Sports are woven deeply into the American cultural fabric. Many people participate in sports from an early age. Additionally, we
often align ourselves with particular teams and engage socially around viewing sports Discuss how sociological theory can be applied to sports. In your posting provide details about how sports can influence significant sociological elements including education, leisure, social stratification, social mobility, and race and gender issues.
Sociological theory can be applied in sports to illuminate the
relationship between sports and society. This include shedding light on the
governance of sport organizations, the priorities behind allocation of state
and private funding to sport as well as the environmental impact of sports and
its contribution to urban inequality, especially via mega-events. Sociology can
help guide sports organizations and policy makers in shunning the shallow obsession
with effect and neglect of cause that inexorably impede its development as a
progressive social institution
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