Please write a

Please write a "two part" question (as discussed in class) for the in class part of the final. It is due

November 27. Remember, I like question that integrate lecture, text and readings.

List 4/6 myths thats sports is a mobility escalator. For each one you list explain how they are myths?

Give 3 examples of sports that members of the upper social class tend to play.
Why do you think that only people of the upper class tend to play these sports? (pg 269)

List 3 of the 5 examples the author uses to show stacking in sports. Showing a command of Phillips, why does stacking occur?

Stacking is a situation in which minority group members are disproportionately found in a specific team position and underrepresented in others.
(A) name three positions in any sport and the minority group that is typically found in those positions.
(B) do these stacking patterns reflect how society views each of these minority groups? Does society see one group as being better or more important and that is why they are placed in a certain position?

What are the 3 methods that we can use to assess the truth of
racial differences (logical traps) in sport, and whether they impact performance? Using
these ideas examine the difference between blacks and whites within
the sport of sprinting.

What are 2 of the objections to race-linked physical factor theories? p. 161-7 packet

List the three aspects of the Centrality Theory of leadership. Based on the reading (182-189 in packet) and class discussion, how has this lead to stacking in professional sports, particularly in the NFL and MLB? Are there any other factors that may lead to stacking?

What is Title IX and what has it done to Intercollegiate Sports? (pg 324) List the percent of men and
womens scholarships awarded out of men and women and the NCAA participants between men and women.

List the social sources of gender inequality in sport. p.310
According to class lecture why have men been hired to coach and administer women’s sports?

list the percentages of the races of students the author gives.
Based on the “Gender Play” article, can you recall instances of participating and observing pollution rituals and invasion.
Based on the reading and your personal experience, do you feel as though gender roles are intuitively imprinted on young children?

List the reasons why many colleges don't allow walk-ons to be a part of their athletic teams. Explain the reasons why coaches of women's sports are more reluctant to have (walk- ons) on their rosters.(p216)

What are three components of title 9 compliance (page 82 packet)?
How do they impact male-walk ons?

One consequence of sport monopoly was the right of owners to own and control their players.

List some of the advantages for professional sports as a monopoly. (Book- p. 215-216)

What are two theories to understand athletes salaries discussed in class. Which best helps

Name three ways sports act as vehicle for transferring public dollars to wealthy
individuals and private corporations. Why would Wiener and text challenge
the notion that these monies trickle back to the common citizen.

List two ways in which wealthy investors make money from public funding? Are publicly funded stadiums beneficial to the local community?

List the 6 forms of media. Then tell how each of these has impacted sports over the years. (Pg.238-241)

List and explain 3 of the ways that sports are modified to accomodate tv. What are three dysfunctions of this
trend.

How was televised football games changed the sport?
Professional football used to be for the hardworking blue collar male, Is it still the same Defend why you think it is or why it is not.

3) Name three ways that the mass media has impacted sports.
How has the media change the role of fan and the role of player according to Faludi (Soldout)?

List 4 of the 7 key trends in sports and culture:
Given the four possible scenarios for sports in the future, which, according to the author, is the preferred one and how can we prevent the others from happening? (page 229 in packet)

From the 7 key trends in sports and culture, list 3 of them and give an example of each, as given in the article. And in the future scenarios for sport, please explain what role health specialists would serve.

In terms of the proposals that Weiner mentions, One in particular deals with the doing away of athletic scholarships. Drawing on the sport 7 lecture (pg 51) dealing with athlete's academic performance and social stratification, how would this affect individuals who use these scholarships as a means of financing their college career? Also , how would this, in a sense, affect the ease of upward mobility of individuals belonging to a lower class who are lucky enough to receive athletic scholarships?

What were the four proposals listed by Weiner that could reclaim sports from the corporate stature that it currently has?In the article, the main idea was that the future of sports was in jeopardy because we are getting away from how sports used to be. Keeping in mind the lecture on the Future of Sports, is this problem worth fixing or is it simply the society we live in and one we must adjust to?