Sports and Society

Running head: SPORTS AND SOCIETY
Sports and Society
Name of the student
Name of the University
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2SPORTS AND SOCIETY
Introduction
Sport acts as an important part of the society in the present age and it plays a big role in the lives of the
people. Pennsylvania State University is the name of a doctoral university that has campuses throughout the
region of Pennsylvania that offers teaching along with research services. The scandal in Penn State in relation
to child sex abuse took place when the coach engaged himself in sexual abuse of the children that took place
over a course of 15 years. This study elaborates on the economic impact of the organization and the various
factors that helps in determining economic impact of event. The study also discusses about changes that has
been made by the organization after the event and the role that is played by public policy.
Impact of the Sports Issue
Economic impact of Pennsylvania State University
The economic impact of Pennsylvania State University is that it has been able to bring about prosperity
for the region of Pennsylvania. The University acts as the largest contributor in the economy of the state that
helps in the generation of more than that of $ 17 billion annually (News.psu.edu., 2019). Penn State helps in
generating around $ 8.5 billion pertaining to direct along with indirect economic impact. It helps in supporting
around 67,000 jobs and it plays a part in influencing $ 8.7 billion with the help of its business services.
Factors determining economic impact
The factors that helps in determining the economic impact of event is the scale of the event along with
its impact on the society. The economic impact pertaining to an event were determined by the help of the
number of boys who were victims of abuse that was carried out by Jerry Sandusky (Insidehighered.com., 2019).
The coaching assistant had been found guilty of sexual abuse and he was convicted for 45 cases that helped in
determining economic impact.
Factors determining social cultural impact
The factors that were responsible for the determination of the socio-cultural impact was the prestige of
the organization within which the child sex scandal had taken place. It had a great impact on the attitude of the
society as it instilled fear in the minds of the parents who would send their children to the organization