Information System

And
Sports

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MEMBERS
AMIT KUMAR
ABIN CHERIAN
MARIAM LEAH ROY
SWATI RANJIT
GARGI PRIYADRASHINI
RAHINI
KRISHNA CHAITANYA
CHINU BABY
 Broad areas to deal with

1) How the tools of today's "technological revolution“ can be

applied to the administration of sport.

2) How developments such as the Internet and world

wide web help in specific management functions such as
training and marketing

3) How e-commerce can make participation in sports more

available through lower priced equipment and lastly,
 IS and Sports
 “THE” piece of equipment that allows the
sports administrator to maximize the return on
scarce resources whether this is people,
facilities and equipment or finances.

thesingle most important tool to the sports

administrator to extend the reach of sport to as
many potential participants as possible.
Use of INTERNET in sports
Wide Area Networks (WANs) can link together
sports administrators located throughout a
country. For example, all of the regional offices
of the National Football Association are linked
together regardless of their geographic location.

Internethas penetrated professional sports is how

some pro hockey teams now require their players
to have e-mail addresses as a means to interact
with both the team administration and their fans.
 Sports Administration System
There are three main reasons to use a sports
administration system:

Reduce the amount of time spent on administration.

Reduce the number of errors recorded.

Improve the flow and communication of

information

Ex-
TRAINING & MARKETING
USING IS IN SPORTS
CRICKET
•Hawk-Eye- six or more television cameras
to create 3D representation of ball path.

•Hot Spot- - is an infra-red imaging system

used in cricket to determine whether the
ball has struck the batsman, bat or pad.
SPORTS INJURIES AND IT
OMEGAWAVE - monitors individuals cardiac energy,
central nervous and hormonal systems.

X-RAY MACHINES - gives doctors an inside look to

serious internal problems such as fractured bones,
broken bones sprains etc.

REHABILITATION - allows injured players to work

steadily at their own pace of recovering.
 PROMOTION OF SPORTS
THROUGH WEBSITES
USA Today, which is the closest thing a national newspaper in
America, gets more than three million visits per day. Some
60% of these visits are to its sports pages.

Through the U.S. Sports Academy, for example, one can do

the entire course of study for an accredited Master of Sport
Science degree through the Web without leaving their home.
The same possibilities exist at the undergraduate level through
the International Sports Academy.
 Continued………..
Compared to the extremely high cost of traditional
television broadcast, the comparatively low cost of
"webcasting" will bring to sports fans events that could
never before be seen on traditional broadcast media

The web is not constrained by the limited availability of

broadcast channels and high production costs
 BASEBALL
SABERMETRICS - the mathematic analysis of players batting
and pitching performances.

SCOUTING SOFTWARE - batting averages.

SPORTS BETTING - football, baseball, dog racing, horse racing

DARTFISH - digital imaging software (replay’s an athletes

movement in slow motion).

YELLOW LINE - appears on football fields while watching it on

T.V.

OMEGA WAVE - allows a coach to see how intense the player is

workout based on how certain body parts are responding.
FOOTBALL
Indian IT firms used to selling their services to
banks and manufacturers are now looking to
the world of sport for new business, after a
breakthrough deal with football’s governing body
Fédération Internationale de Football Association,
or FIFA.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd, India’s fourth

biggest software firm, has blazed the trail, signing
a seven-year agreement to be FIFA’s official IT
services provider and its first major sponsor from
cricket-mad India.
E-commerce
and
Sports
 E-commerce in sports
•Ticket Purchasing: Rather than stand in line, you can
purchase your tickets at home. You can even look at a diagram
of the stadium to see exactly where you will be seated.
Ex: Ayers Technology Corporation
 • Online Shopping.
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•Sale and distribution of

sporting goods: Team Fan
Shop
 MERITS:
Time –efficient

Cost-efficient

Removes space barrier between countries.

Increases turnover of the company.

DEMERITS:
 Reduction in employment facilities