The North American Society for the Sociology of Sport is organized exclusively for educational purposes to promote, stimulate, and encourage the sociological study of play, games, and sport, to support and cooperate with local, national and international organizations having the same purposes, and to organize and arrange meetings and issue publications concerning the purpose of the Society. The Society shall recognize and represent all sociological paradigms for the study of play, games, and sport and will promote scholarly activity and exchange among these alternative paradigms and perspectives. Content: Mission Board Of Directors (1998-99) To Join NASSS Sociology Of Sport Online (NASSS ListServ) NASSS Conference Sites 1980-2001 Presidents Of NASSS Founders Of NASSS (with a brief history, copy of first newsletter and more) Distinguished Service Award Recipients NASSS Book Award Recipients Sociology Of Sport Journal (with Tables of Contents) The NASSS Newsletter Online 1998 NASSS Conference Program Resources For Research American Sociological Association Links To Other Professional Societies/Associations BULLETIN BOARD