OCR PE: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORT
Modern sport: Ethics and Deviance, Commercialisation, development of sporting excellence, and the use of technology
THE MAIN COMPONENTS
* Issues relating to drugs and doping in sport in modern times, violent behaviour of players and spectators, and sport-related gambling
* Factors that influence the extent of commercialisation of sport at all levels, its positive and negative affect on sport.
* The extent to which the media has influenced sport, its positive and negative influence, and the part it plays in commercialisation.
* The routes to sporting excellence in the UK: the role and function of schools, clubs, universities and national institutes in identifying and nurturing talent.
* The impact that the development of modern technology has had on sport: on players, coaches, officials, general participation, and the media. In particular, the way that technology has influenced fairness in sport, and changed the way sport is seen as entertainment.