Find Solutions to Today's Youth Sports Challenges: How to Overcome Barriers to Realizing Sport's Possibilities by David Canning Epperson, Ph.D. Alliance Publications, 2007 A strong case is made that a lack of awareness of sport's possibilities and a trained tolerance for contentiousness is allowing school and youth sports to be dominated by the values and traditions of the entertainment sports industry. This unintentional "takeover" of the culture of sport by the professional sports establishment is perpetuating entertainment sports values at the school and youth sports levels. These imports too often result in lost opportunities for parents, athletes, coaches, schools, families and communities to realize sport's possibilities. Download PDF