Roller Hockey Versus Jump Roping

Being considered a sport often depends on issues related to U.S. society and culture. Being considered a sport often depends on issues related to resources, organization, social "connections," and visibility.

SES: In the quest to be counted as a sport, roller hockey would draw on the resources of middle-class families, whereas jumping rope would be less able to count on financial support from participants' families. In the absence of family funding, would local governments or other organizations in cities and small towns provide funds to promote and support jump roping as a sport? Under what conditions might this happen? There might be a chance that city officials would fund jump roping if the girls were seen as a threat to community safety and government agencies saw a need to "keep them off the streets".