Unit I - Management of Sporting Events Functions of Sports Events Management (Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing & Controlling) Various Committees & their Responsibilities (pre; during & post) Fixtures and its Procedures – Knock-Out (Bye & Seeding) & League (Staircase & Cyclic) Functions of Sports Events Management (Planning, Organizing, Staffing, Directing & Controlling)- Plan- Blue print, preparation, arrangement often in graphic form. A plan can include specific plays, tactics and positions as well as contingency plans foe potential challenges or changes in circumstances during a game or competition. In sports, it is a pre-determined set of actions execute by individual or team. According to Allen- “a plan is a trap laid to capture the future”. POSDCORB (Planning, Organising, Staffing, Directing, Controlling, Reporting and Budgeting)- Planning- In sports, it is a strategy or game plan in advance of a