By Matt Amerlan Director of Workforce Development The “professionalism” of sports has permeated into our sports ecosystem earlier and earlier into a young athlete’s journey. Youth and High School age sports have become big business (in the U.S. alone $40 million annually - to put it in perspective this has surged well past the NFL’s annual revenue numbers). This is a natural result of the growth of pro sports and it evolving over the years into a financial juggernaut. The growing masses want...

By Matt Amerlan Director of Workforce Development, Positive Athlete We’ve previously discussed how the sports landscape has evolved over the years, the intended and unintended consequences of this, the pros and cons of this, and the overall societal impact that sports undoubtedly has. Further, the impact on our overall economy, the impact the growth of elite and pro sports has had on how youth and high school sports has evolved. More specialization, more travel, less affordability, etc. The...

By Matt Amerlan Director of Workforce Development Positive Athlete Last week at Positive Athlete we activated with two of our Strategic Alliances to hold two powerful panel discussions at the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles 5th Annual Girls Empowerment day. I was fortunate to attend this energy filled day personally and moderated one of the discussions. Picture this, 6,000 girls from the Los Angeles metro area, the theme of empowerment filling the day, a perfect 75 degrees at Dignity Health...