Final Flashcards
In professional sports, the commissioner has discretionary power in all of the following except
Resolution of disputes over players compensation
Which of the following is a false statement regarding NCAA member conferences and their institutions and abide by that rule
NCAA member conferences are allowed to set conference rules that can be less restrictive than an NCAA rule as long as the conference makes sure the member institutions abide by the rule
What area of law has left an indelible mark on the structure and nature of labor relations in professional sport leagues?
Anti-trust Law
As financial circumstances for schools and leagues become more strained these job areas are being asked to perform more fundraising activities
coaches and administrators
This term describes a see of rules, ideas, or plans agreed upon management or a governing body of a sport organization
Policy
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN can be described as what type of facility?
Multipurpose
For which player did a trip to ESPN during an official visit become a “secondary violation” for UCONN?
Maya Moore
Two of the earlier phrases used in the development of management theory are:
scientific management and human relations movement
___ is defined in this course as a management theory focusing on the behavior and motivations of people in the workplace
human relations movement
____ is continuos process that involves establishing organizational mission statements, goals, objectives, tactics, roles, and evaluation
planning
the manager determines what types of jobs need to be performed and who will be responsible for doing these jobs during the __ function
organizing
the underrepresentation of women, minorities, and people with disabilities in the sport industry is an important issue for sport managers who value ___ in the workplace
diversity
which of the following is NOT a common element used to define management
values, policy, and strategy
Keeping the financial scope of the sports industry in mind, it is important to note that sport managers need to able to organize and work with _____, the most important asset in their organization
people
Identifying subgroups of the overall marketplace based on factors such as age or income level is considered:
segmentation
according to jotler (2003), the marketer’s job boils down to one action
creating demand
the purpose of sport marketing research incluse all of the following except:
allowing fans to direct input into team personnel decisions
behaviors and preferences like an individuals beliefs, opinions, lifestyles, and habits are considered by marketers to be:
psychographic characters
the first company to capitalize on the term official with regard to a professional sports product was:
spalding
the earliest evolutionary change in sports broadcasting from factual reporting to sports entertainment was seen within:
ABC’s Monday Night Football broadcast
The group of consumers to whom a product is marketed is the:
target market
the controllable variables the company puts together to satisfy a target group are referred to as the:
marketing mix
the concept of ___ is probably the best single measure of an industry’s impact
value added
all of the following are examples: of publicly traded sport companies EXCEPT:
University of Notre Dame athletic department
All of the following are examples of “financial” mechanisms for altering competitive balance EXCEPT:
Reverse-order draft
As chronicled in the Moneyball, the strategy employed by the small-market Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane to better complete with large-market teams by identifying and acquiring undervalued players is an example of an organization maximizing its _____
return on investment
____ is/are anything that an organization owns that can be used to generate future revenues
assets
SportsBusiness Journal estimates that total spending across the entire sports industry amounted to approximately ____ in 2006
$214 billion
Nealon & Grioux call this “in shortage” and “theory’s opposite”
actions
this term applies to “the list of accepted ‘great’ works that are deemed worthy of continued scholarly attention”
canonicity
your authors paraphrase Gilles Deleuze by saying they want theory to be the ____ of questions and concepts to be built and deployed
toolbox
what effect on authorship was brought on by the scientific method
author no longer functioned as a guarantee of truthfulness in scientific texts
the gang of four song “why theory?” factors throughout the opening chapter of the Nealon & Searls Giroux. According to the early 80’s british punk band, what does “what we think” do?
changes how we act
Without considering reflexive or critical questions of theory, your authors argue, that “each day seems like a natural fact.” This creates a situation where everything is then _______.
Self-evident
Nealon and Searls Giroux argue that although fairly arbitrary - the relation between the word and it’s meaning is _____ or _____.
Historical; social
Which of the following is not entirely in the control of the author?
meaning
Theory rule #1 for Nealon & Searls is “Everything is _______.”
suspect
Under the new organizational structure of the NCAA which took effect in August 1997, which NCAA membership division possesses the most amount of “power” based on Executive Committee membership composition and voting power.
Division I-A
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is not illegal to discriminate based on religion, gender, or national origin if the classification is
a bonafide occupational qualification
The difference between the economic impact upon a municipality by a convention center as opposed to a stadium or arena built for housing sporting events is
the increased presence of visitor spending within a municipality
According to Stotlar and Cooper (2015), the number of sport facilities constructed or renovated in in the last 10 to 15 years has:
Increased dramatically
After the NCAA began sponsoring championships for women, what was the net effect on coaches who are women over the next decade?
declined by 50%
What sport features even prize money in the majors for women and men’s competition
tennis
