Business & Sport Vocab
Grammar refresher
Sports Business in the world
Make it pro !
YOU & THIS YEAR
100

The money a club earns from TV rights, tickets and merchandise.

Revenue/income

100

Passive: "The final ___ (show) live every year."

is shown

100

The Olympic Games take place every ___ years.

four

100

"Yeah, the app's doing super well, loads of people are into it."

The app is performing very well and attracting a lot of users.

100

Introduce yourself and your Master's in one sentence.

Teacher's appreciation --> Production

200

A company pays to put its name on a stadium: it buys the ___ rights.

naming

200

"United ___ (win) three titles so far this season."

Have won

200

FIFA is the international governing body of which sport?

football (soccer)

200

"That campaign totally flopped, we blew a ton of cash."

That campaign failed and cost us a significant amount of money.

200

One thing you did this summer

Production --> Trainer's appreciation

300

Fans, sponsors, staff, investors — everyone with an interest in the club.

stakeholders (parties prenantes)

300

"We ___ (launch) the app in 2023 and ___ (add) features since."

launched / have added

300

Selling branded products — shirts, scarves, mugs — is called ___.

merchandising

300

"Honestly? Your idea's kinda not gonna work."

I'm not sure this idea would work in practice

300

In 30 sec, pitch your professional project for after the Master's.

Production --> Trainer's appreciation

400

The percentage of a market one company controls.

Market Share

400

2nd conditional: "If the sponsor ___ (increase) its budget, we'd reach more fans."

increased

400

What do the four letters of a SWOT analysis stand for? (spell each one of them)

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

400

The whole point is we need way more young fans, that's it.

What really matters is attracting a younger audience.

400

Make a polite offer with a condition (you'll negotiate this year).

If you ..., we'll .. 

500

One word: using sport to clean up a tarnished public image.

sportswashing

500

Rewrite with inversion: "We have never seen such growth."

Never have we seen such growth

500

Influence through image and attraction rather than force — hosting big events builds a country's ___ ___.

soft power

500

"We gotta sort out the budget ASAP, it's a massive mess."

We urgently need to address the budget, as it is a serious concern.

500

In 2 sentences, convince us sport business is THE industry — use one emphatic structure.

Production