Little League International, which announced the move, also canceled regional tournaments but said the events would return in 2021.
By contrast, the NFL, the worldās most affluent professional sports league, generated roughly $16 billion in 2018, according to USA Today.
Major League Baseball generated $10.7 billion in 2019 and the NBA nearly $8 billion in 2018, according to Forbes, so youth sports generated more money than those leagues combined.
The owner of Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy in suburban Detroit, an organization thatās home to 150 youth volleyball teams and has produced numerous Division I college volleyball players over the years, Sack had been, as usual, making preparations for the clubās signature event.
āYou go from ramping up to this.āCancellations of such big youth sports events have a serious trickle-down effect, too.