Sports Management

Sport management structures composed of a limited number of members who organize events, standardize rules, and settle disputes.

•Architect of golf tournament •Golf tournament was medium through which celebrity, politician, manufacturer, charity, town, or product gained exposure •Used athletes and golf tournaments to sell advertising space to the public

•Founder Pierre de Coubertin, inspired by English revivals and Victorian notions of character building and peace movements through sport, introduced concept of amateur Olympic Games every 4 years

•Czar of baseball •1876: Took over management of National League of Professional Baseball Players •Believed stability achieved only if teams were run like businesses •Teams should compete against each other and not collude-honest play

Established around 1750 •Settled disputes, established rules, determined eligibility, designated officials, regulated breeding, and punished unscrupulous participants •Organized, sponsored, and promoted local events

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

1966: James Mason; first master’s program at Ohio first idea of sport management curriculum

•International club event, with little resemblance to ancient Olympic Games •First Modern Olympics in 1896, but the revival can be traced back to at least 1850 with club-based Olympic festivals in England Founder Pierre de Coubertin

A group of professional baseball teams founded in 1871; any ball club that was willing to pay its elite players could join

An organization that promotes, stimulates, and encourages study, research, scholarly writings, professional development in the area of sport management, in both its theoretical and applied aspects.

The successor to the National Association of Professional Baseball; formed in 1876, it was a stronger body in which authority for the management of baseball rested.

The first university to establish a masters program in sport's management, in 1966

Co-inventor with james g mason, of the idea of a sports management curriculum

Sporting events that are sponsored by community groups, corporations, or charities; players earned their income through prize money and endorsements

Structures 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