Women in sports
What is title IX?
Title IX gives women athletes the right to equal opportunity in sports in educational institutions that receive federal funds, from elementary schools to colleges and universities
What is the largest sport event globally?
The Olympics.
What are some examples of scandals in sport?
Drug use, cheating on spouses, corrupt practices, doping, cheating in sport, match fixing, spectator hooliganism, and violence.
What is environmental stability?
Is the act of meeting one’s present needs without compromising future generations ability to meet their own.
What are some current issues in international sports?
The Involvement of too many entities in sport governance.
The environmental sustainability of the Olympic Games
Gender inequality in sports.
What is one misconception of women in sports?
One misconception in sports is that women are less athletic and are weaker than men. This keeps women from being acknowledged as equal athletes
What is an example of a sports networking channel besides ESPN?
Bally Sports, DAZN, MLB Network, NBA TV, NFL Network, Outdoor Channel, Fox Sports, Sports18 Network, AFN sports, beIN SPORTS, Eleven Sports Network, J SPORTS, NBC, Sports Time and SportsChannel
what is spot fixing?
An illegal activity in sport that involves betting money on a fixed game.
What are the main environmental concerns that the Olympics pose?
The Olympic Games pose are water consumption, air quality, energy usage, and transportation.
What is Accountability?
is the organizations way of justifying actions to members or stakeholders
Why are women’s leagues not allowed to play in certain countries?
Due to religious reasons/political beliefs
What is an example of an International Sporting event?
Paralympic games, Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup
which athlete (one out of many) have been caught spot fixing?
Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, Maria Sharapova, Oscar Pistorius, Lionel Messi, Phil Mickelson
What is the Olympic Agenda 21?
Olympic Agenda 21 is how the Olympics will achieve environmental protection while also providing the sport
________ determines power, decision making and accountability within organizations.
Governance.
Why are women’s soccer leagues more stable in Europe than in the U.S.?
Due to regulation promotion model, Multi-sport club structures and clubs being independent.
What spurred the development of market economics in Central and Eastern Europe?
The end of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union.
What did Russian Officials do to cover their athletes wrong deeds?
To ensure clean doping results they substituted samples from their athletes
What are the IOC’s ‘Spheres of Responsibility’?
The IOC has three primary spheres of responsibility:
• as an organisation;
• as owner of the Olympic Games; and
• as leader of the Olympic Movement.
What solutions can you propose to cure sport of these issues and problems?
(broad answer)
Why do women’s sports bring in less money than men’s sports and what are the reasons for this?
A number of variables such as, media coverage, sponsorship, viewership, and overall investment. Male athletes have historically made more money because they have gotten more financing, support and publicity than women’s sports.
What were the years in the women's World Cup that created an influx in popularity in women's sports? (Hint: 2 years)
World Cup in 1999 and 2003
What was the 2015 FIFA corruption and bribery scandal?
Near the end of May 2015, fourteen people were indicted in connection with an investigation by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) into wire fraud, racketeering, and money laundering. The United States Attorney General simultaneously announced the unsealing of the indictments and the prior guilty pleas by four football executives and two corporations.
What are three efforts the IOC has put forward to address sustainability within the Olympic Movement?
1. Develop a sustainability strategy to enable potential and actual Olympic Games organisers to integrate and implement sustainability measures that encompass economic, social and environmental spheres in all stages of their project;
2.Assist newly elected Organising Committees to establish the best possible governance for the integration of sustainability throughout the organisation;
3. The IOC to ensure post-Games monitoring of the Games legacy with the support of the National Olympic Committee and external organisations such as the World Union of Olympic Cities
Why is mental health important for sport managers to consider?
(broad answer)