2:05 – 3:00 · Room F (downstairs in the Forum)
Sidelined… Ensuring all Youth are in the Game in a Pay to Play Era
Give every kid in America a place to play, and make it fun again.
Back to the day at a glance
Tom FarreyFacilitatorExecutive Director, Sports & Society Program, The Aspen Institute
Kwame Owusu-KesseTable setterCEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Senior Advisor, Dynasty Equity
Ed Foster-SimeonTable setterPresident and CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation; Former USA TODAY Deputy Managing EditorChad GruenTable setterCEO, 3Step Sports, Founder & CEO, SMP Holdings
Kelly MehrtensTable setterFormer Executive Director of NFL Trust, Founder of SMART SPORTS, Former Deputy Athletics Director, University of Maryland
Jacqueline KronkTable setterChief Strategy Officer, Office of Indiana Secretary of Education
Youth sports in America has become a pay-to-play system, and too many kids are priced out, burned out or never in the game at all. This room asks how we give every child a place to play and make it fun again. Leaders from youth development, community soccer, sport organizations and state education will each make an ask of the sectors that can change the model, from cities and schools to brands and private operators.
- Time
- 2:05 – 3:00
- Where
- Room F (downstairs in the Forum)
- Block
- System Reboots · 1st Half
Speakers
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Tom FarreyFacilitatorExecutive Director, Sports & Society Program, The Aspen InstituteKwame Owusu-KesseTable setterCEO, Harlem Children's Zone, Senior Advisor, Dynasty EquityEd Foster-SimeonTable setterPresident and CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation; Former USA TODAY Deputy Managing EditorChad GruenTable setterCEO, 3Step Sports, Founder & CEO, SMP HoldingsKelly MehrtensTable setterFormer Executive Director of NFL Trust, Founder of SMART SPORTS, Former Deputy Athletics Director, University of MarylandJacqueline KronkTable setterChief Strategy Officer, Office of Indiana Secretary of EducationAlso in this block
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