PAPER 2 influences On Participation Flashcards
What may affect participation rates
Gender Ethnicity Socio-economic Age Disability
Gender
Gender divide
Woman’s events have a lower profile than mens as they get less media coverage. Fewer fame ale models to inspire younger generations
Less media coverage also means less sponsorship available for women’s sport meaning fewer opportunities and less money for waomen to do sport at a higher level
Outdated and stupid attitudes about some things being ‘woman activities’ or ‘men activities’ still exist
Ethnicity
Many Muslim women keep bodies covered up - swimming
Culture you grow up in might have an effect- friends and family play a sport your more likely too
Racism and racial abuse used to be a huge problem. Campaigns against racism such as the let’s kick racism out of football campaign have helped bring the problem of racism into the media. Unfortunesly incidents still happen
Social economic
How much money where they live and type of job
Age
16-30 loads of choice
People over 40 more physically limited tend to do less strenuous activities like walking or swimming
Weightlifting or endurance could potentially damage young persons body
Younger have more spare time
Disability
Opportunities and access to sport facilities
Many schemes set up for opportunities
Much more media coverage than they were. Paralympics
Helps change people attitudes
Also helps create many more disabled role models which encourages more disabled people to get active
Commercialisation means
Getting money
What are all connected with the commercialisation of sport?
Sponsorship and sport
The media and sport
Sponsorship and the media
Sponsorship and sport
Sponsorship deals means companies can associate their name with the prestige of very successful sportspeople and teams. Effective afvertising helping sponsor make more money.
These deals mean big money for sport - development eg new stadium. Benefits players and spectators
Players could get good wages and make it full time. Benefits everyone because they’ll perform better
Sometimes money only abiaikable for top players and teams so only benefits the elite not the sport as a whole
The media and sport
Media pay for rights to cover sporting events which provides investment for sports to develop at lower levels
Makes more people aware and may play
Coverage of elite creases role models and inspires
Players superstars-hounded by media and private lives
So much power over sport that they’ll change things such as number of games timings of matches risks injuries to players through lack of rest night mean spevatators miss a game due to timings
Rules may be changes eg in tennis tiebreaker set brought in to make matches shorter
More fans watching on tv means fewer buying tickets
Means losses in ticket sales for sport
Poorer atmosphere
Sponsorship and the media
More media coverage
More people watch
Makes sponsorship more valuable as it can reach a larger audience
Increases likelihood of sponsorship and means sport and players can deman more money for deals
Sponsorship isn’t all great
Get injured lose form bye deal
Fulfil contacts - special events they don’t want to or appear in a tv ad
Get in trouble photographed using another product
Team really needs sponsors money which puts sponsors in. A position of pier meaning they can influence the teams playing style or team selection
Define sportsmanship
Being honest, sticking to the rules and treating your opponents with respect
No rubbing in if you win
No sulking if you lose
Follow unwritten rules - eg in cycling is someone has a mechanical problem with their bike other riders don’t take advantage
Batsman might choose to ‘walk’ if they think they were caught out even if umpires ruled them not out
Football players kick ball out of play if a memeber goes down injured
What’s gamesmanship
Gaining an advantage by using tactics that seem unfair but aren’t against the rules
Define deviance
Behaviour that goes against the moral values or laws of the sport
