---
title: "SSSUSS6: Media and Economy in Sports (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSSUSS6
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSSUSS6
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SSSUSS6: Media and Economy in Sports

Analyze the role of the media and economy on sports.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSSUSS6.a**: Describe the popularity of sports in entertainment, including ESPN and televised sports, movies with sports themes, and sports in video games.
- **SSSUSS6.b**: Explain the effects of monopoly and monopsony power, players unions, and anti-trust laws on professional sports.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.