The document discusses the popularity and organization of sports in the USA, highlighting major sports such as American football, baseball, and basketball. It notes that there is no government agency overseeing sports, but the U.S. Congress is involved in issues like gender equity and drug policies. Additionally, the document mentions leisure sports and attributes the popularity of sports to America's size, diverse climates, and cultural emphasis on competition and social values.

1. SPORTS IN USA

2. SPORTS

3. POPULAR SPORTS
IN USA
1. AMERICAN FOOTBALL
2. BASEBALL
3. BASKETBALL4. SOCCCER
5. HOCKEY

4. Professional
Sports
College
Sports
High School
Sports
ORGANIZATION
OF AMERICAN
SPORTS

5. No American government agency is
charged with overseeing sports.
The U.S. Congress has chartered
the United States Olympic Committee to
govern American participation in
the Olympic Movement and promote amateur
sports.
Congress has also involved itself in
several aspects of sports, notably gender
equity in college athletics, illegal drugs in pro
sports, sports broadcasting and the
application of antitrust law to sports leagues.

6. SPORTS
AND
MONEY

7. Rules prevent any college
athlete from accepting
money
There are no separate
institutions or “universities”
for sports in the U.S.
American is unwilling to
support national teams
with public money.

8. LEISURE SPORTS
IN THE NORTH ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
SKATING SLEDDING
TOBOGGANING
HUNTING FISHING

9. TRIATHLON
Hot-air
balloon
Truck Racing
Hang-gliding
Skate-boardingWind-surfing
STRANGE AND
UNUSUAL SPORTS

10. Why so
many sports
are so
popular in
the U.S.A?
America has the
huge size and
the different
climates
The Americans
like competitions
The Americans
use sport
activities as a
way of teaching
“social values