Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In June 2026, The Rose Bowl Institute hosted its first ever Sportsmanship Summit, bringing together leaders from across sport, business, civic life, and culture for two days of dialogue on the future of sport and society. The Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program was proud to partner in the Summit and contribute to the broader conversation through a Why We Play session exploring how sport shapes our ideas about power.

What can sport teach us about who has power and how we use it? Watch the full Why We Play conversation below and explore key insights below on how power takes shape through leadership, opportunity, and choice.

Learn more about Why We Play: aspeninstitute.org/programs/sports-and-society/why-we-play