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\u201cTell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.\u201d Benjamin Franklin<\/em><\/p>\nBenjamin Franklin<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Have you ever wondered why great sports stories are so engaging? Like our lives, they are authentic and unpredictable. In this world of complexity, what can sport teach us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sport gives us the tools to face this complexity. Or at least, it inspires us to train to the best of our potential and to harness our curiosity to learn something new each day. I firmly believe that sports can be the way to develop new skills in young generations<\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sports world: where are we?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prior to the pandemic, the global sports industry was valued at over $480 billion USD in 2018<\/a> and had been growing at an annual rate of 4.3% since 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last three to four years, the market has been hit by significant changes<\/a> deriving in part from digital disruption as well as the shift in fans\u2019 behaviour and the growing competition in capturing their attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has generated many challenges, in particular the need for a workforce with the new skills to manage the present and the future of sports.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In sports management, there is a skills gap that, before the pandemic, was filled by professionals coming from sectors outside the sports industry with those already in the industry showing little concern. But now the world has changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pandemic has raised questions about the state of employment today. The issue of a deeper professionalisation in sports has come to the fore: the need to understand the context and how to seize the opportunity, rather than suffer the obvious threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pandemic accelerated digitalisation across many industries, though its actual impact on the social and economic system is still unknown today. For many stakeholders, the effect will be disruptive: an innovative and collaborative approach will be the only way to save the entire system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, the latest news<\/a> speaks of a recovery for the sport system with potentially more significant growth than in previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The pandemic has shown how inherent sport is in human society and its development and sustainability.<\/p>\nBeniamino Savio<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Education for the sports industry: clear needs and a vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Given the lack of sports professionals and affordable quality teaching in sport, education needs to be transformed and digitalised: we have a responsibility to find the way to solve these unmet needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This quality education needs to be available to everyone and must guide young people towards real sport-related job opportunities, while supporting the professionalisation of the whole sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to start from the foundation of the system: young people and their education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core values and teachings of the world of sport make this particularly clear:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n