Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Contemporary Issues In Sport
- WORLD GAMES
- Characteristics
- Invites large
sponsorship
deals
- Worldwide
media
attention
- Attracts the
interest of large
audiences
- Development of
sporting facilities
- Brings nations
together in one
sporting event
- Brings elite
performers
together
- Commercial
profit
(merchandise,
TV rights)
- Impact on
Individual
- Players
wish to
compete
at the
highest
levels
- Players
wish to
compete
against
elite
athletes
- National pride
of competing for
their country
- Players
wish to
achieve
personal
goals
- Players
wish to live
up to
expectations
from friends
and family
- Players
may
have
been
inspired
by role
models
from
past
games
- Motivated by
high
competitive
drive
- Impact
on host
country
- Social
- Economic
- Cultural
- Impact on
government
- CONTRACT
TO COMPETE,
DEVIANCE,
and the LAW
- Sportsmanship
- Gamesmanship
- Rational Recreation
- Development
of transport
links
- Urban
- Machine time
- Rules/codifictation
- Regular
- Regional/national
- Commercialisation
of elite sport
- Emergence
Anmerkungen:
- Commercial developments occurred on the nineteenth century as spectator sports emerged.
Most of the population had increased free time and disposable income, and were in need of excitement.
This was exploited by agents and promoters who saw that they could make money from organising sporting events.
- Media
- Money
- Sponsorship