Sport is not just about participation. It is also part of the commercial world, managed and marketed to make money. Sponsorship and the media are now significant influences on sport.
Part of Physical EducationSocio-cultural influences
The golden triangle shows the relationship between sport, the media and sponsorship. It represents the commercial 鈥 money-making 鈥 nature of sport.
The relationship varies enormously for different sports and sports events.
Which of the following scenarios reflects the golden triangle in action?
A 鈥 an amateur football club is given new kit by a nearby supermarket and wears it for a photo in the local newspaper
B 鈥 a school receives funding from the National Lottery to build a new sports hall and posts the news on its website
C 鈥 children do a sponsored silence to raise money to buy table tennis equipment for their youth club
A 鈥 the golden triangle creates benefits for the three parties 鈥 the football club (sport), the supermarket (sponsor) and the media (local newspaper).