Clubs
Sport management structures composed of a limited number of members who organize events, standardize rules, and settle disputes.
James G. Mason and Walter O'Malley
Co-inventors of the idea of a sport management curriculum.
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SPMT 260 Exam 1 (ch. 1, 2,
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Clubs - answer Sport management structures composed of a limited
number of members who organize events, standardize rules, and
settle disputes.
James G. Mason and Walter O'Malley - answer Co-inventors of the
idea of a sport management curriculum.
Fred Corcoran - answer The architect of the professional golf
tournament.
Jockey Club - answer -Newmarket, England
-1850
-Settle disputes, establish rules, determine eligibility, designate
officials, regulate breeding, and punish unscrupulous participants in
the sport of thoroughbred racing
Leagues - answer 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
Modern Olympic Games - answer An international athletic event,
started in 1896, based on ancient Greek athletic games.
, National Association of Professional Baseball Players - answer A
group of professional baseball teams formed in 1871; any ball club
that was willing to pay its elite players could join.
National League of Professional Baseball Players - answer The
successor to the National Association of Professional Baseball
Players; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which authority
for the management of baseball rested.
Pierre de Coubertin - answer Founder of the modern Olympics.
Baseball - answer First sport to adopt a league system
Cincinnati Red Stockings - answer first professional baseball team
William Hulbert - answer The "Czar of Baseball"; he developed the
National League of Professional Baseball Players
Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA) - answer
A specialized accrediting body launched by NASSM and NASPE that
promotes and recognizes excellence in sport management education
in colleges and universities at the bachelor and graduate levels.
Ohio University - answer The first university to establish a master's
program in sport management, in 1966.
Herean Games - answer Female version of ancient olympics.
Emotional Intelligence - answer The ability of workers to identify
and acknowledge people's emotions and, instead of having an
immediate emotional response, to take a step back and allow
rational thought to influence their actions.
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