Journal: Business and Youth Assignment

OVERVIEW Journal entry on business and youth. INSTRUCTIONS Select 2 of the following questions to answer. Pick one question from each group of questions. Critical thinking must be demonstrated in each answered question. Group A 1. Since the turn of the century in 2000, what three changes in society have most affected the business model for professional sports franchises. Explain briefly how each change directly affected pro sports. How have business analytics changed professional sports in the past decade? 2. What specific changes would you propose to the sports media coverage of pro sport that would enhance the experience for you personally? What specific changes would you propose to pro sports leagues and teams to enhance the fan experience for in-person attendance at games? 3. If you were responsible for a community budget for sport, what proportions of funding would you allocate to high performance and participation sport. Justify your answer and give specific examples? Does commercializing in sport promote your values? Why or why not? Group B 1. What could be done to drastically reduce the high sports participation dropout rate that is currently about 80 percent during the years between ages 14 and 18? Identity five key barriers to greater youth participation in sports and physical activity. Suggest who should lead in finding solutions to each one and a brief explanation of how these barriers could be removed. 2. After studying the long-term trends of increasing physical inactivity of American citizens of all ages, if you were the president of the United States what would you propose to do to reverse that trend? List at least five key changes that you would propose to the U.S. Congress to enact laws that would provide incentives to American organizations, businesses, and state and local governments to change daily habits of the public. 3. We know that children who are exposed to sports in physical education classes in school are much more likely to continue participation in sport or physical activity later in life. What changes should be made to school physical education requirements to make them an even more effective tool to increase physical activity for the lifespan? Would you allow substitution of physical education credit for participation in interscholastic sports, marching band, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps and extracurricular activities sponsored by and held in the district but that are not part of the required school curriculum. SMGT 406 Page 2 of 2 Based upon the assigned readings and presentations, you will answer all questions using current APA formatting (Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double spaced). All answers must be compiled in a Word document and submitted on the course online platform. Citations from the assigned reading are required in answering the questions. Each answer must be comprehensive, with sport related current examples. Each question must be answered with 400–500 words. Critical thinking must be demonstrated in each answered question. Include a proper APA title and reference page for each journal. At least one (1) peer-reviewed reference is required per question (including at least 1 non- textbook reference per Journal Assignment). Remember to use in-text citations with page numbers from the required readings and include at least one (1) scripture to support your statements for each question. It is important that you spend adequate time on the assignments as you progress through the course. Write your thoughts out effectively as you complete the reading assignments for each Module: Week. Do not answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to any of the questions. Each assignment contains questions that must be answered comprehensively, and the questions are found in the Module: Week assigned. All answers must be compiled in a Word document and submitted via the assignment link in the Module: Week.