Sport Without Management
Abstract
This article seeks to unsettle the taken-for-granted epistemological and ontological foundations upon which many curricular and research-based activities in contemporary sport management are grounded. With an emphasis on that academic field’s development in the United States in particular, the author problematizes the underlying assumptions that guide many of sport management’s concomitant scientific and industrial projects. The article concludes with a brief discussion on how we might reenvisage both the study and praxis of sport management in ways that are not just economically generative, but in ways that might also bring about cultural and social transformation.
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The broader scope of intercollegiate sport management/organization favors market-driven logics that often reduce or remove the impact of identity, resulting in a diminished sociocultural understanding of sport.
“As explained by Newman (2014), the broader scope of (intercollegiate) sport management/organization favors market-driven logics that often reduce or remove the impact of identity, resulting in a diminished sociocultural understanding of sport.”
From “It’s Not Just About Competition – It’s Ceremony”: Introducing the Embedded Indigeneity Framework for Understanding Identity, Mission, and Practice in TCU and NASNTI Athletics (2026) · cites this paper as Newman (2014)
The market-driven logics of the field often leave smaller institutional types understudied or positioned against HPWIs.
“Aligning with the broader body of sport organization scholarship, the market-driven logics of the field often leave smaller institutional types understudied or positioned against HPWIs (Historically and Predominantly White Institutions) (Foster et al., 2022;Newman 2014).”
From “It’s Not Just About Competition – It’s Ceremony”: Introducing the Embedded Indigeneity Framework for Understanding Identity, Mission, and Practice in TCU and NASNTI Athletics (2026) · cites this paper as Newman 2014
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- Authors
- Newman, J. I.
- Affiliations
- Florida State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Newman, Joshua I.
- ORCID
- Newman, Joshua I.
- Venue
- Journal of Sport Management
- Publisher
- Human Kinetics
- Published
- 2014-11
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 603-615
- ISSN
- 0888-4773 (ISSN-L)
- 1543-270X
- OpenAlex
- W2042608993
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 42
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 10 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 11.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Sport Management (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Physical Education and Sports Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Sports Science and Education
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Sports, Gender, and Society
- Keywords
- sports management, epistemology, ontology, discipline construction, social change, cultural change, sport management research, sport management education
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