Sport Governance Competition – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Exam Review
Sport is a mirror of society, which means that sport managers will need to make decisions about
societal issues as they occur in sport - correct answer ✔✔True
Sport ethics refers only to on-the-field conduct and not to sport-business practices - correct
answer ✔✔False
An ethical dilemma occurs when it is unclear as to which course of action to take or when
reasonable people disagree on what should or should not happen - correct answer ✔✔True
An athletic board which must decide on the employment fate of an athletic director whose
coaching staff has run afoul of NCAA rules faces an ethical dilemma - correct answer ✔✔True
The creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is an example of a sport organization
taking a stand regarding a greater societal issue: substance abuse - correct answer ✔✔True
The Federal Home School Act allows home-schooled students to participate in high school sport
- correct answer ✔✔False
High school athletic directors make up the membership of the NFHS - correct answer ✔✔False
Title IX applies to intercollegiate athletics and not high school sports - correct answer ✔✔False
Participation in high school sport is a privilege, not a right - correct answer ✔✔True
Transfer rules have the goal of keeping students from moving school to school for nonfamily
reasons - correct answer ✔✔True
Sport is a mirror of society, which means that sport managers will need to make decisions about
societal issues as they occur in sport - correct answer ✔✔True
Sport ethics refers only to on-the-field conduct and not to sport-business practices - correct
answer ✔✔False
An ethical dilemma occurs when it is unclear as to which course of action to take or when
reasonable people disagree on what should or should not happen - correct answer ✔✔True
An athletic board which must decide on the employment fate of an athletic director whose
coaching staff has run afoul of NCAA rules faces an ethical dilemma - correct answer ✔✔True
The creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is an example of a sport organization
taking a stand regarding a greater societal issue: substance abuse - correct answer ✔✔True
The Federal Home School Act allows home-schooled students to participate in high school sport
- correct answer ✔✔False
High school athletic directors make up the membership of the NFHS - correct answer ✔✔False
Title IX applies to intercollegiate athletics and not high school sports - correct answer ✔✔False
Participation in high school sport is a privilege, not a right - correct answer ✔✔True
Transfer rules have the goal of keeping students from moving school to school for nonfamily
reasons - correct answer ✔✔True
