Legal status and Incomes of Athletes in Commercial Sports | Creation of Spectator Interest | Economic Factors & Globalization of Commercial Sports | Commercialization and Changes in Sports | Organization of Pro and Amateur Sports in Philippines |
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What is a reserve system?
A set of practices that enabled team owners to reserve the labor of athletes for themselves and control the movement of athletes from team to team.
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Where was Spectator Interest rooted from?
It is rooted from people’s quest for excitement.
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Who is Michael Jordan?
This athlete successfully merged with a brand to create his own independent brand of “Air Jordan”
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What are factors that interest spectators?
When spectators say they are ATTACHED personally, the outcome was UNCERTAIN, the STAKES were high and there were SKILLED and DRAMATIC performances.
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What is Amateur sports?
Athletes aren’t paid. Non-profit organizations are lucky to break even after events but continue to host for the growth of the sport and development of athletes.
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What is the range of salaries for a professional basketball player in the PBA?
What is the range of salaries for a professional basketball player in the PBA?
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Why do big corporations use elite athletes for public relations or marketing image?
They are concrete examples of skill, power, and success.
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Who is McDonald’s?
This global fast food corporation is known for being a huge sponsor in the Olympics. It is also one of the eleven global corporations that paid 100 million dollars to have right to advertise in connection with the 2010 & 2012 Olympics
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What does "new sports developed for commercial purposes? mean?
The idea that new sports are organized to maximize whatever a target audience will find entertaining.
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What is Professional Sports?
Athletes are paid by team owners. Teams compete in big stadiums possibly even with media coverage.
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What is Top Rank Promotions?
This was the former promoter of Manny Pacquiao’s professional matches. But because of personal differences Pacquiao decided to cut ties with this promoting company because being under it, made his desire for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. less likely to happen.
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What is youth sports program?
It is a program that develops the youth with their skills and abilities to excel in a sport.
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Who is Manny Pacquaio?
He is an athlete who was dropped by Nike due to his comments about the LGBT. (Think local)
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What are changes in commercialized spectator sport?
The idea that changes are made to help the game become more interesting for the spectators, this forces the sport to change the rules, for safety of the players, but also to encourage more action and more occurrence in the sport.
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What is monopoly?
This prevents other organizations from creating leagues that would provide athletes and viewers alternatives. It is when something becomes the one and only provider of a particular product or service.
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Who is Jennifer Rosales?
This Filipino female golfer is considered as one of the Top Earning Filipino golfers of all time, she is currently based in the US and is playing on the LPGA tour. Currently totaling $2,895,697.00 in earnings.
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What is media coverage?
It increases spectator access to events and athletes worldwide from the comfort of their homes. It also allows viewers to watch highlighted action in slow motion usually with a commentator.
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What are the limits of corporate branding?
Resistance against corporations and sponsors buying college teams, youth teams and requesting bizzare makeovers to stadiums aren’t felt. Sports become an avenue for complete corporate development and marketing. It is also a site where corporations may fuse ideals to be presented as the norm.
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How are Sports a social construction?
The idea that sports change as there are shifts in social conditions and power relations in society, people who control sports are always influenced by social and cultural conditions at the time they make or revise rules.
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How do team owners earn or profit?
Tickets, Media and Stadium Revenues, Licensing Fees and Merchandise Sales.
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What is the Don Allado Rule?
It is the rule in the UAAP that prohibits players from playing college basketball after being signed by a professional basketball team?
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What is ABS CBN Sports?
This channel allows Filipino citizens to to achieve their quest for excitement. It allows them to view events and athletes worldwide from the comfort of their homes.
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Why is brand placement important?
It allows companies to build outposts in viewers minds. It allows viewers to relate excitement felt while viewing with corporations with logos visible and present. Logos will be seen inside the stadium, outside the stadium, on seats and even on walls.
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What are examples of changes in commercialized spectator sport?
(1) designated hitter position was added in America’s baseball league was added to increase scoring opportunities. (2) Tennis scoring was changed to meet the time requirements.
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Why do companies or CEOs buy sports teams?
This allows corporations to have a better sense of control over sports. It also allows corporations to profit while feeding egos or attaining childhood dreams.
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