Dionne Koller: MORE THAN PLAY (with Mark Hyman)

The Ivy is delighted to host Dionne Koller, Director of the Center for Sport and the Law at the University of Baltimore, in celebration of her fascinating new book More Than Play: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport.

Until now, there has been little legal scholarly attention paid to youth sport or its reform. Dionne Koller sets the stage for a different approach by illuminating the law and policy assumptions supporting a model that puts children's bodies to work in an activity that generates significant surplus value. In doing so, she identifies the wide array of beneficiaries who have a stake in a system that is much more than just play--and the political choices that protect these parties' interests at children's expense.

Veteran journalist, professor, author, and lawyer Mark Hyman will join Koller in conversation. We hope you can join us!

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DIONNE KOLLER is Director of the Center for Sport and the Law at the University of Baltimore, where she also serves as a law professor. In 2021, she was appointed to co-chair the Commission on the State of US Olympic and Paralympics. She also has served as chair and a member of the executive board for the Sports Law Section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS), is a member of the United States Anti-Doping Agency’s Administrative Review Panel, and serves on the editorial board for the International Sports Law Journal. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School. She was awarded the AALS 2024 award for significant contributions to the field of sports law. Her latest book is MORE THAN PLAY: How Law, Policy, and Politics Shape American Youth Sport.

MARK HYMAN, a veteran journalist, professor, author and lawyer, is The University of Maryland Merrill College’s inaugural George Solomon Endowed Chair in Sports Journalism. Hyman joined Merrill College in July 2020 after more than four decades as a sports journalist and seven years serving as a Professor of Sport Management at The George Washington University School of Business. He is the author of three books exploring the adult-managed world of youth sports: “Concussions and Our Kids: America’s Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe” (2012), a collaboration with Dr. Robert Cantu; “The Most Expensive Game in Town: The Rising Cost of Youth Sports and the Toll on Today’s Families” (2012) and “Until It Hurts: America’s Obsession with Youth Sports and How It Harms Our Kids” (2009).

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