Lecture 4 Flashcards

1
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Prior to 20th century society was

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Much less organized
Sport was less organized

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2
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As society became more organized and structuered what happens to sport

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Become more structures and took next step to develop teams and leagues

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3
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Once league was created

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Leagues could play one another
Organized rules (ex, uniforms)

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4
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why rules

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So fair
No one can change rules to benefit them when playing another team

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5
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What started to become heavily involved when thing began to be structure and schedules

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Money
Spectators watching

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6
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Once money began to flow in what became important

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Incentivizes to win
People dont watch losing teams

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7
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What is sure way of being successful to make more money

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Better players
- started to pay players

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8
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What was wrong with paying players

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Seen as going against British ideals of playing sports for right reason
Payed players under table

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9
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What causes fight when began paying players

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Some teams were paying and others were not
Unfair

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10
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What is the dominant fight in candian sport

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Amateur vs professional

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11
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What is Industrial Revolution

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Creation of infrastructure and rise mechanization of labor (rise from agricultural society to industrial society)

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12
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What did new technology cause

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Acted as labor savers and productivity multipliers
Instead of horse pulling plow now a tractor
Labor costs go down

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13
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When farmers get mechanization what happens

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People can’t get work on farms
Go look for jobs in cities

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14
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Urbanization

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Movement from people from countryside to cities

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15
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What absorbs excess labor from farmers

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Factories

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16
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Prior to Industrial Revolution what was Canada primarily

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A rural country

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17
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What did people moving into cities cause

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Organization because urban density increases
Rules reduce conflict

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18
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What is an urban industrialized society

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A time structured society
Time did not matter in countryside
Whole day is structure in city around being on time for work

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19
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Why does organized sport work in industrialized society

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Everyone shows up on time
Spectators know when to show

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20
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What happens to equipment during industrialization

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Mass production of sporting equipment
Decreased cost
Drives down entry costs for entry to sports

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21
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Infrastructure

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Roads, railways, canals, telephones, internet

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22
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What was most important part of infrastructure for organized sports

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Railways

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23
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Who started to invest money into infrastructure

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Middle class

24
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What did Canadian railways allow for

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People a freedom of movement and ability to schedule their lives
Teams would travel at reliable time
Everything ran on time

25
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Where were trains linked to

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Major urban centers where teams played

26
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What did communication infrastructure allow for sports

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Easier for fans to follow when team is playing out of town
Instantaneous info
Could call and dictate story to home newspaper
Tune into radio and listen to play
From radio to tv

27
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what was at centre of Canadian sport development in 19th century

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Montreal

28
Q

What goes through Montreal

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All infrastructure

29
Q

Birth place of organized sport

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Montreal

30
Q

What causes birth of organized sport

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Rise in middle class
Middle class clubs where organized sport begins

31
Q

What was one of first major organized sports in Canada

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Snowshoes

32
Q

What do snowshoe clubs lead to popularity of

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Snow shoe racing
Team snow shoe racing

33
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What did people do once snow shoe racing started

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People bet and payed money to watch races
Rules develop for fairness

34
Q

Once had infrastructure to have snow shoe clubs what began in summer

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Biking
Organized rides and races

35
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what team sports began to emerge from the clubs

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Hockey teams and rugby teams

36
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How do they start to build fields and stadiums

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Club grows, memberships make money

37
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What do middle class who are organizing sports and clubs start to do

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Help movements to improve society

38
Q

What was social gospel movement

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Movement change based off of Christian values

39
Q

Why was it largely Protestant movement

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Middle class in Montreal were British
French ones disappeared

40
Q

What does Protestantism tend to emphasize

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Individual
Works (spiritual or charity works), doing good things leads to salvation

41
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What did social gospel movement want to do

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Make Canadian society better

42
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What did the movement aim at

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Vices of society (drinking, gambling, violence, prostitution, child labor)
Some of these hand in hand with sport

43
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What was sport seem as by both sides of movement

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Some saw as tied to vices
Some viewed as positive

44
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Why did some in movement see as positive

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Keeps men from getting into trouble, get violent urges out , men who are weaker become stronger, controlled violent activity

45
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How did the movement affect sport

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Needs to be carefully purified, played in specific way, for right reasons
If dont control it will lead to vices
Powerful moral element injected into sport in Canada

46
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How does this moral element affect the amateur and professional debate

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Thought is professional corrupts moral elements
Played for wrong reason
Professionalism needs to be stamped out

47
Q

What was founded in 1881

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Montreal amateur athletic association (MAAA)

48
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What does MAAA do

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  • fights to keep sports amateur
  • ban athletes caught taking money from anyone from any team associated wit MAAA
49
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What did the amateur from MAAA cause

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War between those who want to professionalize and those who want amateur

50
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Who wanted to professionalize

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Lower class
Upper and middle wanted to keep amateur

51
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What was professionalization seen as by lower class

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Could be vehicle to get out of lower class or supplement low income job

52
Q

What sports ended up sliding in professionalism

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Many team sports played by lower class (hockey, football)

53
Q

What upper class sports stayed amateur

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Track and field, swimming

54
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What happens when amateurs and professionals would play

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Amateurs could not compete
Professionals get more time to practice and can compete and train longer

55
Q

What happens to professionals carreers

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Began to extend longer the 20s, can keep training

56
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Why do teams start to switch over to professionalized

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To compete

57
Q

What divide happens

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Certain sports became amateur and certain became professional