The Impact of Mega Events, Such as the Olympic Games on the Hotel Industry in the Host Nation
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This paper looks at the literature and data to determine how the holding of a mega event, such as the Olympic Games influences the hotel business of the hosting city and nation. The paper looks at the way demand is created for hotel accommodation through a range of factors, such as price, advertising, complimentary and competing factors, disposable income and even fashions and tends. Holding a large sporting event such as the Olympic Games impacts on al of these factors and also create new and different pressures. Literature looking at the impact on the hotel industry is sparse, and is contradictory, some indicates short and long term benefits, and others look at long term costs and the negative results. A third perspective argues that the result depend on the city and the level of maturity in the tourism industry. This paper looks at the various ideas and then compares data taken form the hotel industries in Sydney and Salt Lake City to assess the short and long term impacts. Both indicate an increases in demand in the years leading up to the games and fall in demand and income in the years after the games but the levels of gain and loss are very divergent.
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The Importance of Cohesion in Team Sports
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This five page paper considers the role of cohesion in team sports. The writer looks at team cohesion in relation to its determinants and consequences. Included in the paper is a consideration of cohesion is needed in all team sports and how the motivation of the individuals will impact on the cohesion and how this will transfer into the team performance and results. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
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The Importance of Fans in Sports
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A 4 page paper which examines how the sports fans are vital to the success of sports teams and often act as another player, urging teams on to win. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Influence of Hero Worship
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This 11 page paper consider the way in which hero worship may be both a positive and a negative influence on society. Using the examples of sporting stars the paper discusses the sociological and psychological framework that gives the stars their power and how it can be seen to impact on those what 'worship' them. Examples of sporting heroes, past and present are used, including Jackie Robinson, Dwight Gooden and O.J Simpson. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
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The Intimate Camera: Raging Bull
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(5 pp.) There is no doubt about the power of Martin Scorsese's 1980 film Raging Bull: The film was named the year's best picture by Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, USA Today, the American Film Institute and Premiere Magazine. Robert DeNiro's performance as boxer Jake La Motta won De Niro his second Oscar. However, what we will be examining in this discussion is Michael Chapman's brilliant black-and-white photography, Frank Warner's dense sound design, and Thelma Schoonmaker's crisp editing (another Oscar winner). The work of these three professionals puts us in the boxing ring, and in the life of middleweight contender La Motta. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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The Killer Bees: Bridgehampton, NY
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A 3 page paper which examines the success and effectiveness of teams as opposed to groups as seen through the history of the Killer Bees basketball team in Bridgehampton, NY. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Marketing of Manchester United in Singapore
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This 35 page paper examines the United Kingdom football club Manchester United and how it is marketed in Singapore. The club has successfully made the transition from sports club to commercial entertainment whilst retaining credibility and increasing profit. The key to this success has been strategic marketing and differentiation and the use of alliances and sponsorship as well as brand extensions. This paper considers how this has been achieved and examined the underlying theory of marketing in this type of environment. The bibliography cites 26 sources.
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The Motivations for Participating in Extreme Sports
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This 5 page paper looks at the reasons that individuals may choose to undertake dangerous sports. The theories examined range from the psychological need to find risk in a safe society, through to adrenaline addiction and the role of modern culture and the media. The bibliography sites 4 sources.
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The New York City Marathon
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A 4 page book review on Anything For A T-shirt by Ron Rubin, which chronicles the saga of The New York City Marathon and the innovative impresario who made this annual street theater/sporting event possible. Rubin explains how the annual event is much more than simply a sporting event, as it brings together the diverse peoples who make New York City their home in a way that not only creates a sense of community, but is also personally empowering to the individual participants. In addition to describing the marathon itself, Rubin's book is also very much a biography of an extraordinary man, the man who brought the world The New York City Marathon, Fred Lebow. No additional sources cited.
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The Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers, Strategic Management, and Organizational Design
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This 5 page report discusses the business of professional basketball and the fact that it actually has a great deal in common with the strategic management of any corporate entity in terms of its competitive nature, determination, and hustle. The Philadelphia Seventy-Sixers have served as an almost textbook example of the ways in which a professional basketball (or any other sport) team serves as an example of management paradigms that accentuate the most fundamental aspects of managerial conflict, positioning, and the processes involved in re-defining an organization in order to keep up with changing markets and consumers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Philosophic Process in Sports, Ethics, and Social Responsibility
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An 8 page overview of the philosophic process as it applies to such aspects of our daily lives as sports, ethics, and social responsibility. Defines the philosophic process as a quest for knowledge and ethical and moral justification in the choices we make in life. The author contends that it is a process which is, in fact, applicable to ever aspect of our lives. In sports, for example, we seek fitness, knowledge, the enhancement of motor skills, and even pleasure. In our jobs we seek competency and professionality. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The Role of Sports in Society
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This 4 page paper examines the role of sports. Various aspects of sport is discussed including economic, physical and psychological ramifications. Attention to sports administration is included as well. Both positive and negative aspects are explored. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Roman Games:
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This 5 page paper explores the origins of the Roman games which were motivated by morality and service to state. From there, the Roman games evolved into horrifc spectacles of violence and carnage, which served as an instrument of the state. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Significance of Tennis in Australia
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This 15 page paper looks at the sport and the characters who play it and watch it. Demographics are considered in this paper that looks at ethnicity, gender and class as it relates to tennis. The history of the popularity of tennis in Australia is discussed. Statistics are provided. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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The Technologies Used in the Recruitment of College Basketball Players:
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This 3 page paper discusses the means by which college basketball players are recruited. This paper explores the different techniques as well as the many new technologies available which have expanded the available options. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Universal Pattern of Stickball: From the Indigenous Inhabitants of the Americas to the Europeans who Invaded Their Lands
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An 11 page history of the indigenous Native American “game” of stickball and the evolution of this sport to the modern version we know today as lacrosse. Emphasizes the spiritual and ceremonial aspects of the game, noting that in many cases it was used as a means of preparing the people for war. It would come to have a considerable impact on non-Natives as well. Contends that on close examination it becomes apparent that there is a universal pattern in the game of lacrosse or stickball which extends throughout the various cultures and peoples who have engaged in it. This is true in historical times between peoples such as the Cherokee and Iroquois but this universal pattern extends much further as well. It extends in fact from the indigenous peoples who inhabited this continent prior to the arrival of the Europeans who invaded their lands all the way to contemporary times. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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