SRM 1060 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

SRM 1060 FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 Sandy Koufax compared his role as athlete to a movie star with the following: "The customers come to hear the entertainer perform; they come to watch us live a part of our lives'. What element of sport was Koufax referring to in the statement? contrived outcomes performance spontaneous result production ritualism - ANSWER Spontaneous result production Mandelbaum says the draft and salary cap mechanisms of American team sport point to an overall cultural commitment to: punish poor decisions limit the impact of money as influencer on results equalizing the capacity to take advantage of opportunities making sure the powerful stay powerful - ANSWER Equalizing the capacity to take advantage of opportunities Meaning "to divert oneself" this word is closely associated with the word sport; dissipation disport distraction amusement - ANSWER Disport Mandelbaum revisits an Alexis de Tocqueville observation about the importance of this social construct in the United States above other places in the world. the legal system economic systems the caste system sewage systems - ANSWER The legal system Mandelbaum recognizes two types of heroes created by sport; the star who changes the course of history deserves ________ and the star who embodies the virtues that everyone can practice deserves ________. condemnation; perpetuation admiration; emulation supplication; pronation superlatives; following - ANSWER admiration; emulation This is core reason Mandelbaum credits for the rise of sports of team sports in the United States; Improved transportation Industrial Revolution More leisure time Standardization of timing - ANSWER More leisure time Umpires, referees and judges where special clothing to denote their purpose in the system according to Mandelbaum. White is worn for purity. What does the black symbolize? the sum of all colors blindness finality hope - ANSWER Finality European sports are more comfortable with their events ending in ties. What does Mandelbaum assert this says about Americans? Europe is overly complicated. Americans are more competitive. Europeans are more competitive. Americans are lazy. - ANSWER Americans are more competitive. Which of these institutions was the first to integrate?