Sport Governance Final – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Comprehensive
Exam Review
The Big Four - ANS ✔✔MLB
NFL
NBA
NHL
1869 First Club - ANS ✔✔Cincinnati Ref Stockings
1876 First Pro Sports League - ANS ✔✔National League (NL)
1901 - ANS ✔✔American League (AL)
1903 - ANS ✔✔Agreement between NL and AL established governance structure for MLB
1920 - ANS ✔✔First Pro Football League - American Pro Football Association (APFA)
1922 - ANS ✔✔APFA changed its name to the NFL
Rival Leagues to NFL - ANS ✔✔AFL
WFL
USFL
XFL
1970 - ANS ✔✔Full NFL-AFL amalgamation and inter-league championship
, 1924 - ANS ✔✔First Pro Basketball League - American Basketball League (ABL)
1947 - ANS ✔✔ABL Disbanded and Basketball Association of America (BAA) emerged
1949 - ANS ✔✔BAA absorbed National Basketball League (NBL) teams and became National
Basketball Association
1967 - ANS ✔✔ABA
1976 - ANS ✔✔(Semi-Pro) Agreement to transfer four teams to NBA
Denver, Indiana, NY, San Antonio
1917 - ANS ✔✔Started with Four Canadian teams
1924 - ANS ✔✔League expanded to the United States (NY, Chicago, Detroit, Boston)
1972 - ANS ✔✔World Hockey Association (WHA) - biggest challenger attempted to establish
itself in medium size Canadian markets without NHL franchises and major US cities
1979 - ANS ✔✔Agreement to transfer four WHA franchises to NHL
League Commissioner's - ANS ✔✔NBA - Adam Silver
NFL - Roger Goodell
MLB - Rob Manfred
NHL - David Bettman
Exam Review
The Big Four - ANS ✔✔MLB
NFL
NBA
NHL
1869 First Club - ANS ✔✔Cincinnati Ref Stockings
1876 First Pro Sports League - ANS ✔✔National League (NL)
1901 - ANS ✔✔American League (AL)
1903 - ANS ✔✔Agreement between NL and AL established governance structure for MLB
1920 - ANS ✔✔First Pro Football League - American Pro Football Association (APFA)
1922 - ANS ✔✔APFA changed its name to the NFL
Rival Leagues to NFL - ANS ✔✔AFL
WFL
USFL
XFL
1970 - ANS ✔✔Full NFL-AFL amalgamation and inter-league championship
, 1924 - ANS ✔✔First Pro Basketball League - American Basketball League (ABL)
1947 - ANS ✔✔ABL Disbanded and Basketball Association of America (BAA) emerged
1949 - ANS ✔✔BAA absorbed National Basketball League (NBL) teams and became National
Basketball Association
1967 - ANS ✔✔ABA
1976 - ANS ✔✔(Semi-Pro) Agreement to transfer four teams to NBA
Denver, Indiana, NY, San Antonio
1917 - ANS ✔✔Started with Four Canadian teams
1924 - ANS ✔✔League expanded to the United States (NY, Chicago, Detroit, Boston)
1972 - ANS ✔✔World Hockey Association (WHA) - biggest challenger attempted to establish
itself in medium size Canadian markets without NHL franchises and major US cities
1979 - ANS ✔✔Agreement to transfer four WHA franchises to NHL
League Commissioner's - ANS ✔✔NBA - Adam Silver
NFL - Roger Goodell
MLB - Rob Manfred
NHL - David Bettman