Sport Management chapter 1 – Flashcards

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William Hulbert
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who founded the national league?
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Fred Corcoran
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Who is recognized as the architect of the professional golf tournament?
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Ohio University
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What university had the first sport management academic program?
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reserve clause
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The name of the part of a contract that binded a professional baseball player to his ballclub was called
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TRUE
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The first professional baseball team was the Cincinnati Reds.
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FALSE
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Tournaments today are often created by player associations rather than marketing agencies or broadcast media.
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Athens
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7: The modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held in which city?
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Pierre de Coubertin
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Which of the following was instrumental in initiating the modern Olympic Games?
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honesty and inclusion
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What two themes run through this chapter's examination of sport organizations?
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TRUE
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There are more than 100 sport management programs in the United States.
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The Jockey Club
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A group established in Newmarket, England, around 1850 to settle disputes, establish rules, determine eligibility, designate officials, regulate breeding, and punish unscrupulous participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
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The modern olympic games
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An international athletic event, started in 1896, based on ancient greek athletic games.
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Professional tournamnets
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Sporting events that are sponsored by community groups, corporations, or charities; players earn their income through prize money and endorsements.
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Ohio University
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The first school to establish a master's program in sport management, in 1966.
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Club
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Sport management structures composed of a limited number of members who organize events, standardize rules and settle disputes.
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James G.Mason
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Co-invertors with Walter O'Mallet, of the idea of a sport management curriculum
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North American Society for sport management (NASSM)
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An organization that promotes, stimulates, and encourages study, research, scholarly writing, and professional development in the area of sport management, in both its theoretical and applied aspects.
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National associations of professional baseball players (NAPBP)
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A group of profession baseball teams formed in 1871; any ball club that was willing to pay its elite platers could join.
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Sport management structures
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Plans that help managers organize and run sports: they are conceived and evolve in response to broad social changes or to address specific issues within a segment of the sport industry.
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Fred Corcoran
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The architect of the professional golf tournament
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League
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A profit-oriented legal and business entity organized so that teams can compete against each other, but also operate together in areas such as rule making, broadcasting, licensing and marketing.
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William Hulbert
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The "Czar of Baseball"; he developed the National League of professional Baseball Players
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Pierre de Coubertin
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Founders of modern Olympics
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Walter O' Malley
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Co-inventor, with James G mason of the idea of sport management curriculum. Also owner of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1943 until his death in 1979.
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National League of Professional Baseball Players (NLPBP)
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The successor to the National Associations of professional Baseball players ; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which authority for the management of baseball rested.
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SMARTS.
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The first sport management academic organization was called
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12
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Approximately how many sport management academic programs are there in Canada?
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Cincinnati Red Stockings
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Who was the first professional baseball team?
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reservation system.
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The practice of binding a professional baseball player to his ballclub was called
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TRUE
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The club structure still exists as a modern sport management structure.
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FALSE
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Despite other strict rules, William Hulbert allowed players in the National League to gamble.
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TRUE
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Tournaments today are often created by marketing agencies or broadcast media rather than by player associations.
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TRUE
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Around the same time period of the ancient Olympic Games, a competition was held for women known as the Heraea Games
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FALSE
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Despite many advances for women's sports, today there are no women who hold high executive positions in the NFL.
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