Post industrial - 1850 Flashcards
Amaterurism
Upper and middle class
Didn’t paly for money
Viewed it as vulgar
Proffesionalism
Working class
Received payment for transport
Could play certain sport - cricket, football, rugby
Gender
Women expected to marry and raise children
Viewed education as unimportant
Late 19th century:
-broader education
-worked while men were at war
-lower amount of men due to war, women not expected to marry now
-campaigning lead to more rights
Law and order
Upper and middle class became law makers Banned lower class sports like cock fighting Protected their own sports
Education
Right of upper and middle class Kept lower class uneducated so they had no voice in society Lower class couldn't understand rules of upper class sports like fox hunting
Time and money
Upper class - money and time for sports
Middle class - money for sports but no time
Lower class - no money or time for sports
Transport
Train
Allowed for cross country sports
Saturday half day
Time slot for spectating sports Due to excessive hours Increase in pay Access to 3rd class rail travel Mob football gets codified
7R’s
Rule based Regular Regional Restrictive Refined Respectable Roles defined
Influence of public schools
Improved rules Fixed positions, space, time limits, fixed numbers Thomas Arnold Christianity Cult of athleticism
Thomas Arnold
Promoted regulated sport in order to remove fagging system
Prefects organised sporting events
Christianity
Muscular Christianity (healthy body and mind)
Links between sports and ethics
Godliness and manliness
Provide for working class
Characteristics of PI sport
Purpose built facilities Fair play Gambling control Discrimination Amateurism and professionalism