Global Events / Olympics

Question 1

What are the areas that global sporting events have an impact on?

Answer 1

-sporting impact
-social impacts
-economic impacts
-political impacts

Question 2

What are the positive sporting impacts from hosting a global sport event?

Answer 2

• sponsorships for performers and role modelling in media
• raised the profile of the sport so leads to increased participation
• world class facilities and venues which leave a positive legacy for years
• increased funding to ensure host nation do well
• increased revenue for the NGBs for each sport

Question 3

Positive sporting impacts for hosting global events?

Answer 3

-legacy - world class facilities and potential for increased participation
-higher profile for sport
-more funding to elite sport
-sponsorship for athletes / NGBs
-better organisation
-positive role modelling

Question 4

Negative sporting impacts that hosting global events can have?

Answer 4

-underused world class facilities after event
-limited increase in participation. Uptake not sustained
-any deviance or negatives likely to be hyped up in media

Question 5

Positive social impacts on hiring global sporting events?

Answer 5

-showcasing of country and city
-increased sense of pride
-social integration and corporation
-volunteering and job opportunities
-lower local crime rates

Question 6

Negative social impacts hiring global sporting events?

Answer 6

-locals might be displaced to make way for facilities
-increased local prices
-benefits might only be for minority
-increased nationalism
-pollution and terrorist threats

Question 7

Positive economic impacts hosting global sporting events?

Answer 7

-increase income to city/country from tourism
-improved economics due to employment opportunities
-new business attracted
-increase of sales of goods

Question 8

Negative economic impacts global sporting events could have?

Answer 8

-very spenny bidding process
-high cost of hosting and potential debt
-limited long term job opportunities
-high local house or rent prices

Question 9

Positive political impacts global sporting events could have?

Answer 9

-If team does well it reflects well politically
-success gives good impression of the countries government
-shop window effect
-political
Parties light temporarily cooporate

Question 10

Negative political impacts that hiring global sporting events could have?

Answer 10

Coud all reflect badly politically ⬇️
-high costs like long term debt
-protests / terrorism
-lack of or limited long term legacy