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.
Abstract
This paper introduces an ecological framework for understanding sport systems as renewable ecosystems and proposes the Nourishment Gateway as a structural test of sustainability.