kines 100: exam 2

• attrition in youth sport: young children start out playing sports but the participation drops as they get older
• form sport: sport that focuses on aesthetics and is judged by a panel
• aesthetics: beauty or gracefulness in sport
• lombardian ethic: focus on only winning ; "winning isn't everything, it's the only thing"
• athlon: Greek for "prize"
• athlete: one who is competing for a prize
• amateur: sportspeople who play "for the love of the game"
• professional: athlete who has mastered their skills for their job
• Athens, 1896: the city and year of the first modern Olympics
• Pierre de Coubertin: Father of the modern Olympic Games, founded the International Olympic Committee in 1894
• autotelic: done for its own sake ; sport is autotelic, athletics are not autotelic
• instrumental: a means of pursuing a goal
• ethos: foundational belief system (ex. lombardian ethic)
• temporality of athletics: the scheduling of televised sport media to maximize viewership
• 1989 Australian Grand Prix: race held in dangerous conditions because viewership and ad revenue was prioritized over the safety of the athletes
• hyper-physicality: athletes (specifically in contact sports) are encouraged to be more aggressive and physical
• gross bodily movement: necessary element for something to be considered a sport
• spectator/fan: non-athletes — the people that are catered to in the industry of athletics
• vicarious: spectators that watch contests through media or television and are not actually at the event physically
• 1906: year the NCAA was established
• ESPN: entertainment and sports programming network ; first network to do 24-hour broadcasts of sports
• Nike: one of the largest athletic-wear brands ; also known as the Greek goddess of victory
• quid pro quo: "something for something" agreement ; ex. pay for play agreement between professional athletes and team managers
• work/duty: the work element that differentiates athletics and sport
• remuneration: the amount of money paid to so someone for their work ; the amount paid for a job
• game reasoning: the mindset of many athletes during games — "do anything to win" mentality
• Chicago Black Socks: 1919 — eight players accused of purposely losing the game against the Cincinnati Reds for money
• USOC: United States Olympic Committee
• IOC: International Olympic Committee
• WCC: West Coast Conference
• WADA: World Anti-Doping Agency
• functionalism: the theory that sport is used to promote integration of a society
• 1852: first intercollegiate sporting event ; rowing race between yale and harvard
• 1896: first intercollegiate contest for women ; basketball game between stanford and cal
• CBS / NBC / ABC: the three major television networks that were used to watch sporting events (before EPSN)
• East Germany/GDR: doped athletes without their knowledge to earn more gold medals at the Olympics
• Lance Armstrong: American cyclist who won the Tour de France 7 times — was also caught doping
• Superbowl: biggest game of the year for American spectators/athletes
• March Madness: term used to describe the month of March in the college basketball season
• conflict theory: theory that describes sports as an "opiate" that only distracts society from it real issues