SPORTS IN USA

SPORTS

POPULAR SPORTS IN USA

1. AMERICAN FOOTBALL

2. BASEBALL

3. BASKETBALL4. SOCCCER

5. HOCKEY

Professional Sports

ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN

SPORTS

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No American government agency is charged with overseeing sports.

The U.S. Congress has chartered the United States Olympic Committee to govern American participation in the Olympic Movement and promote amateur sports.

Congress has also involved itself in several aspects of sports, notably gender equity in college athletics, illegal drugs in pro sports, sports broadcasting and the application of antitrust law to sports leagues.

SPORTS

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MONEY

Rules prevent any college athlete from accepting money

There are no separate institutions or “universities” for sports in the U.S.

American is unwilling to support national teams with public money.

LEISURE SPORTS

IN THE NORTH ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY

SKATING SLEDDING

TOBOGGANING

HUNTING FISHING

TRIATHLON

Hot-air balloon

Truck Racing

Hang-

gliding

Skate-boarding

Wind-surfing

STRANGE AND UNUSUAL SPORTS

Why so many sports are so popular in

the U.S.A?

America has the huge size and the different climates

The Americans like competitionsThe Americans use sport

activities as a way of teaching “social values