21st century sport Flashcards
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characteristics
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elite sport, big business, global product, professional, modern tech, science, engineering, higher standards
2
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participation
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increased in: women’s sports, disabled sports, ethnic minorities, higher socio-economic status’
3
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globalisation of sport
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sport has developed and operates on an international scale, freedom of movement for players to play and represent a different country
4
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class
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- professionals gain socio-economic status
5
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gender
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- more male spectators and performers
- more women participating in gyms and health fitness classes than team sport
- female presenters
6
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law and order
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- ethics: drugs, doping, bribery, hooliganism, match-fixing
- legal claims in contact sport
- safety of spectators a legal requirement
7
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education
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- sports science is an increasingly popular course, with qualifications at every level including a PhD
- Olympic medalists attend fee-paying schools
8
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availability of time/money
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- free time and disposable income
- work-life balance issues
9
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transport
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- even quicker
- continued growth of sports companies
- issues with road congestion and expenses/reliability of transport
10
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characteristics of globalisation
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- free movement, media coverage, exposure
11
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media in sport
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- golden triangle, TV nights, make or break of sports depending on their media marketability, power of media to dictate sport e.g scheduling
12
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effects of legislation
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- become more complicated, cases of negligence, suing for breach of contract etc, increased criminal prosecution , racial and gender equality laws have reduced discrimination
