WITH JOHANN JAVIER

SPORTS
Everyones favorite theme
WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS

TOPIC OUTLINE
The Essence and Values of Sports
Major Organizations
Sample motions
 an activity involving physical
exertion and skill in which an
individual or team competes
against another or others for
ALWAYS REMEMBER

entertainment.
what is a sport?
THE ESSENCE OF SPORTS
4 values

COMPETITION
ENTERTAIN
EQUITY

REPRESENTATION
VALUES OF SPORTS

COMPETITION ENTERTAIN
How do we best allow an athlete or groups of Sports is a publicly viewed event that is
athelets to be competitive against others sustained by viewership and by a following of
people.

EQUITY REPRESENTATION
Where do we give opportunities for people that Given that sports have a big following, it can
have no access to particular sports also determine our views and perceptions of
particular groups of people.
WHO IS WHO IN SPORTS
SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS
History, Policies/Operations, Issues
BASKETBALL:
THE NATIONAL
BASKETBALL
ASSOCIATION (
NBA)
 Start Members Other
affiliated
Began in New York 30 NBA teams ( 1
bodies
on June 6, 1946 as Canadian team,
the Basketball Toronto Raptors). -NBA cares, NBA D-
Association of league, NBA Tv,
America Noted: Biggest WNBA and NBA
Market teams= NY, Entertainment
LA and CHI
History
 NBA teams go through an 82-game regular

HOW IT season and conducts a playoffs for the top-8

teams from each conference joining
WORKS what is a season like?

Through undergoing a draft and being part

of a collegiate team
How do you get into the NBA?

A city expresses interest to become an

expansion team but its ultimately the NBA
who decides
How does a NBA team come about?
MAJOR ISSUES
(1) Small Market vs Big Market
teams
issue: disparity in distribution of
earnings and talent

(2) NBA lockouts

Issue: very gruelling season schedule

(3) Tanking
Issue: teams exploit the draft lottery by
aiming to become the worst team of the
season
OLYMPIC GAMES
 Origin
OLYMPIC GAMES? A religious Greek festival meant for the deity Zeus; occured once
in 4 years

Modern Version
instituted by Pierre de Coubertin in 1892 in Paris; conception of
the International Olympic Committee

Now
.Inclusion of 33 recognized sports, 105 member countries
MAIN (1) RISING COST OF HOSTING

ISSUES
from $5 Billion in Sydney 2000 to $16 Billion in Brazil

(2) ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE

((3) Skills and Achievement Disparity

Brazil Top notchers: US (121), GB ( 67), China (70)
SAMPLE
THW REDISTRIBUTE THE EARNINGS OF BIG
MARKET TEAMS TO SMALL MARKET TEAMS

MOTIONS
TH, as the NBA, would not allow teams to sit
out star players who are not injured for
multiple consecutive games

THW MAKE THE COMPOSITION OF THE

NATIONAL OLYMPIC TEAM BE DECIDED BY
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