Plans for youth sports participation after COVID-19 in the U.S. 2020, by gender
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had a significant impact on the sports industry, from professional sports leagues to youth sports participation. Even when sports participation became possible once more, there were differing future plans among parents in terms of letting their children resume playing sports. During a September 2020 survey among parents in the United States, 53.9 percent of parents of male children and 44.4 percent of parents of female children reported they would allow their child to resume playing sports at the same level as before the pandemic.
