Reviews
and what people are saying about Reforming
Sports Before the Clock Runs Out: One Man’s Journey Through Our
Runaway Sports Culture
Rick Telander, Chicago Sun Times and author of The
100 Yard Lie.
"Bruce Svare is one of the thinkers who recognizes
that sports and the culture around them keep spinning into stranger
and stranger lands. His thoughtful solutions are well worth paying attention
to."
Robert Lipsyte, New York Times
"In clear, urgent prose, Svare spotlights the crisis
then offers a daring plan for reform. This is a thoughtful yet bracing
call for action whose time has come."
Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated and author
of Big Game Small World: A Basketball Adventure.
"Bruce Svare draws on his extensive experience at
the grass roots in cataloging the many ways amateur sports are failing
our youth and society. You may not agree with every one of his proposals
for fixing pre-professional sports—I didn’t---but Svare
offers a starting point for an important debate with this comprehensive,
personal and urgent book".
Jay Weiner, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Part indictment, part idealism, completely provocative,
Bruce Svare doesn’t merely argue for reform. He passionately demands
it. Getting to where he wants to go won’t be easy. But he offers
a road map that is worthy of close inspection and sure to trigger debate."
Dr. Charles Yesalis, Professor of Health Science and
Administration and Exercise and Sport Science, Penn State University,
author of The Steroids Game.
"Dr. Svare has delivered an accurate and hard-hitting
description of the problems of our present sport culture, especially
how those problems impact our children. This book goes beyond chronicling
the ills of sport in that Dr. Svare has the courage to offer solutions,
many of which might be viewed as radical and controversial. As a result
some parents and coaches might feel uncomfortable as the rock covering
the many dark aspects of sport is lifted. However, that is just what
is needed. For too many decades, far too many of us have found it easier
to look the other way. This book will help us educate ourselves about
the breadth and depth of this dilemma and encourage discussion about
what we need to do to fix it."
Bob Bigelow, youth sports activist and reformer, author
of Just Let the Kids Play
"If you like the American ‘Amateur’
sports as currently constructed, read these books. If you love sports,
devour these words and ideas. You may not agree with everything Bruce
Svare writes, but his proposals for change are a wonderfully healthy
addition to some much-needed discourse and debate on the direction of
sports ages 3-22 in this country."
Dr. Jon Ericson, Professor Emeritus and Former Provost,
Drake University.
"For Bruce Svare, a life-long love of sports has
been betrayed by a sports culture turned dark. Fighting back, Svare
exposes the destructive forces in sports---from pee wee to pro---and
proposes reforms that are both far reaching and practical."
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