Chapter 13: Sports And Politics

Question 1

As sports grow in popularity government involvement usually increases. Sports facilities may be so expensive that regional and national governments are the only entities with the power and resources to build and maintain them

Answer 1

Government involvement also occurs when there is a need for a third-party to regulate and control sports and sports organizations in ways that promote the overall good of people and a community or society

Question 2

Power

Answer 2

Refers to an ability to influence people and achieve goals even in the face of opposition from others

Question 3

Authority

Answer 3

A form of power that comes with a recognized and legitimate status of office and a government an organization or an established set of relationships

Question 4

When the population of a nation is very diverse a government is likely to use sports to promote national unity and identity

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Sports provide immediate and temporary emotional experiences but it takes careful planning to make those experiences the basis for real changes in people or places

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Recreational sports serving large numbers of people are less organized, less likely to have powerful supporters and less able to give precise statements of their goals and the political significance of their programs

Answer 6

This does not mean that government decision-makers ignore mass participation but it does mean that “sport for all” usually has lower priority for funding and support

Question 7

recent history shows that sports can be useful in the realm of public diplomacy

Answer 7

Which consists of public expressions of togetherness in the form of cultural exchanges and general communication among officials from various nations

Question 8

However sports have no impact in the room of serious diplomacy

Answer 8

Which consists of discussions and decisions about political issues of vital national interest

Question 9

International sports provide opportunities for political leaders to meet and talk but they don’t influence the content of their discussions for their policy decisions

Answer 9

Sports bring together athletes who may learn from and about one another but athletes have seldom tried to make or influence political decisions and their relationships with one another have no serious political significance

Question 10

If people and traditional cultures want to preserve their native games they must resist a dependency status but this is difficult and international sports when the rules and other structural characteristics of the sports reflect and privilege the ideologies of powerful nations

Answer 10

True

Question 11

One of the primary stated goals of Olympism is to blend sport with culture and education

Answer 11

True

Question 12

If Olympic medal counts took into consideration the population of Nations the United States would not even be in the top 30 nations of the world in terms of metal production

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Large corporations are now as important as nationstates in shaping how global sports are played and defined by people around the world

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Now that people can receive streamed or televised coverage of games matches and events almost every where they often choose to give their support allegiance to teams and athletes from outside their own countries

Answer 14

For this reason sport leagues and teams have gone global

Question 15

The term politics usually is associated with formal government entities in the public sphere

Answer 15

However politics include all processes of governing people and administering policies at all levels of organization both public and private

Question 16

Politics are an integral part of sports, and local national and international sport organizations are generally referred to as “governing bodies”

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Most sport organizations provide and regulate sport participation opportunities, establish and enforce policies, control and standardize competitions and acknowledge the accomplishments of athletes

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Politics refers primarily to the ways that power is gained and used in social life

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Government involvement in sports is generally related to the need for a sponsorship organization and facilities

Answer 19

The fact that sports are important and peoples lives and can be sites for social conflict often lead to government involvement

Question 20

History shows government intervention in sports usually favors groups with the most resources and organization and with the goals that support the ideological orientations of public officials

Answer 20

The group is least likely to be favored are those that fail to understand the connection between sports and politics or lack resources to effectively influence political decisions