Sport’s impact on spectators

Does sport have a more significant impact on

spectators than on athletes?

Sport has had a major impact on society for thousands of years.

Mongolian Wrestling, 7000 B.C.Small crowds would gather to watch

Roman Chariot RacesHeld in the Circus Maximus ~500 B.C.

Circus Maximus held 150,000 spectators

There were 134,030,000 in-

person spectators of American

professional sports in the 2013-2014

seasons.

Sport SeasonAverage ticket

price (U.S. Dollars)

Total Attendance

Estimated total revenue from ticket sales (U.S Dollars)

MLB 2014 $28.86 73,724,000 $2,127,674,640

NHL 2013-2014 $61.62 21,620,000 $1,332,224,400

NBA 2013-2014 $52.50 21,398,000 $1,123,395,000

NFL 2013-2014 $84.43 17,288,000 $1,459,625,840

The sports industry was a 14.3 billion dollar industry in 2012

in the United States.

Initial: Salaries of athletes, coaches, managers, etc.Direct: Supply chains of uniforms, shoes, drinks, etc.

Indirect: Supply chain’s supply chain- textiles and rubber.

Athletes created 546,144 jobs in 2012 for people who would

otherwise be spectators.

117590; 20%58723; 10%

38950; 7%

34106; 6%

19909; 3%

310972; 54%

Job Distribution (2012)

Entertainers and Performers

Agents and Business Managers

Umpire, Referees, and other Officials

Athletes and Competitors

Sports Book Writers and Runners

Coaches and Scouts

87 percent of college students agree that attending college or university sports events is an integral part of college life.

College students are in college to get an education.

Yet some students spend more time attending

sports events than they do on their own studies.

It is estimated that 50,291,275 people attended

NCAA football games in 2013.

It is estimated that 32,869,227 people attended NCAA

basketball games in 2013.

College athletes do not care about students’ scores on

exams, so why should students care about athletes’ score on a

scoreboard?

We as humans feel the need to expand ourselves, and in

order to do this we place pieces of ourselves into the

things we care about.

Sports teams are put in different cities for this very

reason, so everyone will have a chance to become

attached to a team that will compete against other teams

which many people have become attached to.

This gives spectators a sense of competition with other spectators, which

leads to the purchasing of tickets and apparel,

ultimately supplying more money in athletes’ and

owners’ pockets.

All financial and psychological effects considered, sport seems to have the greatest impact on the spectators, not the athletes.

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