Three Tiered Society

Question 1

What were the middle class?

Answer 1

emerged as result of urbanisation + industrialisation
self made individuals
people below aristocracy but above working class
made money during revolution - factory owners, local gov, doctors
weren’t upper class as weren’t born into money therefore they had empathy, concern for working class

Question 2

How did the middle class support codification?

Answer 2

public school and university old boys played a key role in formation of many NGB of sport
Their administration experience allowed them to control sport and become organisers to form and run clubs and NGBs

Question 3

How did the middle class support competitions?

Answer 3

created leagues and competitions
did this through:
- public schools
- universities
- factory teams
- church teams
- clubs
- NGBs

Question 4

How did the middle class support public provision?

Answer 4

development of public facilities
e.g. parks and public baths via the middle class
provided by middle class in various positions in society
- philanthropist
- factory owners

Question 5

How did the middle class support increase leisure time?

Answer 5

as middle-class factory owners, gradually gave workers more leisure time e.g. Saturday half day
This gave workers more time to participate in sport or spectate

Question 6

How did the middle class support move to professionalism?

Answer 6

the middle class helped in development of early commercial/ professional sport
did this by:
acting as agents
promoters/patrons in athletics
factory teams
‘broken time’ payments in football