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Purdue Center Sites > Center for Families > News > Advisory Council > Why kids are losing interest in playing team sports

Why kids are losing interest in playing team sports

Travis Dorsch, Utah State University Families in Sport Lab, joins The News with Shepard Smith to discuss why young people are less interested in playing team sports.

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