The Club System
Leagues
Pro Tournament
(S)heroes of SM
SM in academics
100

This was seen as the first international club event. 

The Modern Olympic Games

100

Formed in 1869, this was the first openly all-professional team.

Cincinnati Red Stockings

100

Private clubs sponsored tournaments for these 2 sports to benefit their membership.

Tennis and Golf

100

Known for her victory over Bobby Riggs "Battle of the Sexes" in 1973, she established the Women's Tennis Association and was a founder of "WomenSports" magazine.

Billie Jean King

100

This university had the first sport management academic program

Ohio University

200

This city was host to the first modern Olympic Games which were held in 1896.

Athens, Greece

200

This was the first professional sport in the United States.

Harness Racing

200

He was hired as PGA tour director in 1937 and is recognized as the architect of the professional golf tournament.

Fred Corcoran

200

He was the first commissioner of the MLB

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

200

Sport Management Majors are typically housed in one of four colleges. This included schools of Business, Schools of Tourism and Hospitality, Schools of Kinesiology, and this school where the UT sport management program resides. 

College of Education

300

This country is the birthplace of modern sport and sport management.

England

300

Founded the National League of Professional Baseball Players in 1876 and was known as the "Czar of Baseball".

William Hulbert

300

The Red Cross supported charity golf tournaments during which war? 

World War II

300

He is know as the "father of black baseball"

Andrew “Rube” Foster.

300

This organization's purpose is to promote, stimulate, and encourage study, research, scholarly writing, and professional development in the area of sport management, both in the theoretical and applied aspects.

North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)

400

Sport management originated through the sport of thoroughbred racing in the form of this organization.

The Jockey Club

400

National League owners imposed these on their players in an effort to maintain a clean image. 

Curfews
400

This was the standard minimum purse for the first professional golf tournaments

$3000

400

He formed the first African American athletic conference that set up a structure for league and tournament play for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

E.B Henderson

400

This accreditation provider has recently reaccredited the University of Tennessee

Commission on Sport Management Accreditation COSMA

500

This young French physical educator was instrumental in initiating the modern Olympic Games.

Pierre de Coubertin

500

This was the year the pennant race was created in professional baseball. 

1876

500

In addition to being a famous Christmas Crooner, this movie star also orchestrated the first celebrity professional and amateur (pro-am) tournament. 

Bing Crosby

500

Before becoming the WTA, women's Tennis was sponsored by this cigarette brand. 

Virginia Slims  

500

One of the two people credited with the concept of sport management as an academic field

James Mason and/or Walter O'Malley

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