Miss McColl - Unit 3

Question 1

Barriers of participation in sport

Answer 1

• Disability
• Gender
• Socially deprived
• Ethnic minority

Question 2

Social Stratification

Answer 2

Form of inequality based on wealth/status

Question 3

How is disability a barrier of participation?

Answer 3

• Only 18% of disabled take part in sport weekly vs 40% for able bodied people
• lack of representation e.g role models
• Negative attitude
• Inaccesible facilities
• Although they have the paralympics they receive less funding and attention than olympics

Question 4

Ethnic Minority

Answer 4

• Selection bias
• Racial slurs e.g football chants
• lack of opportunity
• unequal treatment, by officials

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

• Underrepresented = less media coverage
• Stereotyping and discrimination
• Gender pay gap
  e.g Usa Soccer
  women payed 5,000 per game
  men = 13,000

Question 6

What are the reasons for limited access to sports

Answer 6

1) Wealth = equipment and memberships
2) Attitude = Do you feel accepted in certain sport
3) Levels of disposable income
4) Stereotype = impact of the views of others
5) Lack of Role Model

Question 7

What cases support social stratification

Answer 7

• 2008 Beijing Olympics = 50% of medallists from GB came from private schools, just 7% of the population
• 7% of total professional footballers come from private schools

Question 8

Examples of racism

Answer 8

• football chants / slurs from crowd
• selection bias
• officials treating people unfairly
• lack of opportunity

Question 9

What is centrality?

Answer 9

• People who are more academically superior play in central positions on the sport field, the decision making positions
• Black player mostly found in non-central
  87.5% = running backs in the NFL

Question 10

What is racial stacking ?

Answer 10

• Different people can be guided into different sports due to colour of skin/ ethnicity
• Ideologies that are deeply rooted
  3,000 footballers in england and only 10 are asian

Question 11

Sexploitation

Answer 11

How the media portray women
Fifa president = increase engagement, they have the wear tighter shorts

Question 12

Why are participation rates so low in disability sports ?

Answer 12

= only 18% of people with disability participate on weekly basis
1) negative attitudes
2) Inaccessible facilities
3) Some disabilities are too severe
4) Lack of role models (not projected on media as much) BUT ellie simmonds
THERE IS…..
The Paralympics but less funding recieved vs Olympics

Question 13

Sport as an avenue for social mobility (rags to riches )

Answer 13

= Venus and Serena Williams grew up in comton playing on public courts
- NOW 2 of the most famous tennis player
(faced all barriers but now role models and breaking down these barriers)

Question 14

The role of media

Answer 14

+ Bring overage to minority sport (paralympics, challenging stereotype )
+ Highlight good role models = serena and venus
+ Report truth = drug testing
- Reinforce negative stereotype ( sexploitation)
- Only focus on major sport = lack of role models e.g women disability
- Highlight bad behaviour = negative role models, decrease participation

Question 15

Opportunity, Provision and esteem