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Gambling, Sportsmanship, Violence, Hazing, Title IX, & Ambush Marketing in Sports; Youth Sports, Sport Ethics, 3 Rules of Sports, Cultural Relativism, Moral Callousness, Unfair Trade Practices Act
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Sports
Undergraduate 2
03/25/2014

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What is Gambling?
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The general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a future sporting event.
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What makes gambling unethical?
Definition
The principles such as honesty, responsibility, & justice are violated & other suffer because of the act.
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What results from gambling in unethical ways?
Definition
Ineligibility for a year, banishment from NCAA athletics, & expulsion from college or university.
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What is Sportsmanship?
Definition
Playing fair, following the rules of the game, respecting the judgement of referees & officials, & treating opponents with respect.
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How to enforce sportsmanship in youth sports & sports in general?
Definition
  • make youths aware of cheating & how it is frowned upon & the consequences of cheating.
  • demonstrate good sportsmanship for peers [show respect for yourself, teammates, opponents, coaches on both sides, referees, judges, & other officials.
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How, as a sport manager, do you curtail this "win at all costs" attitude in youth sports?
Definition
Dont's stress about winning, focus on the kids having fun.
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What are the benefits of youths participating in sports today?
Definition
  • learn teamwork, leadership skills, socialization, sportsmanship, honesty, responsibility, & beneficence.
  • develop agility, coordination, endurance, speed, flexibility, strength, independence, & confidence.
  • learn to cooperate & compete.
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What are the causes of violence in sport?
Definition
The fans, pressure on athletes, coaches, parents, owners, & commissioners.
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What is Violence in sports?
Definition
Behavior which causes harm, occurs outside of the rules of the sport, & is unrelated to the competitive objectives of the sport.
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What is hazing?
Definition
Any action which recklessly or intentionally endangers the health or safety of a person for the purpose of initiation, admission into or affiliation with, or as a condition for continuesd membership in an organization.
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What is hazing in sports?
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Any activity of someone joining a group that humiliates, degrades, or risks emotional and/or physical harm, regardless of the person's willingness to participate.
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If you are a Sports Administrator, how do you prevent hazing in your school?
Definition
Seminars, educate, alternative methods, & discussions.
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How did Title IX affect women's participation in sport?
Definition
  • 1970 - 1 in 27 girls participated
  • Today - 1 in 2.5 girls participate
  • has increased exponentially as opportunities have been provided.
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What is Ambush Marketing?
Definition
Marketing strategy in which a competing brand attempts to attach a product to a major event without paying sponsorship fees.
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Ambush Marketing Pros & Cons?
Definition

Pros:

  • increase brand awareness
  • not spending money
  • increase in competition

Cons:

  • decreases commercial value of event
  • creates unhealthy competitive environment
  • may adversely effect the funding of the event.
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Sport Ethics
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Youth Sports attitude
Definition
Win at all costs
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What are the 3 rules of sport?
Definition
  1. Constitutive
  2. Proscriptive
  3. Sportsmanship
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What is Cultural Relativism?
Definition
  • **Concept of right & wrong that are culturally determined
  • good & bad & right & wrong are relative to & culture specific
  • beliefs, customs, ethics relative to the individual within his or her social context
  • "Good" is what is "socially approved" in a given culture.
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What is Moral Callousness?
Definition
  • "Everyone else is doing it"
  • callousness - unfeeling; insensitive; unsympathetic
  • moral callousness - opposite of moral sensitivity
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When was Ambush Marketing first presented?
Definition
1984 at Los Angeles Olympics
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Another term for Ambush Marketing?
Definition
Guerilla Marketing
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Law about Ambush Marketing? Legal or Illegal?
Definition
  • the law in cases of ambush marketing stands usually somewhere out of view
  • not illegal, but is frowned upon
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What is the Proscriptive Rule?
Definition
  • expressly forbid specific actions, such as spearing in football & undercutting in basketball, often because associated with high risk of injury.
  • established to prohibit intentional harm of opponents
  • legislated after incidents judged as violent
  • "In response" to:

stick-wielding in hockey players

pitchers throwing at batter's heads

linemand using chop blocks

bench clearing brawls

  • sports leagues & governing organizations impose rules on participants to control physically violent action during competition to keep situations out of court.
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What is the Unfair Trade Practices Act?
Definition
Protects all consumers from false or misleading advertising.
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