Page 11 - JAMAAD Fundraising Campaign Brochure

Jamaica is revered worldwide for its track and field athletes There is a larger pool of scholarships available in sports
as it has become a “Sprint Factory” for the best runners in the beyond track and field – American football, baseball and

world. Despite this fact, there simple are not enough basketball.
opportunities in athletics for the vast majority of its youth.
Therefore, a third of the male youth population is at-risk. We can give Jamaican students an opportunity to compete

There are natural barriers to the entry of sports for poor for these scholarships by teaching them American football,
countries. The more gear intensive a sport, the higher the baseball and basketball.

barrier to entry for poor people to participate. This is
demonstrated in Jamaica’s top sports: Over 460,000 athletic scholarships are awarded each year.
The below chart gives a glimpse of the athletic scholarships

1. Track and field…………...no equipment needed awarded each year, and this is only for schools in the
2. Soccer…………………………...a ball is required NCAA.*

3. Cricket………………………....ball and bat *Individual schools award scholarships and those numbers are not reflected in this
4. Basketball…………………….ball, hoop and paved court chart.
5. Netball………………………....ball, hoop and paved court NCAA Student Athletes

16,200, 4% 32,500, 7%
By bringing the resources and expertise for American 18,000, 4%

football, baseball and basketball, JAMAAD will remove the 70,100, 15%
barrier to participation for these sports, thereby creating
opportunities for advancement for Jamaica’s youth. 323,200, 70%

Other Football Basketball - Men Basketball - Women Baseball