Current Issues and Trends in Sports Administration MSA 608 Hall # 1 Introduction What is Sport? Why Do We Study Sport? 1 Welcome to Current Issues and Trends in Sports Administration • MSA 608 will provide an in-depth study and analysis of the athletic profession as it relates to trends and issues surrounding administrative decision making. 2 Format for Hall Sessions • Introduction of the Hall • Hall Topics • Major Points for the Week’s Learning • Christian Worldview Applications 3 Learning Tools • Hall Lectures ▫ Hearing and Seeing • Textbook ▫ Reading • Individual Homework ▫ Analyzing • Discussion Forum ▫ Applying and Examining • Completing all components is very important to accomplish the objectives of the course. 4 Asynchronous Learning • Motivated ▫ Asynchronous learners must be highly self-motivated • Responsible ▫ Asynchronous learners must have high responsibility for assignments and discussion • Facts ▫ Asynchronous learning is not easier than traditional classroom learning ▫ Learners must meet deadlines ▫ It’s easy to think we’re anonymous because there’s no face time. 5 Tips for Success • Course Page ▫ Activities � Individual Homework � Team Activities ▫ Discussion Forum � Weekly Discussion ▫ Media � Syllabus � Handouts & Links � Hall Lectures • Schedule ▫ Be attentive to deadlines ▫ The week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday � Observe Sabbath � Manage your time 6 Tips for Success (cont.) • Do not procrastinate ▫ It’s easy to get behind in an asynchronous course � False security that there is time to catch up � Each week builds on the previous • Sequence ▫ Set your schedule � Hall lecture � Assigned reading � Discussion � Homework � Individual or team � Study key points for exam 7 Tips for Success (cont.) • Communicate ▫ Ask questions ▫ Participate ▫ Be engaged in discussion ▫ Seek handouts ▫ Contact the professor with questions or problems 8 Topics we’ll cover in course • Sport Through the Ages • Definition of Sport • Study of Sport • Chapter Summary 9 Biblical Foundation: Matt 28:19-20 10 Hall Objectives* • Students will acquire and define information, concepts, history, principles and interrelationships about youth sports, interscholastic sports, intercollegiate sports, college choice, and the use of Biblical perspective and the importance of each in the decision making process of today's sports administrator. • Students will discuss and examine the impact of social class, violence, diversity, and the use of Biblical perspective and the importance of each in the decision making process of today's sports administrator. • Students will understand, apply, and analyze the significance of print media, mass media, global media, social media and the use of Biblical perspective and the importance of each in the decision making process of today's sports administrator. • Students .

1. Current Issues and Trends in
Sports Administration
MSA 608
Hall # 1
Introduction
What is Sport?
Why Do We Study Sport?
1
Welcome to Current Issues and
Trends in Sports Administration
• MSA 608 will provide an in-depth study and
analysis of the athletic profession as it relates to
trends and issues surrounding administrative
decision making.
2
Format for Hall Sessions

2. • Introduction of the Hall
• Hall Topics
• Major Points for the Week’s Learning
• Christian Worldview Applications
3
Learning Tools
• Hall Lectures
▫ Hearing and Seeing
• Textbook
▫ Reading
• Individual Homework
▫ Analyzing
• Discussion Forum
▫ Applying and Examining
• Completing all
components is very
important to
accomplish the
objectives of the
course.
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3. Asynchronous Learning
• Motivated
▫ Asynchronous
learners must be
highly self-motivated
• Responsible
▫ Asynchronous
learners must have
high responsibility
for assignments and
discussion
• Facts
▫ Asynchronous learning is
not easier than
traditional classroom
learning
▫ Learners must meet
deadlines
▫ It’s easy to think we’re
anonymous because
there’s no face time.
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Tips for Success

4. • Course Page
▫ Activities
� Individual Homework
� Team Activities
▫ Discussion Forum
� Weekly Discussion
▫ Media
� Syllabus
� Handouts & Links
� Hall Lectures
• Schedule
▫ Be attentive to
deadlines
▫ The week begins on
Sunday and ends on
Saturday
� Observe Sabbath
� Manage your time
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5. Tips for Success (cont.)
• Do not procrastinate
▫ It’s easy to get behind
in an asynchronous
course
� False security that
there is time to catch
up
� Each week builds on
the previous
• Sequence
▫ Set your schedule
� Hall lecture
� Assigned reading
� Discussion
� Homework
� Individual or team
� Study key points for
exam
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6. Tips for Success (cont.)
• Communicate
▫ Ask questions
▫ Participate
▫ Be engaged in
discussion
▫ Seek handouts
▫ Contact the professor
with questions or
problems
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Topics we’ll cover in course
• Sport Through the Ages
• Definition of Sport
• Study of Sport
• Chapter Summary
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7. Biblical Foundation: Matt 28:19-20
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Hall Objectives*
• Students will acquire and define information, concepts,
history, principles and
interrelationships about youth sports, interscholastic sports,
intercollegiate sports,
college choice, and the use of Biblical perspective and the
importance of each in the
decision making process of today's sports administrator.
• Students will discuss and examine the impact of social class,
violence, diversity,
and the use of Biblical perspective and the importance of each
in the decision making
process of today's sports administrator.
• Students will understand, apply, and analyze the significance
of print media, mass
media, global media, social media and the use of Biblical
perspective and the
importance of each in the decision making process of today's
sports administrator.
• Students will evaluate the effects of the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit on the decision
making process of today's sports administrator.
• Students will develop a Christian philosophy (character and
integrity) toward

8. decision making in sports administration.
*Use of Bloom’s Taxonomy of Objectives by Overbaugh and
Schultz (2011).
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Questions for Reflection & Study
• In today’s sports environment, what are the most challenging
issues in youth sports,
interscholastic sports, intercollegiate sports, and college choice
faced by those
involved, including sports administrators and others associated
on different sport
levels?
• From a present day perspective, how have social class,
violence and diversity
affected the organizational structure of those involved in sports,
including sports
administrators and others associated from the playing field to
the board room?
• From a media standpoint, how have print media, mass media,
global media, and
social media impacted the growth of sports locally, nationally,
and globally today?
• Does Christianity and the role of the Father, Son, and Holy
Spirit in the Old and New
Testament have an impact on the decision making process of
today's sports
administrator and others associated with the game, including

9. participants and fans?
• As a Belhaven University sports administration student, how
can the development of
a Christian philosophy toward decision making in sports
administration help to
prepare you to deal with current issues and trends in sports?
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Chapter 1 What is Sport and Why Do We Study It?
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What Is Sport and Why What Is Sport and Why
Do We Study It?Do We Study It?
C H A P T E R
Why Study Sport?
• Sport is an integral part of everyday life.
• It builds connections with strangers and
communities.
• It provides identities for cities and schools.
Why Study Sport?

10. • It provides role models in our society.
• It affects our culture, traditions, and values.
Sport Through the Ages
• Early Greeks used sport for celebrating, hunting,
and honoring the gods.
• Spartans used sport to improve war skills.
• Athenians used sport, along with academics and
music, to develop a person holistically.
Discussion
What is the difference between play, games, sport,
and work?
Figure 1.1
Play
• Free activity to explore environment, express
oneself, dream, and pretend
• No firm rules

11. • No set location
• Outcome unimportant
• Pleasure only objective
• Name some examples
Games
• Specialized form of play with more structure
• Mental or physical (inactive or active)
• Informal or formal rules
• Competitive
• Outcome is prestige or status
• Name some examples
Discussion
As many games become more mainstream, there
is often a corresponding movement to organize
them with standardized rules and competitive
events. They take on the characteristics of a sport.
Can you think of any examples?

12. Sport
• Higher order of play or games
• Must include physical activity and skill
• Competitive; outcome important to
participants (and others) and not
predetermined
• Institutionalized
• Requires specialized facilities, equipment
• Name some examples
Definition of Sport in North
America
• An institutionalized competitive activity that
involves physical skill and specialized facilities
or equipment and is conducted according to an
accepted set of rules to determine a winner.
• Important: The definition of sport is always
changing according to a given culture’s beliefs
and attitudes toward sport.
Work
• Physical or mental effort needed to perform a
task.
• Often connected to earning a living.

13. • Professional athletes work when they are paid
to play sport.
• High-performance athletes may experience
sport as work even if they aren’t yet paid.
Figure 1.2
Why We Study Sport
• Personal development
• Scholarly study
• Professional practice
• Important: Global physical health concerns have
enlarged the focus of sport studies to include
exercise, physical activity, and public health
Sport and Exercise Sciences
• Various names, terms, and university
departments for study of sport and exercise
• Adopted standard of kinesiology emerging
• Three domains

14. ▫ Biophysical
▫ Psychosocial
▫ Sociocultural
Biophysical Domain
• Focuses on physical activity from the sciences
of biomechanics, physiology, and medicine
• Areas of study
▫ Biomechanics
▫ Exercise physiology
▫ Nutrition
▫ Sports medicine
Psychosocial Domain
• Focuses on physical activity from the
science of psychology
• Areas of study
–Sport psychology
–Motor learning and behavior
–Pedagogy

15. Sociocultural Domain
• Focuses on physical activity from the sciences of
history, philosophy, and sociology
• Areas of study
▫ Sport history
▫ Sport philosophy
▫ Sport sociology
Definition of Sport Sociology
• Sociology is the study of a society, its
institutions, and its relationships.
• Sport sociology is the study of sport and
physical activity in the context of the social
conditions and culture in which people live.
Discussion
What are some advantages that can be gained by
an individual AND a society when developing a
deep knowledge of sport and physical activity is a
priority?

16. What next?
• Complete your Detailed Reading on Ch. 1.
• Answer the Discussion Questions
• Complete the Writing Assignment: Article
Abstract on any Current Issue or Trend in
Sport.
• Participation
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References
The Holy Bible (New Living Translation)
Required Textbook: Social Issues in Sport by Ronald B. Woods,
2nd Edition,
Human Kinetics, ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-8982-1, 2011
Supplemental Textbook:
The Next Level: Six Perspectives on the College Choice Process
of Student Athletes by
Howard Bartee, Jr., Ed. D. , Createspace, ISBN-13: 978-1-4563-
7776-2, 2010.
Virtual Library Resources:
Research Articles: Locate articles by accessing the EBSCOhost
link and following to

17. Academic Search Premiere.
http://bcblazenet.belhaven.edu/Blazenet/Library/Library.aspx
http://search.ebscohost.com
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This concludes Hall 1