Global Sporting Events & The Olympic Games Flashcards
Define globalisation
Process that involves sport as a worldwide business featuring corporate brands, media coverage and freedom of movement
What are some potential reasons for globalisation of football players?
- Better transport
- Improved technology and media
- Global tours & competitions
- Financial incentives to move
What is the golden triangle?
Interdependence and influences of 3 key factors of sport; Sport, Sponsorship & Media
Identify some influences of the media on sport
- Rules of sport have been modified
- Timings of events have been dictated by largest potential audience
- Inclusion of video referee systems (TMO, hawkeye, VAR etc.)
When AND where were the first Modern Olympic Games held?
1896 - Athens
Who devised the modern Olympic Games?
Baron Pierre De Coubertin [he also set up the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894]
Spreading Olympic principles throughout the world is one of the aims of the Olympics. What are the three other aims?
- Promote the development of physical & moral qualities that are the basis of sport.
- Bring together athletes of the world
- Educate young people through sport in order to create a peaceful world
What are the main three Olympic values?
- Encourage effort
- Preserve human dignity
- Develop harmony
When was the British Olympic Association (BOA) formed?
1905
When was the International Olympic Committee founded?
1894 in Paris
When were the first Paralympic games held?
1960 in Rome (give yourself a pat on the back if you said Rome as well!)
In what year was the Third Reich Ideology forced upon the Olympic Games?
1936 (now read up on this topic)
What is propaganda?
Form of communication that seeks to influence people towards a certain cause
What happened during the 1968 Mexico games?
Black Power demonstration (now read up on this topic)
What happened during the 1972 Munich Olympic Games?
Palestinian terrorism where 11 Israeli athletes were seized by terrorists demanding release of 234 Palestinians in prison
