13.3.1. College Sports in the USA

College Sports in the USA

The different types of sports in the United States play an important role in American  Bezárás (1): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDFjJXUwMDBjJXUwMDBhJXUwMDBjJXUwMDExJXUwMDBk Children and young people are encouraged to do some kind of sport from an early age on all the way to university and college  Bezárás (2): JXUwMDM0JXUwMDA5JXUwMDEzJXUwMDEzJXUwMDA5 High school American football games are extremely popular and they can  Bezárás (3): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDAwJXUwMDA2JXUwMDEzJXUwMDAyJXUwMDE3 tens of thousands of people.  College athletes can receive hundreds of thousands of fans. These numbers can  Bezárás (4): JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA1JXUwMDAwJXUwMDE5JXUwMDA2JXUwMDA3JXUwMDA2JXUwMDEzJXUwMDE1JXUw MDEx the importance of sport in American culture.

Indeed, sports and athletes are fully integrated into the American school system, a fact, which is not common  Bezárás (5): JXUwMDMxJXUwMDA3 other cultures. This is one of the reasons why the United States have got many great athletes in most sports. College athletes collected  44 Olympic  Bezárás (6): JXUwMDM1JXUwMDA4JXUwMDAxJXUwMDA1JXUwMDBkJXUwMDFm during the 2006 Olympic Games in Beijing.

College sport in the USA is as important as the sports played at  Bezárás (7): JXUwMDI4JXUwMDAyJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA5JXUwMDAzJXUwMDE2JXUwMDAwJXUwMDFhJXUwMDA2JXUw MDAxJXUwMDBmJXUwMDBk level. College sports events are often broadcast on local TV channels and when watching them it becomes evident that not only the athletes but also the stadiums are huge and they have a great Bezárás (8): JXUwMDM5JXUwMDE1JXUwMDAwJXUwMDExJXUwMDBiJXUwMDBhJXUwMDA1JXUwMDBmJXUwMDBkJXUw MDA2 as well. The amount of sponsorship is incredible, too. Sponsorship money is used to improve infrastructure, to provide training facilities and to Bezárás (9): JXUwMDJiJXUwMDA2JXUwMDA1JXUwMDAwJXUwMDFmJXUwMDFkJXUwMDA2 staff who work with the athletes.

The universities actually play the role of producing excellent players for the professional clubs. In addition, there is the advantage of offering athletes a degree that is Bezárás (10): JXUwMDJhJXUwMDE3JXUwMDA2JXUwMDBjJXUwMDA4JXUwMDA5JXUwMDA3JXUwMDEzJXUwMDFmJXUw MDAx internationally. The different types of sports at American universities are the ticket for young people to achieve their dreams. All well known American athletes have been through university championships before becoming professionals. Michael Jordan (basketball player), Carl Lewis,(track and field athlete), and Michael Phelps, (swimmer ) could be quoted here as examples.