Sport Management Issues Facing Administrators
BLS110 – Sport Management 1
Assignment 2 - Due Friday of Week 11 (25%)
Students are to select a sport management issue facing sport administrators from newspapers, journals, pamphlets, websites, brochures, and magazines etc that you come across during the semester. In 2000 words students should briefly summarise the article and then critically analyse its impact on best practice sport management.
Professional sport today is clearly a commercial enterprise governed by the laws of supply and demand (Walsh and Giulianotti 2007) more than ever before. Sports have transitioned from amateur beginnings into professionally run businesses and many issues now face the industry at large. Challenges in sport such as management of professional and amateur staff, drugs and technology are just a few that sport administrators have to deal with. However, an aspect that has come under intense scrutiny is ethics and money since moving into a professional industry. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa), the governing body of association football throughout the world, is one organisation that comes under significant criticism. Here we will examine the Fifa World Cup 2018-2022 bidding process and how it has affected Fifa‘s credibility with allegations of corruption, and ways how to best combat the issue.
Founded in Paris, France on 21st May 1904, Fifa has been the international governing body of association football. Located in Zurich, Switzerland headed by President Sepp Blatter, Fifa is responsible for the organisation and governance of football's major international tournaments, including the Fifa World Cup which was first held since 1930. Fifa has 208 member associations (The Federation 2011), more than the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proving the influential power Fifa has internationally.
It has been argued that Fifa have been placed under a microscope more than ever before in recent years with fresh allegations arising after the 2018-2022 World
Assignment 2 - Due Friday of Week 11 (25%)
Students are to select a sport management issue facing sport administrators from newspapers, journals, pamphlets, websites, brochures, and magazines etc that you come across during the semester. In 2000 words students should briefly summarise the article and then critically analyse its impact on best practice sport management.
Professional sport today is clearly a commercial enterprise governed by the laws of supply and demand (Walsh and Giulianotti 2007) more than ever before. Sports have transitioned from amateur beginnings into professionally run businesses and many issues now face the industry at large. Challenges in sport such as management of professional and amateur staff, drugs and technology are just a few that sport administrators have to deal with. However, an aspect that has come under intense scrutiny is ethics and money since moving into a professional industry. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (Fifa), the governing body of association football throughout the world, is one organisation that comes under significant criticism. Here we will examine the Fifa World Cup 2018-2022 bidding process and how it has affected Fifa‘s credibility with allegations of corruption, and ways how to best combat the issue.
Founded in Paris, France on 21st May 1904, Fifa has been the international governing body of association football. Located in Zurich, Switzerland headed by President Sepp Blatter, Fifa is responsible for the organisation and governance of football's major international tournaments, including the Fifa World Cup which was first held since 1930. Fifa has 208 member associations (The Federation 2011), more than the International Olympic Committee (IOC) proving the influential power Fifa has internationally.
It has been argued that Fifa have been placed under a microscope more than ever before in recent years with fresh allegations arising after the 2018-2022 World
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