Sport Governance Exam 2 – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam
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quasi-public - ANS ✔✔operating through a blended, private-public ownership structure,
membership base, cadre of service offerings, or financial support system
local sport agency - ANS ✔✔governing body with authority to regulate an aspect of sport in a
city, township, territory, district, prefecture, parish, or county
state sport agency - ANS ✔✔governing body with authority over sport or sport entities at the
state level or one that exerts state-level influences in regulating an aspect of sport
commercial venture - ANS ✔✔an entity that operates for profit and is open to the public
private club - ANS ✔✔organizations with an exclusive membership base, ownership, and
funding
independent contractors - ANS ✔✔self-employed individuals who provide a service without a
formal relationship with a company of business
commercial independent contractors - ANS ✔✔organizations owned by an individual,
partnership, or equity group that generate revenue from public consumption and lack a
corporate office or chain
commercial franchise facilities - ANS ✔✔organizations owned by a parent company that
operate independent facilities that generate revenue from public consumption in a local market
, entrepreneurial enterprises - ANS ✔✔individual sport businesses in local markets, since they
operate under an individual owner, partnership, or ownership group that assumes all related
risks and rewards of the business as opposed to being employed by a parent company
sandbox gardens - ANS ✔✔constructed in school yards and parks in Boston, MA, in 1885
- progressed from sand piles and pleasure gardens to areas that included equipment
Babe Ruth League - ANS ✔✔the umbrella organization for Babe Ruth Baseball, Babe Ruth
Softball, Cal Ripken Baseball, Xtreme fastpitch, and BAmbino Buddy Ball
- founded in 1951
Pop Warner Little Scholars - ANS ✔✔unbrella organization for local programs in football, flag
football, cheer, and dance
- founded in 1929
- serves 400,000 youth ages 5 to 16
scholastic sports - ANS ✔✔most widely known competitive local sports are found in primary
and secondary education systems
- The governance of scholastic sports aims to ensure compliance with legal areas related to
TitleIX legislation, disabilities laws, transgender policies, hazing and harassment, among other
federal, state, district, and local mandates
state high school athletic associations - ANS ✔✔governed at the state level by private athletic
associations belonging to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
general responsibilities:
- regulating, supervising, and administering inter-school athletic activities as part of the
education program
- establishing standards for eligibility, competition, and sportsmanship
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quasi-public - ANS ✔✔operating through a blended, private-public ownership structure,
membership base, cadre of service offerings, or financial support system
local sport agency - ANS ✔✔governing body with authority to regulate an aspect of sport in a
city, township, territory, district, prefecture, parish, or county
state sport agency - ANS ✔✔governing body with authority over sport or sport entities at the
state level or one that exerts state-level influences in regulating an aspect of sport
commercial venture - ANS ✔✔an entity that operates for profit and is open to the public
private club - ANS ✔✔organizations with an exclusive membership base, ownership, and
funding
independent contractors - ANS ✔✔self-employed individuals who provide a service without a
formal relationship with a company of business
commercial independent contractors - ANS ✔✔organizations owned by an individual,
partnership, or equity group that generate revenue from public consumption and lack a
corporate office or chain
commercial franchise facilities - ANS ✔✔organizations owned by a parent company that
operate independent facilities that generate revenue from public consumption in a local market
, entrepreneurial enterprises - ANS ✔✔individual sport businesses in local markets, since they
operate under an individual owner, partnership, or ownership group that assumes all related
risks and rewards of the business as opposed to being employed by a parent company
sandbox gardens - ANS ✔✔constructed in school yards and parks in Boston, MA, in 1885
- progressed from sand piles and pleasure gardens to areas that included equipment
Babe Ruth League - ANS ✔✔the umbrella organization for Babe Ruth Baseball, Babe Ruth
Softball, Cal Ripken Baseball, Xtreme fastpitch, and BAmbino Buddy Ball
- founded in 1951
Pop Warner Little Scholars - ANS ✔✔unbrella organization for local programs in football, flag
football, cheer, and dance
- founded in 1929
- serves 400,000 youth ages 5 to 16
scholastic sports - ANS ✔✔most widely known competitive local sports are found in primary
and secondary education systems
- The governance of scholastic sports aims to ensure compliance with legal areas related to
TitleIX legislation, disabilities laws, transgender policies, hazing and harassment, among other
federal, state, district, and local mandates
state high school athletic associations - ANS ✔✔governed at the state level by private athletic
associations belonging to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
general responsibilities:
- regulating, supervising, and administering inter-school athletic activities as part of the
education program
- establishing standards for eligibility, competition, and sportsmanship
