When Child’s Play Becomes Work – Examining Youth Sports

By Christopher Egi Somewhere in America, a fourteen-year-old child performs grueling physical work for twenty-five to thirty-five hours each week. This child reports early, stays late, and performs under pressure in an environment built for adults’ financial benefits. Their supervisors, all adults, set their schedule, control participation, evaluate performance, and decide whether the child may continue. If the child were to ever suffer a serious injury, their family, not the institution they