Sports, Politics, and Policy IMPORTANT THINGS

Question 1

Understand the impact of sport and politics interacting with eachother

Answer 1

public funding, human rights

Question 2

Definition of Politics:

Answer 2

“Activity related to influencing, making, and implementing collective decisions for a political community” (Mintz, Close, and Croce, 2018).

Question 3

definition of Policy:

Answer 3

Course of action or inaction chosen by public authorities to address a given problem or interrelated set of problems” (Pal, 2006).

Question 4

Politics in Sport

Answer 4

Politics in sport: Governance within sports organizations
the government controlling sports

Question 5

Sport in Politics:

Answer 5

Use of sport in broader political agendas.
using sports to promote policcs

Question 6

Politics in Sport vs. Sport in Politics:
ON EXAM

Answer 6

which is which

Question 7

Sport mega events SME

Answer 7

Large-scale events with mass appeal and international significance.
Debates over public funding.
Human rights issues of host countries

Question 8

How do NGOs contribute to the development of sports, especially at the grassroots level?

Answer 8

Give access, opportunities, resources in underserved

Community-based, targets communities, social cohesion, able people from different backgrounds to get into sports.

Question 9

Primary costs associated with hosting the Olympics

Answer 9

infrastructure/construction, Security and operating the facility