COVID-19: federal support funding to help youth sports in the U.S. as of 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic that spread across the world at the beginning of 2020 was not only a big threat to public health, but also to the entire youth and amateur sports industry. During a May 2020 survey in the United States, some 30 percent of respondents strongly agreed with the idea of using federal support funding to help youth sports programs deal with the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

始于2020年初席卷全球的COVID-19疫情，不仅对公共卫生构成了巨大威胁，同时也对整个青少年及业余体育产业造成了冲击。在2020年5月对美国进行的一项调查中，约有30%的受访者强烈赞同利用联邦支持资金来协助青少年体育项目应对COVID-19疫情所带来的经济影响。