Governance in Sport Exam 2 and 3 – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Exam
Review
What are the differences between team sport and individual sport? - ANS ✔✔Team Sport:
Played by more than one person representing a group
Individual Sport: Played by a single person
What are the 2 ways individual sport is governed? Explain their differences - ANS ✔✔
list some challenges that governing bodies and individual sport face. From a governance
perspective, how can those issues be addressed? - ANS ✔✔Players' union
Popularity of individual sport vs. team sport
Cost of individual sport vs. team sport
individual sport - ANS ✔✔Played by a single person
team sport - ANS ✔✔Played by more than one person representing a group
sanctioning bodies - ANS ✔✔The governing body of individual sports. Secure the venue (hosting
of an event), prize money, and event management (putting on the event)
individual performer sport - ANS ✔✔Athletes represent themselves (Golf)
individual team sport - ANS ✔✔Athlete is an individual but has teammates (track)
What is the NSGO and what does it stand for? - ANS ✔✔National Sport Governing Observer
tool; looks at if an organization of a sport has
, Good governance.
How was the NSGO evaluation tool created? - ANS ✔✔It was created by experts through
research in Denmark
What are the four dimensions of evaluation by the NSGO? How many principles are connected
to the four dimensions? - ANS ✔✔Transparency (7), Democratic process (13), Internal
accountability and control (14),
Societal responsibility (13).
What are the three indicator categories in the NSGO? How many indicators are there in the
NSGO? - ANS ✔✔Basic, Intermediate, Advanced. There is 274 indicators
Transparency - ANS ✔✔An organization's reporting on its internal workings, which allows others
to monitor
these workings.
Democratic process - ANS ✔✔Entail free, fair, and competitive elections.
Internal accountability and control - ANS ✔✔The implementation of the separation of powers in
the
organization's governance structure.
Societal responsibility - ANS ✔✔Deliberately employing the organization's potential and impact
in order to
have a positive effect on Internal and external stakeholders and society at large
How are intercollegiate athletics and interscholastic athletics similar? How are they different? -
ANS ✔✔Similar because they are levels of sports funded by their schools and have a governing
Review
What are the differences between team sport and individual sport? - ANS ✔✔Team Sport:
Played by more than one person representing a group
Individual Sport: Played by a single person
What are the 2 ways individual sport is governed? Explain their differences - ANS ✔✔
list some challenges that governing bodies and individual sport face. From a governance
perspective, how can those issues be addressed? - ANS ✔✔Players' union
Popularity of individual sport vs. team sport
Cost of individual sport vs. team sport
individual sport - ANS ✔✔Played by a single person
team sport - ANS ✔✔Played by more than one person representing a group
sanctioning bodies - ANS ✔✔The governing body of individual sports. Secure the venue (hosting
of an event), prize money, and event management (putting on the event)
individual performer sport - ANS ✔✔Athletes represent themselves (Golf)
individual team sport - ANS ✔✔Athlete is an individual but has teammates (track)
What is the NSGO and what does it stand for? - ANS ✔✔National Sport Governing Observer
tool; looks at if an organization of a sport has
, Good governance.
How was the NSGO evaluation tool created? - ANS ✔✔It was created by experts through
research in Denmark
What are the four dimensions of evaluation by the NSGO? How many principles are connected
to the four dimensions? - ANS ✔✔Transparency (7), Democratic process (13), Internal
accountability and control (14),
Societal responsibility (13).
What are the three indicator categories in the NSGO? How many indicators are there in the
NSGO? - ANS ✔✔Basic, Intermediate, Advanced. There is 274 indicators
Transparency - ANS ✔✔An organization's reporting on its internal workings, which allows others
to monitor
these workings.
Democratic process - ANS ✔✔Entail free, fair, and competitive elections.
Internal accountability and control - ANS ✔✔The implementation of the separation of powers in
the
organization's governance structure.
Societal responsibility - ANS ✔✔Deliberately employing the organization's potential and impact
in order to
have a positive effect on Internal and external stakeholders and society at large
How are intercollegiate athletics and interscholastic athletics similar? How are they different? -
ANS ✔✔Similar because they are levels of sports funded by their schools and have a governing
