Craw's Sports Biz 30 Second News

Craw's Sports Biz 30 Second News is a new feature that will appear on crawscorner.blogspot.com Monday through Saturday. Then every Sunday you can go to http://www.csnnw.com/blog/crawfords-Court to read Craw's Sports Business Weekend on CSNNW.com

Saturday, November 9th, 2013

Because of their fast start this season in the NBA, as they beat both Miami and Chicago, the Philadelphia 76ers ticket prices have increased by 35 percent on the secondary market, proving that star power is not as important as winning when it comes to fans in the NBA.

Greg Crawford
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Today's Craw's Sports ?????

What is the one sporting event you would like to see that you have never been too? Answer below.

Today's Craw's Sports ???? is brought to you each day except Monday, by Greg Crawford of CSNNW.com----Crawford's Court and Crawford's Clubhouse.

Please follow Greg on twitter @wchoops

Craw's Sports ????????? (10/22/2013

Please feel free to comment about today's sports question, which is:

Who will win the NBA championship in 2014 and why?

Thanks for answering in advance.

Greg Crawford

www.csnnw.com/blog/crawfords-court

twitter @wchoops

Developing Athletes and Athletic Programs

Video games, big screen televisions, iPhones, iPads.  The list of stimuli today's youth are exposed to is not exhaustive.  Obviously long gone are the days of kick the can.  Have kids even heard of wiffle ball?  As technology advances, the desire for kids to go outside decreases.  This has been a challenge for coaches since Atari was introduced to American households.  These are obvious hurdles.  There are other hidden hurdles coaches and sport programs are facing, and if we don't adjust to them, we will continue to have a rapid decline in youth sports.

One of the goals of every youth program is to attract as many players as possible.  It's no secret inner-city sports programs have been on a steady decline for a long time.  Some of the cause for the decline is lack of players, and some of the decline is due to lack of funding.  How do we get our youth back into our sports programs, and how can we fund them?

There seems to be a generation who have a sense of entitlement even if it is not yet earned.  College graduates think they deserve to start just below the CEO instead of the mail room.  How do we teach humility, dedication, and hard work.  If coaches are too hard on a young athlete, will they return for another game or season?  If an athlete doesn't get as much playing time either they or their parents think they should be getting, will they return?

I will explore these and other topics regarding youth sports programs.  The goal is to identify some of the causes for the decrease in participation in athletic programs, from tee-ball to Friday night lights.  There is little argument of the benefits athletic programs provide youth.  If we allow sports programs to deteriorate we are doing a disservice to our youth, and  weakening our future work- force and leadership.  

Recent Blogs, A Must Read

http://gregcrawfordbasketball.blogspot.com   10/1/2013

http://www.csnnw.com/blog/crawfords-court  10/4/2013

This week's blogs

Be sure to check out today's Craw's Sports Business Weekend, www.csnnw.com/blog/crawfords-court where we talk about the NBA all-star game coming to Portland, the next big time golf super star and a product that is getting rave reviews from athletes and teams.

This week in Crawford's Clubhouse: www.csnnw.com/blog/crawfords-clubhouse

1. Some great golf tips

2. Should viewers be allowed to call in rules violations

3. Screaming on the golf course

4. Some more tips on speeding up play

Check These Blogs Out

1, www.csnnw.com/blog/crawfords-court

2. www.csnnw,com/blog/crawfords-clubhouse

please bookmark both.

Coming August 29th to crawscorner.blogspot.com something really new and exciting each and everyday.