SEP Exam 3
mid-19070s
Girls were not allowed to play on Little League baseball teams until when?
Dallas Cowboys
The _____ are North America's most valuable team.
80%-90% 35%-42%
Although Title IX has been a great asset in providing opportunities for girl's/women's sports, it has been detrimental for women in coaching positions (at least until very recently). For example, in the year Title IX became a law _____ of high school girls' sports were coached by women, however only 15 years later only _____ were coached by women.
A $1.9 billion stadium, funded with $750 million in tax payer money
As of right now, the Oakland Raiders impending move to Las Vegas is the most recent move of an NFL team. In order to woo the franchise, what was the offer?
172 million viewers
In 2017, the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons faced off in the Super Bowl and it became the most viewed program in North American history! How many people tuned in?
900%
Largely as a result of the effects of Title IX, the amount of girls participating in high school sports has increased by...
10%
Living in 2019 we all know that televisions have become ubiquitous; however that has not always been the case. In 1950 fewer than _____ of the households had a TV whereas now 98% of all households have at least one.
50%
Newspapers may be a bit dated these days, but of what little remains, sports commands! Sports coverage makes up about _____ of all newspaper space devoted to local, national, and international stories!
6,744
One of the main arguments against implementing Title IX is that the adjustment in expenditures has resulted in the loss of men's sports. However, research conducted by the NCAA has shown that argument to be factually incorrect. Between the 2005-2006 and 2016-2017 seasons, there was a net gain of _____ male athletes over female athletes.
Green Bay Packers
The authors of your textbook absolutely love the idea of municipalities owning teams directly without an owner (for good reason). However, there is really one team that has managed to pull this feat off with success. Which of the following teams is the only professional sports team owned by the public?
$472 billion
The estimated size of the entire sport industry in 2016 was...
1920
The first permanent commercial radio station went live just north, up in Pittsburgh! What year did it go on the air?
1972
Title IX was passed in...
16%
Video games dominate quite a bit of the free time of Americans young and old and it has grown into a global $60 billion industry. Of that, a respectable _____ of it is made up of sales of sports titles like Madden.
Tax breaks & availability of sport venues at low costs
Which of the following are considered to be subsidies to sport franchise owners?
