Q This milestone will give you the opportunity to reflect on why you chose your sport organization. You will learn more about your organization by developing a basic profile and deciphering the organizational missions and goals. As you work on this milestone, be sure to review and address all of your instructor's feedback from your Module One journal assignment. In Milestone One, you will also have an opportunity to apply what you have learned in Module Two about finances to your chosen sport organization. Milestone One provides you with an opportunity to obtain valuable feedback from your instructor that you can incorporate in your Final Project One submission. To complete this assignment, review the following documents: • Final Project One Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric • Final Project One Guidelines and Rubric SPT 200 Final Project One Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Overview: In this assignment, you will introduce the organization that you have selected for Final Project One: Sport Organization Research Paper. You will also research the organization’s financial position. Prompt: Submit a draft of the Introduction and Financial Position sections of Final Project One. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Introduction A. Explain your interest in your organization and why you chose it, addressing its appeal both to you personally and to a wider audience. For example, you could explain how your organization exemplifies wider trends or issues in the field. B. Create a basic profile of your organization and the business environment in which it operates. Be sure to include enough detail to be able to use it as support in the rest of your paper. C. Identify the organizational mission and goals, explaining how they relate to the details in the basic profile you created. You will refer back to these throughout your paper. II. Financial Position A. Explain the historical and current financial positions of your organization. Provide examples to illustrate. B. Identify any untapped revenue streams that your organization might consider, discussing any relevant legal or regulatory considerations. Cite specific evidence that supports your position. C. Devise reasonable cost-saving strategies that your organization might employ, discussing any relevant legal or regulatory considerations. Cite specific evidence that supports your position. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One should be 2 to 3 pages in length and should use 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction: Interest Explains interest in organization and why it was chosen, addressing its appeal both personally and to a wider audience Explains interest in organization and why it was chosen, addressing its appeal, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not explain interest in organization 10 Introduction: Basic Profile Creates a basic profile of the organization and the business environment in which it operates, including sufficient details to support paper Creates a basic profile of the organization and the business environment in which it operates, but does not include sufficient details for supporting paper Does not create a basic profile of the organization 10 Introduction: Mission and Goals Identifies the organizational mission and goals, explaining how they relate to the details in the basic profile of the organization Identifies the organizational mission and goals, explaining how they relate to the basic profile of the organization, but explanation is cursory or contains inaccuracies Does not identify the organizational mission and goals or explain how they relate to the basic profile of the organization 10 Financial Position: Historical and Current Explains the organization’s historical and current financial positions, providing examples to illustrate Explains the organization’s historical and current financial positions but does not provide illustrative examples Does not explain the historical and current financial position of the organization 20 Financial Position: Revenue Identifies untapped revenue streams, discussing any relevant legal or regulatory considerations, and supports discussion with specific evidence Identifies untapped revenue streams, discussing any relevant legal or regulatory considerations, but discussion is not supported with specific evidence or contains inaccuracies Does not identify sources of untapped revenue 20 Financial Position: Cost-Saving Strategies Devises reasonable cost-saving strategies, discussing any relevant legal or regulatory considerations, and supports the discussion with specific evidence Devises reasonable cost-saving strategies, discussing any relevant legal or regulatory considerations, but discussion is not supported by specific evidence or contains inaccuracies Does not devise reasonable cost-saving strategies or discuss relevant legal or regulatory considerations 20 Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 10 Total 100%