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Youth sports programs, once community-based, have become a privatized $40 billion industry

NPR | By Ayesha Rascoe
Published August 30, 2026 at 8:02 AM EDT

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Caitlin Moscatello about the privatization of youth sports, an industry with annual revenues of more than $40 billion.

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