SOC 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lebron James, Jon Cornish, Major League Eating
3 Feb 2015
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Most decorated canadian olympian: clara hughes and cindy klassen (6 medals) 2013 canadian athlete of the year: jon cornish (cfl running back) 2012 canadian athlete of the year: christine sinclair (canadian international soccer) 2011 canadian athlete of the year: patrick chan (figure skater) 2008 canadian athlete of the year: chantel petitclerc (21 medals: traditional perspective, physical activity: activities where you sweat or exert energy. Exerting energy is open to debate; there are grey areas with certain sports that have the perception that the athletes don"t exert a ton of energy (examples: fishing, poker, golf): competition: there will be a winner and loser. Institutionalization: 1) when actions/rules of a given sporting activity become institutionalized. Having a standard amount of rules to police the sport. 2) have officials or refs govern and enforce the rules and regulations. 3) organizational and technical aspects become important (ie. judging scores in figure skating, deciding marquee skills to showcase in all star games).
