Sport industry.The sport industry is important to many people whop work in it and those people who use the products and the services it offers. There are three main sectors of sports which are

COLLABORATION AND COMPETITION.

Sport has important benefits for individuals and the country. The sport industry is important to many people whop work in it and those people who use the products and the services it offers. There are three main sectors of sports which are:

The public sector- organisations which the government put the money into the business to keep it running, For example: Herring Thorpe leisure centre. The aims for the public sector are that they provide sports for people in local areas for a reasonable price and are not the best quality of facility. This sector isn’t really built for making a profit; it is mainly for the local people to participate in sport and to keep them fit and healthy. The organisation of the public sector is good but if there is not enou money being made then they can close it down or close just the main attraction down which could be things like a swimming pool or a sports hall if a shortage of money. The people who participate in this sector are the local people who have a good interest in sport and want to keep fit and healthy. The public sectors funding isn’t to make a profit it is just to provide sports for the local people and for them to keep fit.
The private sector- an organisation which aims to make a profit from the business for themselves and other people. These are private clubs which provide facilities for members. The aims that the private sectors have are that they want to make a profit from the business not just for themselves but for other people as well and to provide a club and facilities for the members to use. The private sector is mainly for making a profit for themselves and others. The profit that they make is then reinvested back into the company or is distributed to people and organisations who have invested money for their business. The private sectors organisations are accountable to their shareholders. The private sectors organisations must be able to respond quickly to any changes or demands from the customers. The people who participate in this sector are the people who have an interest in sport and want to be part of a private members club to keep fit in a group. E.g. Sitwell golf club and BODY TECH fitness centre.
The voluntary sector- generally organisations that local people provide activities for the local sports performers. People who do voluntary sectors are the people who give up their time to provide sports for other local people. Often these people have a common interest in the sports or a skill or feel that the activity they do is worthwhile and important like Sunday league teams. The aims of the voluntary sector are that they give the local people chance to take part in sport at their choice. The clubs are set up by people who have an interest in the sport or have a skill I the sport. Voluntary clubs often exist on members paying match fees and membership subscription. They often get involved in fund raising to keep the club going. The people who participate in this are the local people who have an interest in the sport and want to give their time up to take part in a sport and play in a team. E.g. Sunday football league.

Public Sector

The Rotherham leisure centre has sectors which are public. The leisure centre is run by the government and they give the manager of the centre so much money per year and they have to chose what to spend it on like buying new equipment or coaches for the sports that most people like to participate in. also they may chose to introduce some new sports into the centre that people don’t usually do. At the end of every year the head of the council who gives them the money, comes in and interviews the manager of the centre to see what they spent the money on and what they think worked and what didn’t. Sometimes there can be more than one interview with these two people and they could be in the middle of the year just to see if they are using the money right. The public sector is where the government and local authorities provide the facilities for the committee.

Central government.

The money for the public sector comes from:

taxes,
betting duties
National lottery.

They have to pay money out for:

local authorities,
grants to- sports councils
countryside agency,
youth sport,
sports match sponsorship
Armed services sport.

Local authorities.

The money comes in for the local authorities by,

the government
council tax
business rates
grants- national lottery, foundation for sport and the arts, sports council
partnerships with business
Charges for sports facilities.

The money goes out for:

Education facilities, equipment, staff for schools, youth clubs and adult education
Local sport facilities such as polls. Sports centres, playing fields
Grants to local sports clubs or groups

Local authority-Private sector

If someone was to set up a sports centre in Rotherham they would have to get planning permission of the local authority before they would be able to start building the centre. Also they would have to tell the local authority what they are doing in the sports centre to make sure that it is ok for the private members. Also they would have to have a health and safety certificate before they are able to open the centre and let people use the facilities. Also they may need to have police checks on the staff to make sure they are safe to work with other people in the centre, like if they have a crèche they would need to be able to work with younger children safely. The private sector is where companies provide facilities mainly to make a profit.

Money comes in from:

Profit from running business, including national lottery profit
Spectators (paying to watch)
Merchandising

Money goes out for:

Direct sponsorship of individuals, teams and governing bodies
Sponsorship (through sports aid)
Pools company money to the foundation for sports and the arts and the football foundation
Payment fort television rights
National lottery funds to government
Operating sports facilities

Local authority-Voluntary sector

The voluntary sector would need all their staff to have police checks to make sure that they don’t have someone with a criminal record working for them. They also may need to tell the local authority what they are doing in case they are going to be using some of their facilities. The voluntary sector is where the clubs and governing bodies provide facilities for their members.

Money comes in from:

Grants from government
Local authority
Sports councils
Governing bodies
National lottery
Foundation for sport and the arts
Charitable trust
Companies (sponsorship)
Subscriptions
Fund raising

Money goes out for:

Basic running costs
Development expenses

Sources of funding in the United Kingdom sport.

Sports council.

The sports council helps out the voluntary and public sectors but probably not help out the private sector because it is their own business and they have their own money. The voluntary sector can do fund raising to raise some money for their club but they can also ring up the sports council and they will give them some money to help them out. Also the public sector can get money of the sports council if they ring up and ask because they do it for the publics own use and enjoyment. The sports council would give both public and voluntary sectors money but they would give more money to the voluntary sector because they get no money apart from fund raising and match fees. The sports council looks after the UK sport; in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are regional offices in England and there are local sports councils. The sports council has a responsibility for international affairs and for attracting major events to the UK. The English sports council now only has responsibility for its own country, like the other three national sports council. The sports council increase participation in sport and physical recreation, also increase the quantity and quality of sports facilities. Also raise standards of performance and provide information for and about sport. The sports council do many aims to do as their job which were gave to them in 1972 and they still are the same now, they are:

To increase participation in sport and physical recreation;
To increase the quantity and quality of sports facilities;
To raise standards of performance;
To provide information for and about sport.

The sports council have to do many things to reach the aims above, they have to give grants to the national governing bodies to run programmes in order to meet there aims. The sports council also have to run campaigns to advice participation, they also give grants to the sports centres so they can get new facilities, also they run national sports centre and provide information. They also have to work in many other ways to improve the British sport. For example, they are responsible for giving out the money for sport from the national lottery. The sports council don’t just get there money from the government they get it from many different things,

The government gives a grant to each sports council
National lottery money given out by the English sports council will be about £300 million in 1996/7.
Sponsorship from commercial companies supports development programmes.

Governing bodies.

The governing bodies in sport will not help the public sector with any of their task to help out the leisure centre and to help them out with any money problems. Also the governing bodies wouldn’t help out the private sector with nay of their issues they might need help with. The voluntary sector would be the only sector that the governing bodies would help out with any issues that they can help them with. The governing bodies would only help out the voluntary sector because they are running a sports team and not getting paid and they are keeping the people fit and interested in sport. Also they would help them because they have to try and raise money however they can to get money and it is for them and not a business.

The national governing bodies of sport:

Are voluntary organisations with democratic constitutions,
Have members of clubs elected to make decisions,
Use mainly unpaid volunteers,
Have many full time paid officials to run the body,
Are independent of the government,
Are usually members of the C.C.P.R.

Differences and similarities between public, voluntary and the private sector.

The differences between the public and voluntary sector are; that the public sector organises the sports for the publics use and not to make a profit from the sports centre, but the private sector is to make a profit from the users of the centre and for private use only. However the voluntary sector is just to get people interested in sport and not to make a profit, if they want some money for the club then they have to do some fund raising. Also the funding for the voluntary sector would be helped out by the governing bodies because they are running a team without getting paid, but the public and the private sector would not get helped out by the governing bodies because they get money from the club. The similarities between the sectors is that they all have to have certain things for their centre like the public sector get some much money per year and they have to chose what to spend it on, also the voluntary sector have to have police checks on all their staff and the get some help on there funding for the club, the private sector have to have police checks on all the staff and they have inform the local authority of what they are going to do in the sports centre. One of the biggest differences between the sectors are the people who us e the facilities. The public sector is mainly the people who live near the sports centre and who don’t have to travel far. Where as the private sector it is just the people who have made a member of the club. The voluntary sector is the people who are interested in sports and who do it for fun, for example someone who runs a Sunday league team. Another difference for these sectors is the prices, if you were to go and use the public sector centre you would have to pay but I wouldn’t cost a lot of money. Where as if you were to go to a private centre you would have to pay a lot because you would have to make a member of the club, but if you were to go to voluntary you would only be paying things like your match fees and if you got any red cards or fines. Money is another big difference between these sectors, the public sector is not there to make a profit but just to provide sports for the public people. Where as the private sector is there to make a profit from the centre because they need money to run the centre. But the voluntary sector just there for fun and to provide sports for people.

Reasons why people take part in sport.

People take part in sports because:

To keep fit

People will play sports because they want to keep fit and lead a healthy lifestyle. Want to be able to carry on taking part in sports, no matter what.

They enjoy sports

People take part in sport because they really enjoy watching and even playing sport. Enjoy the participation that people do in sport.

Lose weight

People who think they are overweight may take a interest in sport because they believe that they need to lose some weight.

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Reasons why people take part in sport.

People take part in sports because:

To keep fit

People will play sports because they want to keep fit and lead a healthy lifestyle. Want to be able to carry on taking part in sports, no matter what.

They enjoy sports

People take part in sport because they really enjoy watching and even playing sport. Enjoy the participation that people do in sport.

Lose weight

People who think they are overweight may take a interest in sport because they believe that they need to lose some weight.

Have it as a job

People take part in sport because they want to play it all the time and play sport for a job to earn some money.

Become like a hero

People take part in sport because when they have watched a really good player play they want to become just like them and they play it to become someone like them.

Socialising

People take part in sports because they want to make some new friends so they go to sports complexes to make some new friends and meet new people.

Want a physical challenge

Some people take part in sport because they want a physical challenge, sop they take part because some sports can give you the physical challenge you want.

Relieve stress

A lot of people take part in sport because they are really stressed out and they want to relieve their stress that they have so they play sport.

Relieves boredom

Some people play football because they are really bored so they just get there friends to go with them for a game of football.

To keep confidence in yourself

Most people play football because they enjoy it but they also want to keep there confidence in themselves

hobby

Most people take part in sport because it is a hobby of there’s so they start to take part in it.

parents may make you take part

Some people who take part in sport but they don’t really like it but they have to take part in it because there parents make them.

following your dream

Some people only take part in sport because they have seen a really good player who they like play so they think that they are going to be like them.

Seen it on television

People play sports because they have seen it on the television, this may make them want to do some of the skill they have seen on television.

Reason why people don’t like to take part in sport.

Scared of the hard work to keep fit

Some people don’t take part in sport because they are scared of the hard work they might have to do to gain there fitness again.

Think their too unfit

Some people don’t take part in sport because they think that they are too unfit to get back into sports.

Cant afford it

People who like sport but don’t take part in it, it is usually because they cant afford the membership.

Quality of facility and coaches.

People who don’t take part in sport who like sport usually don’t take part in sport because they have no facilities near to them or the quality of the facility is very poor.

Because your friends don’t do it

People don’t take part in sport because they are with there friends and they don’t want to let them down so they don’t take the time out to play some sport.

Injuries- illness

People who don’t take part in sport who like sport, usually the reason can be that they are injured or have some kind of illness.

Family might not want you to play sports

Some people may like sports but they don’t play them because there family wont let them play them.

Your culture

People who like sport who are different races may be scared for example: some Asians may go to a gym and see that it is full of English people and get scared so they go.

Gender

People gender can also stop them from talking part in sport because if you are a boy and you want to take part in dance then people may laugh and insult you.

Lose confidence

Also people who don’t take part in sport may be because they have lost their confidence to play sport.

Cant find time to take part in sport

People may like sport but they cant play it because they may have family problems or they don’t have the time.

Disability

People who are disabled may not take part in sport because the sports centre they use may not have any disabled access.

Politicians-take field to build on

Some people may not take part in sport because the pitch that was near to them may have been taken by the council and they could build houses on it.

Sponsorship

Some people may want to start to take part in sport but they can’t get a sponsor so they cant start there own team.

Recommendations to change or improve participation and non-participation.

The three main reasons take part in sport are:

To become like their hero
Socialising
Seen it on television

People who watch the sport on television may see a person who they really think is good at football and may want to become just like them. They should put more sports on in the morning for the younger people to be able to watch so it gets more people interested in sports. Also there should be more full matches on the television so that they younger children can watch more sport so they can become better and enjoy it more.

Socialising is important when it comes to playing sport. People should be able to go to sports clubs at the weekends so that they meet lots of new people and make some new friends. The clubs should be set up by the public or the voluntary sector but it should still not costs much for a young child to take part in sport.

Sports that are shown on television is mainly at night when the younger children are in bed. More sports should be shown on television when the younger children are not in bed, like in the morning. Television is watched by everyone so it is important that lots of sport is shown on the television.

Advantages and disadvantages of the public organisation.

The advantages of the public organisation are that they don’t have to do fund raising because they get a certain amount of money per year from the local authority and they have to choose what they are going to spend it on for example, facilities and staff. Also the sports centre will get lots of people go to the centre which gives them enough money to run the centre. The disadvantages of the public organisation are that they only get so much money per year and I might not be enough money to do what they want to do or they could run out of money half way through the year. Also they may not be able to keep the facilities up to date and keep getting new equipment.

How best can it ensure that it meets its aims in the future? (public organisation)

It can meet its aims in the future by improving the facilities instead of getting people in to coach and introducing new facilities because this doesn’t improve anything unless you improve your facilities. Also it can make sure that it advertises more in the future to get more people to come to the centre so they get more money and they spend that on what they need like new equipment to rent out to people.

They also could advertise that they are doing a special offer for one night a week so they get more people to come and more money, such as pay for one person on any sport and get another free or half price.

Another most important aspect to meet its demands in the future are that they need to have friendly and knowledgeable staff who are willing to give up their time to help out others who want their help.

Also the leisure centre would have to find out what other centres are doing near them because they need to stay up to date and keep the competition going to try and get more people into the centre. Also the leisure centre would be able hold other activities apart from sport and rent the halls and fitness suit out to the public and clubs, for example they could phone a sports team up and offer them there sports hall for a certain time and a knocked down price. Also they could hold activities for the older people like a bingo night and parties. Also to bring more people into the sports centre they could hold parties for the younger children which they could run there self one or two nights a week to introduce the younger children to sport, also to get younger children to come to the sports centre they could hold a youth club or two for certain year groups.

Voluntary sector organisation.

It can meet its aims in the future by improving there managing skills by saying that the government will pay for people to become a level 1 in coaching so that they can become a Sunday league team coach and referee there matches with the right quality of skills. The voluntary sector could do things itself do keep them running like organising some fund raising events to pay for things like coaches and new kits and pitches. They also could advertise for new coaches or people who may want to help out the coaches and when they think they are good enough than they can go and get their level 1 in coaching and become a qualified coach for Sunday league team, or coaches that are already qualified.

Private sector organisation.

The private sector can meet it aims in the future by helping out the public sector with any problems that they might come across in the future. Like they could give the people who are in the public sector a cheap membership for a month or something like that. This has some benefits but also it could have some bad things about it like if the people who get a cheaper membership start to mess around in the gym and this could stop the people who usually come from coming because they could be putting themselves at risk of getting an injury. Also they could advertise more in the news to try and get more people to come and join there gym or sports centre. They could advertise more than just there gym, they could advertise some free offers. They just don’t need to advertise in the news because they could make there own posters or leaflets to put around.

Sources of funding.

Sports are an important part in people lives all around the world. Surveys that have been done show that 36 million people, that is about two out of every three people, take part in sport and physical recreation at least once a month. Sports are valuable to society for economic reasons:

Sport provides jobs for nearly 500,000 people;
Sport pays £3.6 billion in taxation;
Sport attracts £9.75 billion of people’s spending.

Sponsorship.

Sponsorship means that a business or other organisation provides money or goods in return for linking the name of the business or a particular product with an individual team, sport or competition. Sponsorship is a very important source of funding for many sports teams and competitions. Without sponsorship many sports would find it difficult to continue in their present form, and many competitions would struggle to continue at all. Sponsorship is becoming increasingly popular in certain sports like football and has a number of benefits.

Sponsorship can be used to advertise their company to people who watch sport. In the sports centre they are not get a company or organisation to sponsor the sports hall. If a company does sponsor the sports hall then they would get so much money from them and they would be able to spend that money on what they want to like new equipment or things. If a company like soccer sports or JJB sports sponsored the sports hall they would benefit from it because they would be able to show people that they have a shop and they could get a discount from the objects they buy. Also people wouldn’t be able to miss the sign saying JJB sports hall because it would be above the main doors when they walk up the path, also they would have their name in the daily newspaper as well so people new that they were a real sports shop, also when people see the name JJB sports they may want to go to the shop to see what clothes they can buy and sporting equipment they can buy as well.

Income from mass media or advertising.

Income from mass media or advertising is becoming very popular in sports because most of the companies and clubs all advertise their players and the new sporting equipment they get like football shirts. Most sports clubs get a lot of money from their advertising and mass media because some sporting companies like adidass ask football players if they would do and advertisement for them to show there new objects. Most companies would pay professional football players to do an advertisement for there company.

Most of the new sports clothes and equipment would be advertised by a professional player and would be made to look very good and more people would buy it because they think that if professional player will ware it then it must be good.

National lottery funding

Most sporting companies get money from the national lottery. The sports England will be the head of the money and they will decide which centres to give the money to. Then when they have the money they will decide which part of the centre to spend it on like in a sports centre they would decide which sport to spend it on and what part of the sport to spend it on. The National Lottery was established to raise money for good causes to benefit communities throughout the UK. Good causes include arts, sports, charities and community organisations, heritage and initiatives in health, education and the environment.

Grants

Grants are mainly available to sports clubs and associations, arts groups and community groups. The grants are designed to provide financial assistant to local clubs and organisations to support and improve sports, arts and other leisure activities.

Grants have quite a big part to play in sports because they are like fund raising but you can’t use the money from these to provide things like personal clothing and equipment and team kits. The money that they get from the grants can be put towards the cost of specialist’s equipment, special events, or initiatives and in appropriate cases an individual’s competition and training expenses.

Increased changes (either generally or specific services)

In some sports centres if they prices increase it could make people stop coming to the centre because they are paying more money for the facility but not getting a better facility to use. This could make the business lose out on money dreadfully because some people may not want top pay more money for the facility.

If a sports centre increased the price of there facilities even just by 5p it could still make them lose out on a lot of money because some people may not want to pay over a certain amount of money for the facility because it may not be a good quality of facility.

Fund-raising events

Fund raising events are quite popular in sports like football, because the club managers all try to raise as much money as they can for their company to get better facilities and players. Also the players can try to raise money to put towards the centre.

Fund raising in sport can earn sports clubs a lot of money if they raise the money in the correct way and not just any way. Some fund raising can be successful for example: if they needed money for a new stand they could say pay so much and you could have your name in graved on a brick in the stand.

Report of which type of fund raising I would use:

I feel that the best sources of fund raising are the sponsorship and income from the mass media. There are a lot of ways to raise money for the centre but I am going to write about the ones that I think I would use in my centre and the best ways to fund raise.

The type of fund raising I would use in my sports centre would be:

Sponsorship: I would use sponsorship in my centre because you don’t just get the money from their advertisement you also get publicity, because when they sponsor you then you get your sports centre advertised to almost everyone because they could either have you on the television or put posters all over. The good things for them if they sponsor your centre is that when people go to the centre they see the name of sponsor and then they go to the shops to see what it is like, this means that the sponsor will get people buying there clothes or equipment that they sell because the people that see the sign may think that it is a good company. Sponsorship would help out my sports centre because it would fetch money into the centre so that they would be able to either buy new equipment or introduce a new sport. If they bout some new equipment they would be able to get it cheaper because they are sponsoring them. I think that sponsorship is one of the best ways of helping out my sports centre because it will get sponsors and advertisement as well as getting money to put towards the sports centre. Also this helps out the sponsors because they get people going to their shop.

Income from mass media or advertisement: I would use income from mass media and advertisement in my sports centre because you get money from the advertisement but also you get publicity from the mass media because they advertisement the sports centre to almost everyone local. The sports centre will also get money from mass media and advertisement because they get money from the mass media, they will also get money from the advertisement because it will introduce the centre to more people and it will get more people coming to get sports centre to test how good it is. I think that this will help out my sports centre because it will advertise the sports centre to mostly the public people who are the ones who are most likely to come to the centre. This will also raise some money for the centre and they will be able to spend that on what they want or what they need.

National lottery funding: I would use national lottery funding in my sports centre because it will give a lot of money to the sports centre and it would be then possible to upgrade the centre either with new facilities or upgrading the facilities they already have. The national lottery was established to help out sports centres and other centres. I think that this would help out my centre because it would bring more money to the centre which would be able to upgrade the centre a lot, they would either spend it on new facilities or and new sport to be introduced to the centre. This would help out the centre because more people would want to come and try out the new facility to see how good it was and to see if it is interesting.

Comparing different types of money raising schemes.

As I have already mentioned there are many types of ways to raise money for you sports clubs. Now I am going to write about a few of the and compare them;

Sponsorship is when you get involved with another company and raise money by getting a sponsor for your sports club. Sponsorship is different to fund raising events because fund raising events is doing things to raise money for yourself and sponsorship is getting a sponsor for your sports club or team but still get money from it as well. Sponsorship and fund raising are both different to income from mass media or advertisement because those two you raise money and get a sponsor or just do it for yourself or the income from mass media gets you more in the public so you get more people to come and raise money at the same time. Also national lottery funding is different because you have to apply before you can even start to get any money from them so this is a much more complicated way to raise money. Another way to raise money is to get grants but you also have to apply to get grants so that is another more complicated way to raise some money for your club. Another way to raise money is the increased changes generally and publicly so it gets more people to want to take part in sport. The ways of fund raising I think are the best are the fund raising events because they raise money but it is a lot more simple to do and also the other best and easy way is to get a sponsorship because you will get money from it and also you will get a sponsor which makes you look better in public and stand out more.

Advantages and disadvantages of the ways of fund raising I would use in my sports centre.

There many ways of fund raising but some are not as good as others the ways that I have chose are the sponsorship, income from mass media and advertisement and national lottery funding. The ways of fund raising that I have chose have some advantages and some disadvantages.

Sponsorship: sponsorship has both advantages and disadvantages, some advantages are good and will help out the sports centre very well, but there are also some disadvantages which can be bad for the centre. Here are the advantages of sponsorship, the best advantage of sponsorship are that they get money from the sponsor which they spend on what they need to spend it on, also they get more public people coming to the centre because it will be advertised in the centre in sports shop so people who shop there and see the sign will go and see what the sports centre is like. Another advantage of sponsorship is that if they are sponsored by a company that runs a shop they would be able to get their equipment at a cheaper price because of the sponsor. Also they will get a lot of publicity from the sponsor if they were to get sponsored of a sports shop. The disadvantages of sponsorship are that they may not get the type of sponsor that they want and the sponsor may go all wrong and they may lose their sponsor.

Income from mass media and advertisement: this also has both advantages and disadvantages here are some of them. The best advantage for income from mass media and advertisement is that you get a lot of publicity and your centre could be on the television. This would get more people to come and visit your centre because they would see it on either a poster or on the television, also this would get you more money for the sports centre because you would get money from the advertisement and the mass media. Then the money they get they would be able to upgrade their centre. The disadvantages of the income from mass media and advertisement are that it could be a bad advertisement and it could make people not want to visit the sports centre to try it out.

National lottery funding: This also has both advantages and disadvantages here are some of them. The advantages from national lottery funding are that you get money from the sports England and you get to spend it on your sports centre on either upgrading a sport or introducing another sport. Another advantage of national lottery funding is that the money is only for the local centres but it is not just for sports centres. A disadvantage of national lottery funding is that you are not sure to get the money from the sports England for your sports centre. They decide which centre is going to make the most out of the money and then give it to them.

Summary.

There are many ways of fund raising and I have just talked about a few ways but there are some ways of fund raising that can interfere with the money coming in so they may not get as much money from the way that they have tried to raise some money.

In the summary to this I feel that the three types of fund raising I have chose will do quite well in my sports centre because they cant really make it lose out on any money because they are just to try and raise money and not spend any while doing this. The three types of fund raising I have chose I think are the best ways to raise money for any sports centre and not to lose out on much.

I think that sponsorship is the best way of raising some money for my sports centre because it would be advertised more not just on posters but also in the shop of the sponsors if they run a shop. Sponsorship would fetch a lot of money into the sports centre because younger people would see he centre in the sports shop and think that it will be good so they will go to see how good it is.

Fund raising plays a big part in sport now because if there wasn’t any fund raising then the sports centres would not be able to upgrade there facilities and equipment. As I explained in the three ways of fund raising some ways would not be so good because it could put them out of business like the national lottery funding they could need the money very badly to keep them ruining and they may not get the money because some other sports centre could need it more. If they wasn’t fund raising in sports now the sports would not be as good because the sports centres would not be able to keep up to date with the new sports that may come out.

Notes for those who are to talk to the general public.

Some people do not take part in sports because they are not really a sports fan and hey think that if they do sport and they try doing something other people may laugh at them if they do it wrong. Other people don’t take part in sport because there is either no sports centre near to them or they don’t have time to go to a sports centre. One of the main reasons that people don’t do sport is that they cant be bothered, or they don’t want to go to a sports centre that have rubbish facilities like the one that could be near to them. There are many things that can be done to get more people to get interested in sports: like the sports centres that are public could improve their facilities so they get more people to go to their sports centre.

At my sports centre we offer a range of sports and mainly they are all the best quality facility. We keep up with the new sports so that more people stay interested in sport and to try and introduce sport to more people in the public areas near the centre.

There are many reasons why people do and don’t take part in sport but most of the reasons are significant.

Take part in sports.

To keep fit and healthy.

Live a healthy lifestyle.

There are many reasons to take part in sport here are some of them: most people tale part in sport because they want to lose some weight and keep fit.

Don’t take part in sports.

People don’t take part in sport because the facilities that they use are rubbish and they want to play sports in good facility. Also they don’t want to hurt thee self so they need to play in a safe environment with a good quality of facility. Also some people don’t want to keep fit and live a healthy life style.

Effects of mass media in sport.

There have been many accidents in sports not only just the players but the managers and the fans. Some people see things that happen in sport in the news and stop their children playing that sport because they think that the same is going to happen to them. Also people from around the world may think that English sports are very dirty and dangerous and don’t like to watch the sports or even play them. Also if the manager did something bad no matter what happened it would still be shown in either the newspapers or on the television. All different people have different views of sports here are some of the accidents that have happened in the past.

Tackle by Essien on Liverpool’s Hamann.

There have been many things that have made the newspapers and the television here is one that was a really bad tackle. Michael Essien who was a Chelsea player and made a really bad tackle that could have stopped Hamann the Liverpool player from playing football for a long time because he could have broke his leg. This has changed lots of people’s thoughts about football because they like the sport but they don’t want to be a victim of tackles like this because they could be the unlucky one that could get a broken knee from it and it will be very painful. It has changed people views of football around the world not just in England. This has changed people’s views about Chelsea as well because people may think that they don’t care what there players do in a game because they have all the money that they need and can afford them to get fines. I choose this one because it is a very good example of a tackle that should have been a red card but the referee didn’t see it properly so he couldn’t give him a red card. This also shows people that their can be two sides to football one that can be just for fun and play fairly and the other is when people play for trophies and that’s when the players start to get violent and play dirty. This tackle would be every where and everyone would know about it even if they didn’t watch the game because it would be in the news a lot because it is an outrageous tackle, it would also be on the internet and the papers because all the news reporters would have been at the game and some of them may have been able to interview them after the match. Also the Liverpool’s Hamann or the managers may go and talk to the local newspapers or something and get them to put it in the newspapers and they will not say what happened really they will make it sound worse then what it was and really slag the Chelsea team and manager off.

Paul Gascoigne.

Another sports related disaster that made the television and the newspapers is when former England football star got arrested for assault to a public person. This makes people think that they don’t want to let their children play football because they don’t want their children to turn out like him and get arrested for an assault. Also the parents of some children may not let them use him as a roll model to follow his footsteps and become a footballer because they might turn out like him. Also the people from around the country could have seen this and may think that they are not going to play against him because he might try to assault them and could stop them from playing football for a long time. People may also think that because they are a footballer they can get away with doing anything because they are famous and have to tell the truth so that they can get out of prison for there next football match. People from all around the country may see this and think that England is a country were people can get away with most things especially if you’re famous and may make them say that they are not going to go to England because it’s really dangerous. Also people from around the world also will see this and think that every time they have a game against an English team then they are at risk every time that they walk out onto the pitch they are at risk of this man attacking them. Also the parents of the players may have to play a English team will be scared that he might turn on their child and assault them. I choose this example of sport related disasters because it shows how football players get accused of doing thing s and even if they did it they would just get released. This would not be able to be kept quite either because it is a footballer that has assaulted a member of the public. The person who got assaulted will have gone to the police or the newspapers to tell them about him assaulting him because he may want to sew him. Also the press may have been outside the hotel and seen it so they would write about in the newspapers.

Phone thrown at Rooney.

Other sports assaults can be very dangerous like this one could have been. This is about Wayne Rooney getting a mobile phone thrown at his head while playing a game of football. This could make people think that they don’t want to play sports because they don’t want to risk getting objects thrown at them from the crowd. Also the parents of the children who want to become professional footballers may be scared every time that their child goes on the pitch because he is risking getting thing thrown at him from the crowd. This makes the people from other countries not want to come to England and play football because the crowd are hooligans and throw dangerous object at the players and try to stop them from playing football because there team is loosing. Also people from around the world don’t want to come to England to watch their child or friend play because they are scared of the crowd, also the players are risking things getting thrown at them every time they go onto the pitch. People also think that they are not going to fulfil there dream to become a footballer because they don’t want the crowd to throw objects at them just because there team is loosing. Also its not just little things that get thrown onto the pitch like coins but also they throw bigger missiles and more dangerous things like flares. I choose this because it is an example of reasons why some players are scared to go out onto the pitch because they have to watch for missiles coming towards them. Also it shows how dangerous some football matches can be because coins can split people heads open. This was not a thing that the member of the crowd would have got away with because he was caught on camera by the camera men and also Wayne Rooney would not be able to carry on the game when it hit him because it would have hurt him. Also Wayne Rooney would have wanted to do something about it and he may have been interviewed after the match by the press and they would have written everything down that he said and make a story out of it.

Rio Ferdinand assault.

Some sports have all different kinds of assaults in them but the one I am going to talk about is a football player Rio Ferdinand who got charged for assaulting a man outside a hotel early hours Monday morning. This makes some peoples parents not want there children to become a man like him because they may end up doing things like this thinking that they can get away with it. This is a really bad example of sports assaults because younger children may use Rio Ferdinand as a roll model; this assault is bad for him because not as many people will want to follow in his footsteps to become a professional footballer. This doesn’t just stop parents from letting their children follow his footsteps but it also stops people from around the country wanting to come over to England to play football because they will think that the English are really dirty and dangerous to play against. Some children who want to become a professional footballer will want to fulfil their dreams but with things like this happening their parents will be strongly against them doing this because of what happens in the football. Lots of people don’t like it when footballers get accused of things that they might have done and most of the time they get away with just getting a fine or something, which makes people think that they can get away with most things that they do, because its not just one or two players doing it most of the players have been accused of doing something but got away with just a fine. There are not just people in England that find this news out but everyone all over the world finds it out because it is on the news. This makes people from around the world think that the English footballers are really dirty at football but also are not scared of being charged by the police or even arrested. This doesn’t just scare the players but it also can scare the fans that are coming to watch it in case one of the players gets mad and attacks a fan or something. It also scares the parents, because there children may want to come over to England and play professional football but there parents may be scared that there child may turn out like one of the English footballers who they think are really dangerous to play against. This also makes people from around the world scared to visit England if there team that they support have to come and play at England against one of the English teams. This was also not a thing that would have been kept away from the news because they person who was assaulted would be wanting to do something about these two players assaulting him outside a hotel.

The Olympics coming to London.

Some sports get more coverage than others like the football incidents that I have talked about above get more coverage than the Olympics. The Olympics only gets coverage once every four years when the big Olympic Games come on, when it starts it has a lot of coverage but it only happens once every four years. There is a lot of coverage because many things happen during them like if some of the athletics think they are not fast enough they may take some drugs to make them able to at least keep up with the rest of them. The Olympics gets some coverage before it starts though because they have to decide were it is going to be held, like in 2012 the Olympics is going to be held in London. There are many reasons why it can affect people from taking part in the sport because they may believe that if you’re not fast enough you are allowed to take drugs to make you fast enough to keep up with the others in the race. Also this may change children’s parents views on athletics because they don’t want there child turn out like them and take drugs to run faster. This can also get people interested in sport because they may be fast at running or good at some type of athletics so they may want to go into the Olympic games in the future because they may want to do it for there country. The Olympics may not get people interested in taking part in sport but it may get some people to watch it because they want to see how well they country do in it.

Many athletes live within a strict social or dietary guideline. To cope with stress general fatigue and weight control they take stimulants, to relax and manage weight control.

There are many events in the Olympics one that I am going to talk about is weight lifters that use drugs to be able to keep in the weight category that they should be in and also they increase the amount of urine produced, they dilute the concentration of other drugs in the urine. The possible side effects that they get from taking drugs are dehydration, dizziness, cramps, and heart damage and kidney failure. The drug that I have just talked about is called diuretics which weight lifters and rowers etc take to be able to keep in the right category. There are many drugs that people take in sport different people take different drugs like a weight lifter would be the one to take a diuretic drug because it allows you to lose weight quickly but it also has bad things that happen if you take them. If you take too many diuretics are taken then it can lead to dehydration and sometimes severe potassium deficiencies, which can be really dangerous.

Media.

There are many types of media the most popular ones are the internet, television and newspapers. Different types of media cover more than others like the television sometimes gives more information about the things that happen and sometimes the newspapers could either be a different story or things could be missed out or added on by the newspapers. Also sometimes different Medias may have completely different stories about the incident that has happened. For example; the news reporters who interview the person in person could get a different story to someone else because he might tell them more than or not as much as he did, also some people could add on things that he didn’t say or a witness could give a statement and tell them exactly what happened.

Effects of mass media on two sports.

The media covers sports differently like they cover football a lot different to Olympics, because they have more football coverage and they also put football on most of the time, Football is on most of the time at night. The Olympics only comes on the television once every four years so they don’t get much coverage. People watch the Olympics when it comes on but football is on a lot more than the Olympics. Also some of the Olympic sports are minority sports and football isn’t.

Football.

Media has a massive effect on football because the media is football. Like football wouldn’t be the same without the media. When there is important matches on or the world cup is on football is on at least once a week. So football needs the media to show people the sport. When football is on for the world cup most people who are not really interested in football but still like it start to buy footballs and shirts and start to play it, but when the world cup goes of they then stop playing it as much. People play football and watch football mostly when the world cup is on because they don’t want to miss a match that their country is playing.

Olympics.

The media also has a massive effect on the Olympics because when the Olympics start people start to take part in the Olympics on then buy things to take part in it. People only play or do things that they do in the Olympics when it comes on for the medals. People pay to take part in it but then when the Olympics finish they then stop doing things to do with the Olympics. This is a good effect because the people who start to do things from the Olympics and this makes them but things that they need but then when the Olympics stop they stop buying things and stop using them.

Amount of sport on television.

I have been working out how much sports is on television roughly in hours and now I have put it into a chart, as you can see from the table sky television has much more sport on than normal television channels (television).

This table shows that there is much more sports on sky than there are on normal television (terrestrial). It shows that sky has just over 500 hours of sport on and the terrestrial has less than 100hours of sport on.

This table shows how much of the winter Olympics is on television on sky and terrestrial in one week.

The table shows that there is much more winter Olympics on sky than there are on the terrestrial channels. It shows that there are 168 hours on sky and only 50hours on terrestrial.

Conclusion

As I’ve already said the winter Olympics doesn’t get much media coverage but my other sport that I have talked about gets lots of media coverage. The winter Olympics starts to affect the media when they start to do well in the Olympics, like if England do well then the English supporters start to want to take part in it and try to do it themselves at the sports centre and places that do the sports near by.

My other sport I have talked about is football and that gets a lot of media coverage. This affects the media coverage because when something bad happens during a match that is on live on the television then everyone can see what happens so when the younger people see it they think that it is ok to do what they have seen so they do it in their match. When this happens it changes people’s views of football and it makes more people think that it is a bad sport if things like this keep happening.

My suggestions for the media that are the FA benefits the media they could put the match of day highlights on in the morning at the weekend for the younger children to watch it so they get more interested in sports at a young age (football). The media could also have a referee on the match of the day as well as an old football player, to be able to say why the referee made that decision and what decision they would give. Also the FA could put more football on in around the world so that when they go on there tours the people in the other countries will know who they are so they will want to get some of the team’s or players merchandises and so that they other people know how good they are.

My suggestions for the media and the Olympics are that they could put more Olympics on around the world so that it gets more people interested in the Olympics and taking part. Many things can be done to get the Olympics better but they haven’t done it so I am going to say a few things that I think they could do to get more people interested in the Olympics. The media could show some of the athletes stretching of so that they people who start to take up the Olympics will stretch of before they start running so they don’t do themselves any damage.

Bibliography.

The main resources I use was the world of sport examined (2nd edition) written by Paul Beashel, Andy Sibson and John Taylor.

The book BTEC FIRST sport written by bob Harris, Ramela mills, Shannon Parker-Bennet