Introduction
For the module 2 challenge, I researched the various governance levels of golf, and my group members researched ice hockey, bowling, tennis, and swimming. The general structure of all the sports is similar. They all have an international governing body, a primary professional organization, and all are sponsored by the NCAA, NFHSA, and also sponsored by state organizations.
Similarities
Throughout the five sports, there were many similarities. These similarities include:
• All sports had a main governing body that creates rules, which then trickle down to the lower associations. Golf had the USGA and R&A, swimming has FINA, bowling has World Bowling, tennis has the ITF, and hockey has the IIHF. Although the lower levels of governance may add regulations, the regulations
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The NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA sponsors all five of the sports. With all sports, the initial eligibility is the same, and the amateurism rules also stay in effect. All five sports also follow the similar recruiting calendar, as only basketball and football have different calendars.
• For all sports, the NFHS provides education and guidance to the state associations. The NFHS offers the Fundamentals of Coaching course, which is required by most state associations, as well as specialized courses for the various sports. The NFHS also communicates rules, rule changes, and points of emphasis’ to the state associations and interscholastic programs. The NFHS communicates health and safety policies, such as concussion management and heat index.
• The high school state associations are the immediate governing body of interscholastic programs, and add regulations in addition to the NFHS guidelines, and the rules set forth by the international sport association. A lot of these regulations are detail oriented, an example is in my golf presentation, the NDHSAA adds a dress code, a coaching box, and state tournament rules within their
One position in sport that has always caught my attention is being an athletic director. The reason why is that ever since high school, I have known that being an athletic director means that you are in charge of the athletic department. I will introduce four articles that will talk about not only the responsibilities of being an athletic director, but will show you some problems you may face being an athletic director. I will briefly introduce each article then in the analysis section I will discuss each one. I want to provide the research and knowledge necessary to give an understanding of what it takes to be an athletic director.
Coordinates and supervises men=s basketball, golf, baseball, men=s and women=s tennis programs working directly with the Head Coach; supervises the administration of all other varsity programs through the Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations.
The NCAA is an organization that was established in 1906 to administer intercollegiate athletics. It enforces the rules for various sports and the eligibility criteria for athletes. The NCAA supervises athletic contests for about 80 national championships in about 20 sports per year. The NCAA has gone through some structural changes throughout the years. When the organization first started it had every team and conference on equal levels. It took a while but finally there was some long overdue changes made.
...n athletic scholarship to college. To be eligible to play athletics a home schooled athlete must apply to the association for a waiver of its initial eligibility rules, submitting documents proving what they were taught at home meet N.C.A.A. standards. Under these standards a home schooled athlete who has sufficiently high standardized test scores and proof that they took at least 13 courses that meet the associations core course standards may be automatically awarded freshman eligibility (Blum, 1996). From the recent decisions handed down by the courts, public school teachers and schools are expected to cooperate with home school educators. The hostility between the two groups has began to disappear and the focus has returned to seeing that the students get the best education they can. If both sides of the spectrum continue to work together this can be achieved.
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