1. Different definitions: Sports refers to activities with the main purpose of improving people's physique, health and sports development, including physical education, physical training and sports competitions; Sports industry refers to an industry that aims at commercial profit and realizes economic benefits through production, sales and management of sports-related products and services.
2. Different purposes: the main purpose of sports is to improve the national physique, health and sports development; The main purpose of sports industry is to realize commercial benefits and earn economic benefits by producing, selling and operating sports-related products and services.
3. Different scopes: The scope of sports undertakings includes physical education, physical training and sports competitions. The scope of sports industry includes sports goods manufacturing, sports event organization, sports media communication, sports tourism and so on.
4. Different ways of making profits: the operation of sports is usually supported by the government or non-governmental organizations, not for profit; The sports industry, on the other hand, aims at profit, and achieves economic benefits by selling and operating sports-related products and services.
In a word, although both sports undertakings and sports industries are related to sports, there are obvious differences in definition, purpose, scope and profit mode.