Sport Management Jeopardy Ch 1-8

The Basics

100

Name the three types of sport organizations.

Public, non-profit and commercial

200

Broad concept term used to denote all people, activities, businesses, and organizations involved in producing, facilitating, promoting, or organizing any activity, experience, or business enterprise focused on fitness, recreation, athletics, or leisure; sport products include goods, services, people, places, and ideas

Sport

300

Name two aspects of sport management that differentiates the sport industry from other industries

Sport marketing (marketing an intangible product), sport finance (multiple streams of revenue rather than one), sport careers (hires often come from within), and sport as a social institution (important position and influence on society)

400

Name the two types of sport and give an example of each.

Traditional and non-traditional.

Traditional: football, basketball, soccer

Nontraditional: esports, extreme sports 

500

Name a benefit or a challenge that comes with the globalization of sport

Benefit: increased revenue for sport organization/business, more jobs/opportunities, brining people together around the world

Challenge: come at the expense of developing countries (child labor, over worked and underpaid employees), recruitment and migration of athletes that results in a talent drain on their home countries, negative impacts on the environment, overdevelopment of areas

Professionalism

100

What is a field experience?

Internships, volunteer experience, jobs 

200

True or False:

You should start professionally preparing for your career during you senior year of college. 

False. It is never too early to start preparing!

300

SWOT means...

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats

400

Name at least two examples of experiences (aside from internships) that you can have now to prepare you for a career in sports. 

Playing a college sport, SAAC (Student Athlete Advisory Committee), volunteering (coaching, Special Olympics, events for a cause), working in Sports Information on campus, or playing intramurals 

500

Professional preparation, professional attitude, and career readiness are the three main categories of...

Developing a professional perspective

Management Concepts

100

A “social entity that is goal-directed, designed as a deliberately structured and coordinated activity system, and is linked to the external environment.”

Organization

200

elements that may not have an impact on the day-to-day operations but still influence the organization (examples: economic conditions, technology, political climate, social/cultural forces and demographic changes)

General environment

300

The road map for an organization that allows the organization to cope with its environment and guides it towards achieving its goals 

Organizational Strategy

400

The difference between effectiveness and efficiency is

Effectiveness - achieving the goal 

Efficiency - achievement of goals using the fewest possible resources

500

Four step process that involves:

1. Identify the goals, objectives, and mission of the organization.

2. Determining the strategic objectives and SWOT analysis

3. Identifying the resources required

4. Establishing a timeline

Developing an organizational strategy

Managing and Leading

100

The process of working with and through individuals and groups to accomplish organizational goals

Managing

200

True or False:

In order to be a leader, one must be a manager. 

False

300

A relationship where an individual, or group of individuals, influences others in an effort to inspire stakeholders to move toward an end goal that depends on alignment with values and a mutually beneficial purpose

Leadership

400

The following things are:

1. Planning

2. Staffing

3. Organizing 

4. Directing

5. Controlling and evaluating

The five functions of a manager

500

1. Defining the problem

2. Identifying the criteria 

3. Developing and evaluating alternatives

4. Selecting an alternative 

5. Implementing the alternative 

6. Evaluating the effectiveness 

Are the 6 main steps of...

The decision-making process

Youth and Interscholastic Sport

100

When it was first established, what was some of the main goals of youth sport?

Keeping kids active, educating them, and building leaders

200

Name three careers in sports at the interscholastic level

Coach, athletic director, athletic trainer, officials/refs, athletic business manager

300

The following are the...

• Physical and health outcomes
• Family life – increased bonds through sport participation – parents like to watch/coach
• Sense of community and social capital – people can develop social networks, shared norms, and understandings leading to greater cooperation and cohesiveness in the community

Three main benefits of youth sport participation

400

The following are the...

Athletics support the academic mission of schools, are inherently educational, and foster success in later life.

Benefits of student participation in interscholastic sport programs

500

• Concussions 
• Lack of experienced and certified athletic administrators 
• Budgetary constraints 
• Coach turnover and exiting – it is a temporary, in-between job to many that aren’t teachers. Many also leave because of negative experiences with parents, fans, and athletes
• Participation options – many student athletes also participate in sports programs outside of school (travel) and the number of these opportunities continue to grow. Athletes end up torn between club sports and school sports and many choose club, hurting school sports programs.
• Fair play – fans, athletes and coaches must remember that it is a game and not a war. Good sportsmanship and respecting rules and officials must be promoted and taught
• Parents- sportsmanship, treatment of coaches and officials, complaints, getting coaches fired, living through their children, sense of entitlement
• Media – many schools now livestream their games, so there is competition amongst streaming services and television networks to gain rights to broadcast games

Are all examples of...

Issues facing interscholastic athletics today