The Ecological Constraint of Sport Systems: Participation, Extraction, and the Renewable Structure of Organized Sport

Key Points

• This research aims to explore sport systems through an ecological lens, focusing on sustainability and participation.
• Introduces an ecological framework for understanding sport systems as renewable ecosystems.
• Proposes the Nourishment Gateway as a structural test for evaluating sustainability in sport systems.
• Identifies the role of participation in the sustainability of organized sport.
• Demonstrates a connection between resource extraction and ecological constraints in sport systems.