National Governing Bodies And Amateurism And Professionalism Flashcards
identify the 9 characteristics of Rational Recreation and how it impacted society
■ 1) Played regionally, nationally, internationally
■ 2) Respectable (fair play)
■ 3) Regular
■ 4) Rule based (codification)
■ 5) Gambling controlled
■ 6) Impact on religion
■ 7) Impact on revolutions (industrial-urban)
■ 8) purpose built facilities
■ 9) Amateurism and professionalism
What are the 5 Rs of rational recreation ?
Played regionally
Respectable
Regular
Rule based
Impact on religion
Why was there a need to develop NGBs ?
Sport was becoming increasingly popular with more widespread playing of sport teams
More teams and clubs were being formed
Leagues and competitions were required for these teams to compete in
More national and international fixtures
Nationally agreed rules and codification
Maintenance of the ‘amateur ideal’ to deal with professionalism and early commercialisation of sport and the desire to maintain control of sport among the middle/upper class, exclusively via occupation, where the middle and upper classes were able to set rules of eligibility to exclude the working class
Why did some NGB’s try to prevent professionals from competing in their sport?
■ Due to the desire of the upper class/middle class to maintain control of sport
■ To preserve amateur ideal in sport
■ To maintain exclusivity- didn’t want to mix the upper/middle class with the lower class
■ They didn’t like losing to lower working class (professionals)
What is the definition of an amateur ?
A person who plays a sport for the love of it and receives no financial gain
What is the definition of a professional ?
A person who plays the sport for financial gain
What were the values of being an amateur ?
■ Manliness – robustness, striving for physical endeavour
■ Appreciating the value of health and fitness
■ Appreciating the value of rule regulated activity
■ High moral integrity
What were the characteristics of being a gentlemen amateur ?
■ Being a respected member of society with a public school background; high status in sport
reflected by high status in society
■ Belonging to the social elite, having wealth and plenty of free time for sport
■ Participation in sport was viewed as a character-building exercise
■ Playing a range of sports using their natural talents
■ Playing sports to a high moral code
What was the code of amateurism ?
was based on playing sport to clearly set rules which were put in place by the middle and upper classes that formed many NGB’s (fair play, referees, acceptance of rules/decisions)
