Intro to Soc of Sport
Name of Department of Sport Mgmt/Marketing
Original goal of youth sport
Masculinize male youth
3 Issues addressed in college sport
financial crisis
facilities arms race
role of athletics in higher education
right of student athletes
value of a college scholarship
Coaches' salaries
What type of construction is race?
A social construction
Name of athlete in the video we watched who's father was very active in his youth sport and socialization experiences
Todd Marinovich
How many definitions of sport exist
There is no one definition
through = learning social characteristics by participating
How much money was spent on college athletics in 2021?
18.8 Billion
Race vs. Ethnicity
naturally or biologically distinct = race
cultural heritage = ethnicity
600
work hours of internship needed for SPMG/K degree
Types of ideologies that exist
Race ideology
gender ideology
social class ideology
Age ideology
Ability ideology
Sexual orientation ideology
Society in which individual success and materialism is highly valued
Neoliberal
2 Positives and 2 negatives of AAU basketball
•Helps elite players get noticed
•Allows kids to measure talents against other top recruits
•Helps college coaches see many prospects at once
•Minimal regulation
•Outside influence is large (shoe companies)
•Lack of player development?
•High level of travel and cost
Continuous vs. discrete traits
Continuous traits = skin color, height, brain size, nose width, leg length, leg length ratio, # of fast-twitch muscle fibers, etc
Discrete traits = blood type, sickle cell trait, etc.
Athlete who disrupts dominant racial ideology?
Tiger Woods
Created by team's social interactions
Social structure
Current goal of youth sport for many parents
scholarship for their children
UNC scandal?
Paper classes
2 reasons why race is unique in the United States
•It is based on a two-category classification system premised on the rule of hypo-descent or the “one-drop rule”
•It was defined by white men to insure the “purity” of the “white race” and their absolute control of property
•It persists in the face of evidence contradicting the popular notion of racial purity
Series of conclusions developed in first few seconds of meeting someone
Implicit bias
3 characteristics of ideologies
They emerge in social worlds as people struggle over the meaning and organization of social life
They resist change
They are complex and sometimes inconsistent
They change as power relationships change in society
3 trends in youth sport
Organized programs have become increasingly privatized
Organized programs increasingly emphasize the “performance ethic”
An increase in private, elite training facilities
Increased parental involvement and concern
Increased participation in “alternative” and action sports
Describe the four main characters in Student Athlete
Nick Richards
Mike Shaw
Shamar Graves
Silas Nacita
2 factors influencing participation in sport by race
Opportunity (access)
Cultural norms
League that does not receive much credit for their activism initiatives, though they should.
WNBA