SPORTS IN USA
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SPORTS IN USA
SPORTS
POPULAR SPORTS IN USA
1. AMERICAN FOOTBALL
2. BASEBALL
3. BASKETBALL4. SOCCCER
5. HOCKEY
Professional Sports
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN
SPORTS
GOVER
NM
ENT
REG
ULA
TIONS
No American government agency is charged with overseeing sports.
The U.S. Congress has chartered the United States Olympic Committee to govern American participation in the Olympic Movement and promote amateur sports.
Congress has also involved itself in several aspects of sports, notably gender equity in college athletics, illegal drugs in pro sports, sports broadcasting and the application of antitrust law to sports leagues.
SPORTS
AND
MONEY
Rules prevent any college athlete from accepting money
There are no separate institutions or “universities” for sports in the U.S.
American is unwilling to support national teams with public money.
LEISURE SPORTS
IN THE NORTH ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
SKATING SLEDDING
TOBOGGANING
HUNTING FISHING
TRIATHLON
Hot-air balloon
Truck Racing
Hang-
gliding
Skate-boarding
Wind-surfing
STRANGE AND UNUSUAL SPORTS
Why so many sports are so popular in
the U.S.A?
America has the huge size and the different climates
The Americans like competitionsThe Americans use sport
activities as a way of teaching “social values
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