HM 804 Philosophical

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HM 804 Philosophical Contemporary Issues

• Seminar 2

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THESIS STATEMENTS

• 2-3 sentences that express the main idea of your
  paper.
• One, specific idea
• A concise and quick summary of what is to come
• You are expected to develop a thesis statement
  for the Personal Piece, the Sport in Popular
  Culture and the Debate
• Quite a few theses !

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Major Issues in Sport Recreation

• Diminishing level of Government funding
• User pays at all levels of community sport
• of sport dollars going to elite athletes
• Socioeconomic polarisation
• Private Ownership of Sport (Packer vs. Murdock)
• Sport as Entertainment
• Sport is sexy

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Key Delivery Agencies

• Australian Sports Commission ASC
• Australian Health Agencies eg VicHealth
• International Federations, National, State
  Regional Sporting Organisations
• Departs of Sport Rec eg SRV
• Local Government
• Local Sports Clubs
• Private industry

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Impacts of Aust. Sport

• How can we view, analyse and assess the impacts
  of Sport ?
• Economical
• Social
• Political

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Economic analysis

• Tourism spend
• Broadcast rights
• Sponsorship
• Bums on seats
• of Household spend
• 1984 11.5
• 2002 17.5
• Food
• Transport
• Housing
• Sport Recreation

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Political Analysis

• Associating with winners
• Prime Ministers XI
• Nationalism Aussie Pride
• Sources of revenue
• Elite vs. Participation comparisons

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Social Analysis

• The Myth of the Egalitarian Society
• Elite Athletes vs. the rest of us
• Sports stars as Role models ?
• (On ya Warnie !)
• Gender Religion Race (Aboriginality)
• Competitive vs. Non competitive sports
• Activity for life a nice ideal or a reality ?

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Changing Participation Patterns

• Team TO individual
• Competitive TO non-competitive
• Active TO passive
• Organised TO spontaneous
• Volunteer driven TO commercially driven
• Sport TO Health related physical activity