Sport Governance Final – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Comprehensive Exam Review

Sport Governance Final – Study Guide, Practice Questions & Comprehensive
Exam Review


The Big Four - ANS ✔✔MLB

NFL

NBA

NHL



1869 First Club - ANS ✔✔Cincinnati Ref Stockings



1876 First Pro Sports League - ANS ✔✔National League (NL)



1901 - ANS ✔✔American League (AL)



1903 - ANS ✔✔Agreement between NL and AL established governance structure for MLB



1920 - ANS ✔✔First Pro Football League - American Pro Football Association (APFA)



1922 - ANS ✔✔APFA changed its name to the NFL



Rival Leagues to NFL - ANS ✔✔AFL

WFL

USFL

XFL



1970 - ANS ✔✔Full NFL-AFL amalgamation and inter-league championship

, 1924 - ANS ✔✔First Pro Basketball League - American Basketball League (ABL)



1947 - ANS ✔✔ABL Disbanded and Basketball Association of America (BAA) emerged



1949 - ANS ✔✔BAA absorbed National Basketball League (NBL) teams and became National
Basketball Association



1967 - ANS ✔✔ABA



1976 - ANS ✔✔(Semi-Pro) Agreement to transfer four teams to NBA

Denver, Indiana, NY, San Antonio



1917 - ANS ✔✔Started with Four Canadian teams



1924 - ANS ✔✔League expanded to the United States (NY, Chicago, Detroit, Boston)



1972 - ANS ✔✔World Hockey Association (WHA) - biggest challenger attempted to establish
itself in medium size Canadian markets without NHL franchises and major US cities



1979 - ANS ✔✔Agreement to transfer four WHA franchises to NHL



League Commissioner's - ANS ✔✔NBA - Adam Silver

NFL - Roger Goodell

MLB - Rob Manfred

NHL - David Bettman