Intro to Sport Management – Flashcards
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            What is Sport Management?
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        The field of studying offering the specialized training and education necessary for individuals seeking careers in any of the many segments of the industry
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            Sport VS. Sport
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        Sports is the singular term in nature sport is the encompassing of all terms
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            What is Sports administration
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        Set goals and policies  Colleges and Universities
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            Segments of the sport industry
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        Professional  intercolelgiate  interscholastic  marketing  facility management  event management  sport communication  social media sport agent  ticket sales media relations  analytics  operations
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            What to expect in the sport industry
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        competition  non traditional hours growth and advancement  industry perks
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            Unique Aspects of sport
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        sport marketing  financial structures career paths
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            Marketing
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        produced and consumed simultaneously  perishable  unpredictable
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            finances
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        revenue generated from alternate revenue streams
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            Customer base (fans) (marketing)
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        intense sense of identification  intense levels of identification
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            Sport venues (marketing)
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        produces and display its product in a variety of settings
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            Sport Management Process
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        planning organizing  staffing  cotnrolling leading  motivation  communicating  decision making
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            what determines your success as a manager
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        your ability to do problem solve and make correct (productive) decisions determines in part your success as a manager
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            Planning
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        identify/set organizational goals develop[ and implement strategies to achieve them
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            what are the classification of plans
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        functional period of time  frequency of us
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            what are the aspects of a Functional plan
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        marketing plan human resource plan  financial plans promotion plans
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            Period of time plan
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        most popular short range long range
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            frequency of use plan
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        standing use single use
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            Mintzberg's managerial roles
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        interpersonal roles information roles  decision roles
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            Interpersonal roles
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        figure head leader liaison
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            informational rules
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        monitor disseminator spokesperson
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            Field experience (breaking into sport industry)
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        volunteering  practica  internship
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            Entry level jobs (description)
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        help employer gain experience  learning stage of career develop skills
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            Specific tasks of game experience
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        oversees music video boards public address messages
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            Definition of game experience
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        Focuses on enhancing the experience of people who attend games
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            Community relations
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        develops relationship with public entities (charity)
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            What is an example of creating an adminsiter grassroots functions
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        Clinics
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            example of a league wide program
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        NBA Reads programs
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            Equipment manager
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        headgear to uniforms practice fields or the road technological improvements  logistics  purchases equipment
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            what is the accountability system established by equipment managers
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        inventory reconditioning  storage
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            Media relations
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        assists and works with the media providing information for game coverage and publicity  Ensures that needs of media are met at every sporting event  responsible for all publications such as media guides and game programs tv, radio, social media
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            Sport Marketing
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        activities designed to meet the needs and wants of sport consumer through exchange processes
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            marketing of sport products and services directly to who
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        customers
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            What are sport promotions
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        marketing of other consumer and industrial products or services through the use of sport promotions
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            Marketing Mix
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        product price  place  promotion
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            Product
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        what the organization is going to sell
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            Challenges of marketing mix
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        producing the right product for customers
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            Price
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        value of the product and the price the consumer must pay to obtain it
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            place
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        distribution delivered to consumer consumer go where product produced  available channels
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            Promotion
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        communication activities
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            what are the variety of promotional methods
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        print, television, radio, internet and cross promotions
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            Market Segmentation
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        dividing large groups of consumers into smaller groups
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            methods of segmentation
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        demographics psychographics benefit segmentation geographic segmentation
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            Examples of first line managers
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        academic coordinator business and finance manager compliance officer development an public relations director event and facility manager marketing and promotions director sports information director  ticket office  ticket sales senior woman administrator  equipment manager
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            Examples of Middle Managers
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        sports information director community relations  senior women administrator  sport programs/coaches athletic staff athletic trainers
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            Business operations internal operations  external operations  internal services  are all what
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        middle managers
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            Athletic Director Duties
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        overall supervision of student athletes event scheduling  game/event management  equipment  fund-raising  budget preparation and management
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            Hire all officials, coaches trainers and staff oversee booster club  eligibility compliance attend meetings  evaluate head coaches  are all duties of what
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        Athletic Director
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            Associate, assistant or assistant to Athletic director, assistant program director/sport managers are considered what
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        middle managers
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            Associate AD oversees what
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        internal operations external operations  business operations  internal services  community relations  sports information  scheduling compliance
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            A sport agent is responsible for
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        negotiating contracts and procuring endorsements for professional athletes
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            What is the primary of responsibility of a sports agent
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        representation of the athletes interest
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            How much money do sports agent receive
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        4-10 percent of playing contract 10-20 percent of endorsement contracts
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            NFL agents percentage
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        no more than 3 percent of playing contract
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            NBA Agent percentage
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        not permitted to receive more than 4 percent of playing contract
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            qualifications
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        NFLPA certification
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            Many agents possess
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        professional degrees and credentials
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            Sport agents are also
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        lawyers certified public accountants  investment advisors financial planning
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            Sports agents must be knowledgeable about
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        sports finance investments  business management  financial and risk analysis  trends in sport market changes
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            Sports agents have these skills
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        motivation communication and negotiation skills highly motivated
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            NCAA national office
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        ncaa staff directory enforcement office  agent and amateurism  Unifrom athlete agents act enforcement services intern job description legislation
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            League Think
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        pioneered and most effectively implemented by the NFL, this term represents the notional that teams must recognize the importance of their competition and share revenues to ensure that their competitors remain strong
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            Sponsorship
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        The acquisition of rights to affiliate or associate directly with a product or event for the purpose of deriving benefits related to that affiliation or association
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            Luxury Tax
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        Device used by MLB and the NBA to tax the teams that spend the most (or spend too much as defined by CBA) on player payroll and to share those taxes with teams that do not have high payrolls
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            Labor
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        A collective group of athletes in team sports who unionize so that the athletes can bargain collectively with the league owners (management). Typically represented by a union head in negotiations with management
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            Salary Caps
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        Agreements collectively bargained between labor and management that establish a league-wide team payroll (i.e salaries, bonuses and incentive clauses) threshold that cannot be exceeded in most cases. Typically set using a percentage of league gross revenues as a starting point
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            Management
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        The collective group of ownership that is negotiating with the players or labor. Typically represented by a league commissioner, who is technically an agent for the owners in negotiations with labor
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            NAASM?
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        North American Society for Sport Management
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            Purpose of NAASM
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        to promote, stimulate and encourage study, research, scholarly writing and professional development in the area of sport management
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            what year was NAASM established
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        1985
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            Past 2 presidents of NAASM
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        Larena Hoeber Bob Baker
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            Current president of NAASM
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        Dr. Marelene Dixon
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            COSMA?
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        Commission on Sport Management Accreditation
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            Purpose of COSMA
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        to promote and recognize excellence in sport mangement education worldwide in colleges and universities at the baccalaureate and masters level through specialzied accreditation
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            2 board members of COSMA
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        Robertha Abney Susan Foster
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            2 school to become first sport management undergrad program accredited by COSMA
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        Slippery Rock University  Saint Leo University
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            Explain the evolution of sport management
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        Walter O'Malley wanted someone who was trained to administer sport facilities and hold an executive position
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            Individual who was widely recognized for the development of sport administration academic programs
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        James Mason
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            University with the First masters for sport administration program
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        Ohio University
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            List the name of university to develop the 2nd masters sport management program
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        University of Mass
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            Monetary Value of Sport industry
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        498.4 billion
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            Individual who encouraged acadmicians to develop programs to prepare sport managers in 1957
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        Walter O'Malley
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            What year was first sport program at SRU established
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        1977
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            One sport management program outcome
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        Communication- use communication skills with individuals and groups; disseminate information in a variety of oral, written, electronic formats to diverse populations such as customers, clients employees and managers
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            What does SMA stand for
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        Sport management alliance