional athletes should be role models / Christian Malone ; Athletes should be role models only for athletics / Jeffrey Standen ; Sports can benefit children with disabilities / Brady Delander -- Should college sports be reformed? Academic achievement is improving for college athletes / Doug Jolley ; Academic fraud is rampant in college athletics / Elia Powers ; College athletes should be paid / Al Woods ; College athletes should not be paid / Krikor Meshefejian ; College athletic recruiting should be reformed / Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia ; College athletic recruiting needs government intervention / Frank G. Splitt ; College athletic programs are recruiting middle school students / Andy Staples -- Is there equality in sports? Diversity in hiring should not be mandatory in professional baseball / Luke Kohler ; Title IX is unfair to men's sports / Walter Olson ; Title IX is not unfair to men's sports / Andrew Zimbalist ; Only the wealthy can afford competitive sports / Regan McMahon -- Is drug use a problem in sports? Performance-enhancing drugs should be banned from sports / Steve Courson ; Performance-enhancing drugs should not be banned from sports / Joan Ryan ; Young athletes use steroids / Regan McMahon ; Steroid use among youth is declining / Marcia C. Smith ; Testing student athletes for drugs is appropriate / B. J. Rains ; Testing student athletes for drugs is not appropriate / Jennifer Kern ; Male student athletes are drug tested more often than females / David Murphy.
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