historical and social context

Question 1

how do professionalism come about

Answer 1

occurred over the last 3 century
began with tradesman donating prizes
highly organised rural sports often sponsored by local publicans
led to an increase to gambling and spectators which then encouraged event organisers to seek further commercial development

Question 2

what is the definition of noble patronage

Answer 2

nobleman or monarch giving support financial aid or enocouragment to a person or group

Question 3

what are broken time payments

Answer 3

paid to take time off work

Question 4

what did the factory act of 1844 say

Answer 4

used to be a 6 day working week with church, gave working men half a day off to take opportunity in sport
-struggled to play high level clubs willing to make broken time oayement

Question 5

what happened to rugby

Answer 5

1980’s- many working. class men strutted playing rugby- there was a loss of earning was considerable.

Question 6

what did the RFU refuse

Answer 6

to do broken time payments
strong on concept of amateurism

Question 7

what happened in 1893 for rugby

Answer 7

clubs in north put it to the RFU that they should receive broken time payments

Question 8

what happened in 1895 for rugby

Answer 8

Northern clubs decided to break all links with the union and formed Northern football union with payments

Question 9

what happened in 1896/7 for rugby

Answer 9

held a challenge cup- final watched by 13/14000fans

Question 10

what happened in 199 for rugby

Answer 10

professionalism was agreed money coming from tv

Question 11

what happened in victorian sport 1830-1901

Answer 11

mass spectator sport begins to take off
Saturday was Turing point
heathers football club attracted large crowds

Question 12

what happened in Edwardian sport 1901-1918

Answer 12

expanded across all classes
male working class influence increased in football and rugby
women excluded
spectators to professionals increased

Question 13

what happened between the wars 1918-1940

Answer 13

commercialism expanded rapidly
sport as national culture
most sports still class orientated
football most popular spectator sport

Question 14

what happened between 1940- today

Answer 14

increase standard of living
amateur administrators reluctantly allowed commercial forces to enter the world of sport

Question 15

what were the developments in media

Answer 15

media is linked yo commercialisation and sport
masker up golden triangle all linked
media included, newspapers, radio, TV

Question 16

what happened to newspapers

Answer 16

increase in sports recordings
1822-introduced bells life and sporting life in 1865- produced short detailed sports and reports
1920- summarise events and appeal to mass raging audience- popular tabloids focused on football and rugby

Question 17

what happened to radio linked to sport

Answer 17

began in 1922 when BBC formed
sports commentary was not permitted until 1925
some NGB’s were fearful of the impact of radio

Question 18

what happened to TV linked to sport

Answer 18

first broadcast of football match on 16th sep 1937
world war 2 stopped development of TV
multi channeled systems gradually added in 60’s/70’s
TV can now be watched on various devices