Nov. 17 – Nov. 30, 2024
Welcome to issue four hundred and fifty-three of the Sports Doing Good newsletter. This week’s 10 stories include:

1. Vintage Soccer Jerseys Have Found a Sweet Spot in the Lucrative U.S. Market (Front Office Sports)
2. Everything Runs Through Youth Sports: A Look at the Most Recent Data (Andrew Petcash)
3. Closing Shot: Pushing through the New York Marathon (SportsBusiness Journal)
4. All Punch, No Pay: The Pakistani Female Boxers Fighting On (The Juggernaut)
5. U.S. Soccer gets $30 million from Michele Kang to boost women’s, girls’ teams (Yahoo, Washington Post)
6. Can the sporty be Godly? Why the Vatican is in the race to become a global sporting presence (CNN)
7. Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, has made history. Can the prodigy become the youngest chess world champion? (The Athletic)
8. CalHOPE Courage Award winners Gayles, Daniel-Dalton overcame physical and mental health struggles (AP)
9. Lions RBs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery out to make history (ESPN)
10. PWHL evaluating more than 25 expansion proposals (SportsPro Media)


10+
Child Rights & Sports Alliance Launches Ahead of 2026 World Cup (Beyond Sport)
https://beyondsport.org/2024/11/22/child-rights-sports-alliance-launches-ahead-of-fifa-world-cup-2026/
IOC publishes new Consensus Statement on Safeguarding and Interpersonal Violence in Sport (IOC)
https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-publishes-new-consensus-statement-on-safeguarding-and-interpersonal-violence-in-sport
Peace and Sport International Forum (Peace and Sport)
https://forum2024.peace-sport.org/en/speakers
How Boston created a youth sports online directory (Project Play)
https://projectplay.org/news/2024/11/25/how-boston-created-a-youth-sports-online-directory
Baltimore mayor Brandon Scott speaks of sports’ ‘transformative’ impact on kids (USA Today/Up2Us Sports)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2024/11/05/baltimore-mayor-brandon-scott-sports/76049369007/


We present again our “Featured Video” offering(s). With the explosion of video content out there highlighting the good in sport, we want to showcase such content for your enjoyment and learning. This will be an ongoing effort. And now we add podcasts!

This Former NFL Player Is Helping Collegiate Athletes Make The Most Of NIL (Forbes)
https://youtu.be/ig-uJ11XetM?si=A4aKyrzw5oV2Jkes
Busting South Asian body myths and nutrition stereotypes with former NY Giants Trainer & Dietician (South Asians in Sports)
https://youtu.be/z4HIlL7sjFs?si=R5r21HtkoTz-mAGI


Introduction
One story subject that I have included from the start of Sports Doing Good more than 12 years ago is the business of sport. Actually, depending on how you look at it, a lot of the stories deal with the growth of various elements of the sports business, including sports and social responsibility (development, diplomacy, charity, philanthropy). There are several such stories this week, including the one I am featuring.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) kicked off its second season last night. I am not a huge hockey person, but I like the idea of following a league where it won’t take that much effort to know all the players in the league. With 6 teams, it certainly seems doable. (At least I should know the entire New York team.)

The emergence of the PWHL is exciting for a host of reasons. Partly because just a few years ago the future of women’s hockey was in doubt. Two competing efforts to launch a league were complicating matters for those who did see potential for a top-tier women’s hockey league, but not two of them. As history has proven, fans like some consistency and familiarity when it comes to players, teams, and ultimately the league that will house all of them.

The article highlighted this week speaks to the great demand by cities in the U.S. and Canada looking to house a new PWHL team. Twenty-five proposals are being considered and two teams will likely be added in time for season three. The number of proposals, along with increased investor interest in existing teams and the league itself, bodes well for the future of women’s hockey.

As I have said to my students multiple times, the sports business industry is on a 32-year winning streak. Not all is perfect on and off the field, but the widespread growth, in the U.S. and around the world is a good sign for those looking to enter the industry and for those already there who are looking to make their mark. The PWHL is a great example of that potential.

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Vintage Soccer Jerseys Have Found a Sweet Spot in the Lucrative U.S. Market (Front Office Sports)
https://frontofficesports.com/vintage-soccer-jerseys-us-market/

Everything Runs Through Youth Sports: A Look at the Most Recent Data (Andrew Petcash)
https://www.petcashpost.com/p/everything-runs-through-youth-sports

Closing Shot: Pushing through the New York Marathon (SportsBusiness Journal)
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/11/11/closing-shot-nyc-marathon

All Punch, No Pay: The Pakistani Female Boxers Fighting On (The Juggernaut)
https://www.thejuggernaut.com/lyari-female-boxers

U.S. Soccer gets $30 million from Michele Kang to boost women’s, girls’ teams (Yahoo, Washington Post)
https://www.yahoo.com/sports/u-soccer-gets-30-million-140918696.html

Can the sporty be Godly? Why the Vatican is in the race to become a global sporting presence (CNN)
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/sport/rien-schuurhuis-vatican-cycling-spt-intl/index.html

Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, has made history. Can the prodigy become the youngest chess world champion? (The Athletic)
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5935056/2024/11/24/gukesh-d-ding-liren-chess-world-championship/

CalHOPE Courage Award winners Gayles, Daniel-Dalton overcame physical and mental health struggles (AP)
https://apnews.com/article/calhope-courage-award-e1fe126d1f26fc1acca00b49df112073

Lions RBs Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery out to make history (ESPN)
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/42625239/lions-rbs-jahmyr-gibbs-david-montgomery-sonic-knuckles-nickname

PWHL evaluating more than 25 expansion proposals (SportsPro Media)
https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/pwhl-expansion-franchise-team-process-proposals-international-november-2024/


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