International factors
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- Created on: 08-06-14 18:58
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- International Factors
- International Events
- Wimbledon
- FA cup
- Formula 1
- Olympics
- Commonwealth
- Tour de France
- Sports with high profile in the media with no world championship
- Premier League
- NFL
- Superbowl
- Grand National
- Why do we have international sport?
- Inspires a generation and increases particaption by stimulating interest
- Brings people together from different cultures/countries
- Creates a home advantage often more home medal winners
- Opportunity to travel as spectators and players
- Political and financial controversies
- 1936- Berlin, Hitler believed in Aryan racial superiority. Hitler refused to shake Jessie Owen's hand. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY
- 1968- Mexico, Tommie Smith and John Carlos wore black socks and raised a black gloved fist to represent unity. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY
- 1972-Munich, Palestinian terrorists take 9 hostages from the Israeli team and 2 were killed. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY
- 1976- Montreal was in a 1.5 billion debt. Tanzania lead a boycott because the olypic comitee refused to bar the New Zealand rugby tour.
- 1980- Moscow, Russia invaded in 1979. USA and 60 other countries boycotted. POLITICAL CONTROVERSY.
- 1984- Los Angeles, Soviet Union and 14 allies boycotted for revenge on the USA. It was also the first Games to make a profit of 225 million. FINANCIAL CONTROVERSY
- Hosting an International Event
- Unites the country and gains a home advantage
- Improves status therefore attracts more tourists therfore mproves economy and buisinesses
- Creates jobs while builiding word class facilities and revamping existing facilities
- Country gets recognised which attracts other international competitions
- There is potential for failure
- Threat of terrorism
- Expensive as some countries cant afford it
- Types of competition
- Knockout
- Only one chance, loads of teams
- Huge numbers and easy to organise
- Round Robin
- e.g group stages of the World Cup
- Lots of teams enter, a clear winner, home and away
- Combination
- Group stages followed by knockout
- Ladder
- Players are ranked in terms of ability levels and a player can challenge someone above them
- It is easy to organise, short amount of time to play it an everyone plays each other
- Not everyone plays everybody else
- Knockout
- International Events
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