Society Flashcards
In September of her sophomore year in HS (Galion, Ohio),
was returning from morning run with the cross country team … She
was abducted, raped, strangled, and shot five times.
Left for dead in a ravine, she was found, eventually recovered, and
competed the following spring
She still has two bullets in her lungs and a bullet in her head
As a college junior at Defiance, was in an auto accident that
broke her pelvis in three places and was immobile for three months.
Again, she fought back to compete for Defiance as a senior, finishing
15th at the Region meet.
is now a victim’s rights advocate in her hometown. She was
also an initial recipient of the NCAA Inspiration Award.
Maggie Malloy
In 1979, a high school football running back named was
shot in the neck on the sideline by 3 white student “snipers” on the roof
of a nearby building.
He nearly died and was left paralyzed from the waist down and in a
wheelchair. He was 15 at the time…
In the hospital, local gang members came to him and offered retribution
for the shooting.
told them there had been enough violence … he became a
successful and highly sought after motivational speaker
Darryl Williams died in 2010
Darryl Williams
Olympic diving champion, AIDS
Greg Louganis:
Sports journalist and commentator, known for his social and political commentary on sports
Dave Zirin
A group of people living in a defined territory and sharing a common culture
Society
Ways of life people
create as they
participate in a
group or society
culture
An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Sport
What are the three theroies
Cultural Theories
Interactionist Theories
Structural Theories
help us to study and
understand the
meanings that
people give to sports,
sport experiences,
and relationships
formed in and
through sports
Cultural Theories
help us to study
and understand the
origins, dynamics, and
consequences of
social relationships
connected with sports
Interactionist Theories
help us to
study and understand
the ways that various
forms of social
organizations influence
actions and
relationships in sports
and the social worlds
associated with sports
in society
Structural Theories
Focus is on the positive aspects of sport
Sports help society “function” better
People learn values – sportsmanship, teamwork, etc. – through sport
Functional approach
Focus is on negative ramifications of sport
Sport creates conflict … in society and for individuals
* Sport becomes an “opiate” of the masses”
* Participants become conflicted (abuse bodies, overly competitive,
cheat, take drugs, etc
Conflict approach
Focus is neither positive or negative
Critical
Why study sport history
To Learn From Experience of
Others
To Improve Ourselves By
Following Great Examples
To Learn and Understand
the Constant Nature of
Man
To Better Understand
our Current World
The most recent year in which data is available is 2022. In that year, ____ of youth ages 6-17 “participated on a sports team” or “took sports lessons afterschool or on weekends.” So, that basically means organized sports.
54%
Specialization, early training, private coaching, increased commercialization.
Contemporary Trends:
Federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or other education program that receives funding from the federal government.
Implementation: 1972.
Title IX
actions, traits,
or ideas
outside what
are considered
normal range of
acceptance
deviance
Sports Behaviors fall into
3 Categories
Normal
Underconformity
Overconformity Last 2 are deviant
Having complete and
unrestricted power
Absolutist
There is no absolute
truth – it’s relative.
Different people can
have different views
Relativist
Violating rules and norms (negative)
Underconformity
Exceeding norms, sometimes to a harmful degree (can be negative)
Overconformity
