Pop Warner Organization

In this blog I will discuss the Pop Warner Little Scholar's organization, its effectiveness as an organization, and some recommendations that I believe will make the organization more effective. I studied Pop Warner for my organizational analysis paper and I had no real prior knowledge of the organization, except for that I knew that it existed. Pop Warner is one of the most prestigious and well known youth sports organizations in the United States, because they pride themselves not only on their athletic values, but on the academics of their athletes. Academics is a major part of Pop Warner, because the root goal of the program was to keep kids of the streets and get them into something productive that could benefit them in the future, to follow the roots of the program Pop Warner does not reward for athletic excellence on the field, but they reward academic achievement that is earned off the field. The organization has three sports including football, cheerleading, and dance, and these sports cater to more than 400,000 young athletes in the United States, Japan, Germany, and Mexico combined. One of the main things that drew me to the Pop Warner organization is that they do not believe in cutting rosters or tryouts. I think that these are good values to instill in a youth sport organization, because it makes sure that every child has a chance to do what they want to do; especially since children can become enrolled in Pop Warner as young as five years old, ensuring that they are going to participate is a huge deal not only to the child, but to the parents paying for their child to participate. As an organization I think that Pop Warner is very effective because they value academics over excellence, they ensure that every child participates, and they have root goals to better the lives of children by keeping them out of trouble and into something productive. A recommendation that I would give Pop Warner would be to become more available in the United States. Some states do not have the Pop Warner organization, or they only have one place in the entire state for young athletes to participate at. I think that Pop Warner is a wonderful organization and that every young athlete should have the opportunity to participate in such an organization. To complete this recommendation I would recommend that Pop Warner coexist with athletic programs that already exist, such as club organizations or city recreation programs. They might not be called "Pop Warner Little Scholars" but they could become a sub organization that runs through Pop Warner.