In response to declining budgets, many school districts in the US have reduced funding for sports. In Europe, parents … may respond to difficult economic times by spending less on sports clubs for their children. Such cuts are unwise if … participating in sports is an investment good as well as a consumption good and adds to students' human capital. The value of sports …

contribute de facto to the kind of ‘sociology as a team sport' proposed by Giselinde Kuipers in her essay (in reference to … ‘sociology as a combat sport' proposed by Pierre Bourdieu). ‘Sociology as a team sport' is one where our complementary strengths …