Which choice about the Greek Olympics is true?

Religion played a significant role

Which option best describes the NCAA's history?

Their power in college sport has grown

Which choice about the economic success of the Olympics is correct?

Some cities have profited while others have not

What is the best example of specialization?

Having a long snapper in football

Which is true about the NCAA and televised football games?

They limited how often a team could play on TV until the 1980s

Which is true about Olympic athletes and pay?

They can receive more types of pay than ever

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1
Creating a shot clock in basketball is an example of...
Secularization
Rationalization
Equality
Bureaucracy
2
Which of the seven characteristics refers to athletes having similar playing conditions?
Records
Specialization
Bureaucracy
Equality
3
Who enforced rules in college sport before 1950?
Coaches
The government
No one
Schools and conferences
4
Quantification can also be described as...
Professionalization
Bureaucracy
Secularization
Stats
5
Which choice about the Greek Olympics is true?
The Romans kept them alive
Social class was never a factor
Religion played a significant role
Everyone competed in the same division
6
Which option best describes the NCAA's history?
The NCAA has not ever had any real power
Their power in college sport has grown
The NAIA has more power
The NCAA has always been powerful
7
Which choice about the economic success of the Olympics is correct?
Every city profits
Some cities have profited while others have not
None profit
Atlanta profited the most
8
Major league (pro sports) stadiums have
Made seating less spacious
All of the above
Become more similar in the size of fields
Decreased premium seating
9
Which of the following refers to religion playing a decreased role in sport?
Equality
Rationalization
Quantification
Secularization
10
The White Sox gambling scandal occurred during
1946
1975
1919
1988
11
There are (right answer?) ways sport has changed over time, according to modernization theory.
1
7
Infinite
3
12
Out of the 7, the most important change according to Guttmann is...
Secularization
Equality
Records
Bureaucracy
13
What is the best example of specialization?
Having a long snapper in football
Not keeping stats in a football game
The rule limiting a football team to four downs
Football players needing to play offense and defense by rule
14
The NCAA gaining the power to punish college teams is an example of
Bureaucracy
Quantification
Record
Equality
15
What did the reserve clause ban?
All three of these
Pro teams from changing cities
Free agency
Salary caps
16
Which is true about the NCAA and televised football games?
Teams could play on TV or radio as much as they wanted
They limited how often a team could play on TV until the 1980s
The only limit was not showing local games
TV was not limited but radio was
17
Which is true about Olympic athletes and pay?
None of the above
They can receive more types of pay than ever
They are amateurs
They can get sponsorships but not bonuses
18
What was the main reason the NCAA was formed?
National championships
Player safety
Social justice
Recruiting rules
19
The first college sport was...
Football
Basketball
Track
Rowing
20
Since the Greeks, the amount of Olympic events has...
Decreased
possibly increased or decreased-it is unknown
Remained about the same
Increased

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