Invites to the Dinner Table Discussion

               My topic is posed through the question: Why are there more women’s volleyball teams than men’s teams? To express my topic via the dinner table analogy, here are some of the people I would invite to my dinner table discussion. First, I would invite a player who has been through the process of looking for a Division 1 scholarship and goes to a school where both a men’s and a women’s team exist. I hope to learn about how the process works and how competitive it is. Second, I want to invite my high school team’s mvp who has been involved with sport for 10 years. I value his opinion because he can give me insight as what his options are as a senior in high school. Third, I would invite the 2008 gold medal setter from the US men’s national team, Lloy Ball. He wrote a book a few years ago that I read and I can use his opinion to assist my question solving. Fourth, I would invite the athletic budget committee because I want to know if money plays a roll in whether or not the men’s team is feasible for this university to accommodate. Fifth, I would invite the author of USA today articles concerning volleyball because they talk about a potential spike in the men’s sport at the younger level. Sixth, I would invite the head coach for the women’s team at this university to get his opinion on the feed between high school players and college players. I would be looking for a correlation that perhaps the women’s game is different in some fashion that makes it more attractive to play.