FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA SPORTS HALL of FAME

• The 43,000 square-foot Georgia Sports Hall of Fame is the largest state sports hall of fame in the country.
• Over 1,000 artifacts are on display in the museum. The GSHF has over 3,000 artifacts in its entire collection. Artifacts are displayed on a rotating basis.

• The Paralympic exhibit is the largest and most comprehensive collection on the 1996 Paralympic Games in the United States.
• The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame officially houses the sterling silver bowls awarded to the men’s and women’s champion at the annual Masters Water Ski Tournament.

• The bow-tie worn by Savannah native Mills Lane while refereeing the Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson “bite-fight” is on display.

• Electrical Statistics: -4.5 miles of conduit -24.5 mile of wire or nearly the same distance from Macon to Forsyth, Georgia -815 light fixtures – 63 different types.

• 230,000 bricks were used in construction of the Hall of Fame.

• Nearly 245 tons of steel were used in the construction of the Hall of Fame.

• Glass statistics: -2,513 square-feet of glass -7,591 lbs of glass

SPORTS DRINKS

Sports Drinks are designed to deliver a balanced amount of carbohydrate and fluid to allow an athlete to simultaneously rehydrate and refuel during exercise.  According to various expert position stands, to provide rapid delivery of fluid and fuel and to maximise gastric tolerance and palatability.

Sports drinks should be within a compositional range of 4-8% (4-8 g/100 ml) carbohydrate and 23-69 mg/100mL (10-30 mmol/L) sodium (American College of Sports Medicine et al. 2007).

For situations which require a high rate of delivery to the muscle of newly ingested carbohydrates, drinks containing “multiple transportable carbohydrates” - a blend of carbohydrates such as glucose and fructose which use different intestinal transporters - may overcome the usual limitation of gut uptake of carbohydrate.

Studies show that such mixtures are effective in increasing muscle oxidation of carbohydrate consumed during exercise compared with glucose-based products.

Replacement of electrolytes, particularly sodium, is useful for maintaining the thirst drive.  Sodium concentrations of ~ 10-25 mmol/L enhance the palatability and voluntary consumption of fluids consumed during exercise.   

 Sodium concentrations higher than those typically provided in commercial sports drinks are needed to restore fluid balance and reduce urine losses during the reversal of moderate-severe dehydration.   They may also be needed to replace sweat sodium losses during exercise in situations of high losses (e.g. salty sweaters, prolonged exercise) 

Protein or amino acids (2% or 2 g/100 ml) can be found in a small number of commercially available sports drinks. Some studies show that sports drinks providing protein/amino acids are superior to carbohydrate-electrolyte drinks in enhancing performance or recovery in specific exercise situations (e.g. prolonged exercise).  The case for consuming protein during recovery after exercise is strong and can be achieved by a range of sports products and everyday foods other than sports drinks.  The benefits of consuming protein during exercise on performance of exercise are contentious.  

The taste and temperature of sports drinks are also important factors in meeting hydration goals. Studies show that athletes more closely match fluid intake to sweat losses when offered flavoured sports drinks compared to water (Minehan et al. 2002). Cool fluids are generally more palatable for athletes who are exercising in hot conditions or have become hot though the heat gain associated with high-intensity exercise. 

SPORT (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants, and in some cases, spectators. Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.

Sports is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition, and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports. However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports, although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.

Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.

In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences through sports broadcasting.

According to A.T. Kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is worth up to $620 billion as of 2013.

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