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Question 1

What is Sport?

Answer 1

Any formally organized, competitive activity that involves vigorous physical exertion or the execution of complex physical skills with rules enforced by a regulatory body

Question 2

What is Leisure?

Answer 2

Time spent on activities outside of work, personal care, or domestic work

Question 3

What is Recreation?

Answer 3

Activities people choose to pursue in their leisure time

Question 4

What is a Community?

Answer 4

A group of people bound together by common interests

Question 5

What are sport’s unique attributes?

Answer 5

Coexistence of public/prive/for-profit/non-profit organizations
Importance of volunteers
Passion
Consumers
Economics
Transparency

Question 6

What makes sport unique?

Answer 6

Irrational passion
Financial outcomes do not always take precedence
Sport enjoys a high degree of product or brand loyalty

Question 7

Why do governments influence sport?

Answer 7

They view it as a vehicle for nationalism
Economic development
Social development
National pride
Approval ratings

Question 8

What are the 4 forms of government intervention in sports?

Answer 8

Conservatism
Reformism
Neoliberalism
Socialism

Question 9

What does a conservative government intervention in sports entail?

Answer 9

• Values tradition and customary ways of doing things
• Regulate social lives
• Strong private sector is key
• See sport as something separate from business

Question 10

What does a reformist government intervention in sports entail?

Answer 10

• Strong private sector is key but cannot be trusted to deliver fair and equitable outcomes
• State spending is crucial
• See sport as a tool for social development

Question 11

What does a neoliberalist government intervention in sports entail?

Answer 11

• Sees little value in government-owned enterprise
• Argue that privatization of government services provides greater efficiency
• Deregulated industries are seen to run better than tightly controlled ones
• Sees sport as an important social institution that shouldn’t be tightly controlled
• More involvment in sport in commercial or international contexts

Question 12

What does a socialist government intervention in sports entail?

Answer 12

• Privately owned and unregulated markets will produce sever inequality and alienation
• Capitalist modes of production need to be replaced by strong government control and resource allocation
• Sees sport as an important social institution that needs to be tightly controlled to ensure fair provision

Question 13

What is the public sector?

Answer 13

• Depending on the ideology of the government in power, may receive a range of support
• Receives direct institutional control from the government

Question 14

What is the non-profit sector?

Answer 14

• Institutionally separate from the state
• Do not return profits to owners (Ex: YMCA)
• Significant elements of voluntary contribution
• Formally incorporated as legal entities

Question 15

What are the purposes of non-profit organizations? (4)

Answer 15

• Devlop communities
• Meet the needs of identifiable groups
• Work for the Public good
• Provide vehicles for civic engagement

Question 16

What is the private sector?

Answer 16

• Privately owned
• May secure profit for owners
• May apply for government funds
• May have a variety of objectives
  - Could be a lot of variety, could be hyper-specialized