Game On: How the Pressure to Win at All Costs Endangers Youth Sports and What Parents Can Do About It
"Game On's theSilent Springof sports: the book that launches a movement to protect a natural resource. Our children." -- Robert Lipsyte, New York Timescontributing writer"Farrey provides an insightful analysis of American society today and gives us a provocative look at its future." -- Jay Coakley, author ofSports in Society: Issues and Controversies"Everyone involved in youth sports should pledge to solve this mounting crisis so artfully exposed by Tom Farrey." -- Mark Fainaru-Wada, coauthor ofGame of Shadows: Barry Bonds, BALCO, and the Steroids Scandal That Rocked Professional Sports"Illuminating, penetrating, sobering,Game Onis dead-on: a fiercely intelligent, must-read portrait of athletic ideals gone horribly wrong." -- Armen Keteyian,chief investigative correspondent,CBS News"Youth sports has become hyperorganized and deadly serious.Game Onidentifies the problem and points us toward some solutions." -- Bob Costas, NBCsports analyst and author ofFair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball"Game Ondebunks the myths of child rearing and shows the lengths we go to and methods we use to build our children into athlete-entertainers at almost any cost." -- FormerU.S. senatorBill Bradley,author ofValues of the GameFrom the Hardcover edition.