Chapter 10. Sport Management. Professional Sport

What percentage of NBA television revenues and merchandise sales come from foreign markets?

• 5% of each

• 10% of each

• 20% of each

• 40% of each

According to Much and Gotto (1997), what are the two most important factors in determining a sports franchise's value?

• The league's having a salary cap and the team's local revenue streams

• The degree of league revenue sharing and the stability of a league's labor situation

• The team's lease agreement and local broadcasting revenues

• The team's stadium revenues and local broadcasting revenues

Although the NFL bans public ownership, it has made an exception for what team?

• The Green Bay Packers

• The New England Patriots

• The Seattle Seahawks

• The Dallas Cowboys

What is not a revenue that is shared under league revenue sharing systems?

• National television revenue

• Gate receipts at individual games

• Luxury seating revenue

• Expansion fees when new teams enter the league

After the 1996 Olympics, a few women's professional sports leagues emerged. What women's sport was not among those to become a professional sport league?

• Women's Soccer

• Women's Basketball

• Women's Fast Pitch Softball

• Women's Tennis

The privileges granted to owners that come with team ownership are called __________

• ownership committee rights

• revenue sharing rights

• franchise rights

• territorial rights

________________ has emerged as a method for leagues to establish themselves in a manner that avoids antitrust liability and creates centralized fiscal control

• Revenue sharing

• The labor exemption

• The corporate governance model

• The single entity structure

In professional sports, the Commissioner has discretionary power in all of the following areas except

• resolution of disputes between clubs

• resolution of disputes over player compensation

• disciplinary matters between players and clubs

• rule making

Who was the first Commissioner hired in all of professional sports?

• William Hulbert of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs

• Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis of Major League Baseball

• Albert Gates of the Professional Golf Association

• Alvin "Pete" Rozelle of the National Football League

What is the only sports league to ban corporate ownership?

• MLB

• MLS

• NBA

• NFL