National Governing Bodies (NGBs)

Question 1

Why did NGBs develop?

Answer 1

Sport becoming popular and played widely across the country

More teams / clubs were forming

More national / international fixtures were being organised

Leagues / competitions were required for these teams to compete in

Rules and codification were required to enable fair competition

Maintenance of the amateur ideal to deal with professionalism and early commercialisation of sport

Desire to maintain control

Question 2

Name an example of an NGB?

Answer 2

FA

RFU

ECB

LTA

Question 3

Why did some NGBs try to prevent professionals from competing in their sport?

Answer 3

Due to the desire of the upper / middle classes to maintain control of the sport

To preserve amateur ideals in sport

To maintain ‘exclusivity’ - the upper / middle classes did not want to mix with the working class

They did not like losing to (working class) professionals