IT in Sports

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IT IN SPORTS
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IT IN SPORTS
Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Impact of IT in sports......................................................................................................................2
Ethical implications of IT in Sports.................................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
Recommendation.............................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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IT IN SPORTS
Introduction
Sports have been acting as a business process in the recent years. The main aspect that is
considered is that the revenue that is generated due to sports have been immense since the last
decade. Information Technology has been becoming an inter disciplinary partner of all kind of
sports. Sports psychology, sports statistics maintenance, medication processes are the few
processes that are heavily impacted due to the implementation of IT in Sports. This report
discusses about the impacts of Information Technology in Sports. Proper discussion regarding
the ethical implications of implementing Information Technology inn Sports.
Impact of IT in sports
Information Technology finds its usage in bit indoor and outdoor sports. Indoor sports are
the section that is more affected than the field of outdoor sports. The major tasks that are
performed by Information Technology in the outdoor sports includes updating the health status
of the players (Zhang 2017). In this case it is seen that the players go through several medication
process before qualifying for the games. In this process they are tested to limits and hence their
health is also put under test. The data that are generated in the testing phase are stored in the
database. These data are transacted with all the higher officials for commencing of the project.
This is the one of the major reason that the functioning process of the sports persons get affected.
This process ensures the time that is taken in conveying the data which has been collected is
performed in a least time (Wang 2019). This process also ensures that a proper documentation of
the health status of the sports person is maintained. In case of any kind of emergency during the
occurrence of the sports this data set can be useful. Preparing training schedule is also another
major impact that is imposed on sports department due to IT. In this section the main aspect that