Industry Thought Leader & CEO Dev Pathik To Be Interviewed on HBO Real Sports

Industry: Entertainment & Games

Viewers across America can tune-in on August 22 at 11PM EST to watch the interview.

Tamba Bay, FL (PRUnderground) August 18th, 2017

The boom in youth travel sports has led to major changes with far-reaching impacts for sport in America. Youth travel sports now accounts for billions of dollars in new facility developments and sports tourism related economic impact. Two such changes are heightened income inequality for kids to access sports and early single-sport specialization.

This changing landscape has increased income inequalities making it more difficult for lower income children to play sport. Often the fees associated with high performing travel sports teams can be in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Furthermore, there is a large cost associated with the travel itself – from meals on the road, to multiple nights in hotel rooms. There are many families in America who simply can’t afford to play.

Additionally, privately run sports clubs often encourage athletes to specialize at earlier and earlier ages. This narrow approach to player development is counterproductive to creating great athletes. Illustrating that fact, thirty of the thirty-two 2017 NFL draft picks were multi-sport athletes in high school. Single sport participation has become such an issue, in fact, that The Aspen Institute’s Project Play has created a special task-force called the Shared Goals Initiative with industry leaders like Target, Dicks Sporting Goods, and the U.S. Olympic Committee to uncover ways to encourage kids to sample multiple sports.

HBO Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel has been investigating these changes, and their effects, and will highlight a story on youth and amateur sports on Tuesday, August 22, 2017. Led by producer Nick Dolin and Correspondent Jon Frankel, the show includes visits to the City of Myrtle Beach where SFM operates the Myrtle Beach Sports Center. The story will also include interviews with SFA and SFM Founder and respected industry thought-leader Dev Pathik.

Dev met with HBO camera crew on location in Rocky Mount, North Carolina where the Sports Facilities Advisory has planned a 165,000 square-foot indoor tournament facility that is currently under construction and is set to open in September 2018. The Rocky Mount Event Center, opened and operated by the Sports Facilities Management (SFM), will be an economic generator that hosts both large special events and sports tournaments as well as more local offerings like sports leagues, birthday parties, weddings, and meeting spaces for the community and citizens of Rocky Mount.

Pathik said, “The Rocky Mount Sports and Events Center is a unique facility that has been intentionally designed to optimize sports tourism revenue for the City of Rocky Mount while simultaneously serving as a downtown revitalization project that will provide access to sport for lower-income kids and families. It’s facilities like this that are combatting two of the biggest issues facing youth sports.”

To record or watch the episode, tune to HBO Real Sports on August 22 at 11PM EST.

About The Sports Facilities Companies

The Sports Facilities Companies (SFC) are the Nation’s leading resources for the management and development of sports, recreation, wellness, and events facilities. As a turn-key solution for community leaders and developers alike, SFC services span the gamut of sports and recreation needs from sports tourism & recreation master planning, program planning, and feasibility through professional facility management services. Our 50+ managed venues and 2500+ team members, represented by the SF Network, welcome more than 25 million guest visits and produce over $500 million in economic impact each year. To learn more, please visit SportsFacilities.com and theSFnetwork.com.

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