Big four sports and Commersialisation

Baseball, Basketball, American Football, Ice Hockey

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Baseball is adopted from rounders played in the colonial period
False, adapted
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Why was baseball preffered to cricket
It was more fast paced and showed frontier spirit more
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What was the average attendance of the 2007 MLB world series
32,000
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Have people of Afro-American background always been able to participate in Baseball?
No, only since mid C20
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What where the Chicago White Sox guilty of in 1920?
Match Fixing
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How many players died playing American football in 1905?
18
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I believe American football replicates fronteirism because...
Pushing forward to gain territory
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How much does advertising for 30 seconds in a Superbowl game cost?
$2.5 Million
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How was American football invented
Adaption from Rugby
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How is the Title IX effect shown to have worked in Basketball?
Two female basketball leagues started in 1997
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When was Title IX invented?
1971
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What was the average attendance in Basketball in 2007
Around 20,000
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How much more is the LA lakers worth than Liverpool FC?
Around $100 Million
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What accomplishment raised popularity of Ice Hockey in 1980?
Gold in the Olympics
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What is the biggest trophy in the NHL?
Stanley cup
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How much are the Carolina Hurricanes Ice Hockey team worth?
$144 Million
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How long usually are advert breaks in the USA and at what intervals are they shown at?
5 mins, 10 mins
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In what sport in the UK has cultural borrowing in the form of the franchise system taken place?
Rugby League
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How have Rugby League also followed the USA?
No relegation
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When and for how much were rights for broadcasting the premier league soldto BskyB?
1990, £3 million
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How much did ITV digital owe to British football clubs in 2002?
£200 Million
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In what year did Rugby Union convert to proffesionalism?
1990
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Name 3 examples of commercialism in the UK.
Twenty 20, weeknight football, rugby league in the summer.
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What two factors delayed TV use of sport in the UK?
Post war Austerity, people beign able to travel to games quicker
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What factor about grounds delayed commercialisation at sport games?
Seated stadia in USA, terraced in the UK, less family atmosphere
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Why was baseball preffered to cricket

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What was the average attendance of the 2007 MLB world series

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Have people of Afro-American background always been able to participate in Baseball?

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What where the Chicago White Sox guilty of in 1920?

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