Aim: to analyze the geography of sports.
Vocabulary Hearth Taboo Custom Diffusion Cultural Diffusion Assimilation Acculturation Cultural Imperialism
What are the most popular team sports on planet Earth?
Most Popular (Team) Sports 1. Soccer (Football) 2. Cricket 3. Rugby (all variations) 4. Basketball 5. Field Hockey 6. Baseball 7. Volleyball 8. Ice Hockey 9. (American) Football 1.Soccer 2.Cricket 3.Tennis 4.Rugby (all) 5.Basketball 6.Field Hockey 7.Baseball 8.Volleyball 9.Table Tennis 10.Golf
Soccer
Rugby
Cricket
Baseball
Other Sports
Attempt to Identify Hearth. The reason for the spread of the sport from the hearth… to whatever location. Think: distance decay, chain migration, etc. Pick a Sport
Soccer
Rugby
What role did the British Empire play?
Aim: to what extent does nationalism express itself through sports?
Why is soccer so much more popular than the other team sports? Compare to rugby etc.
Part of the reason 345 lbs Not Messi: 5’7”, 145lbs
Classism, Racism, Imperialism, and Nationalism Much of the rest of the reason. Starts with how sports were promoted throughout the British Empire… which of course was part of their general educational policy.
Rugby League Think: Industrial Revolution and 19 th Century labor movement (socialism).
Rugby Union Notice anything different?
BTW, note a similar geographic pattern with Soccer?
France Nationalism, Class, Capitalism, Unions, Socialism, and Nazis.
Vichy France
Aim: to what extent does nationalism express itself through sports?
Sport and Nationalism Rugby
What role did the British Empire play?
All Blacks Rugby
Springboks
Is the team representative of the country? Why? Why not?
Invictus 1995 World Cup
Rugby Union What about Wales, Scotland, and Ireland? Stereophonics: As Long As We Beat The English.
Aim: to what extent does nationalism express itself through sports?
Basque Lands
Biarritz Rugby
Sport and Nationalism: Soccer
Where are Real Madrid and Barcelona located?
What happens to Spain's football team if Catalonia breaks away?
Sport and Nationalism: Cricket
Aim: to what extent does the location of football teams in the USA provide an insight into the regionalization of sport culture?
American Football The regionalization of “Football Culture” in the USA
NFL Teams
Division 1A Teams
Top 25 Division 1A Teams
Fin
What About Gender? Women’s Soccer
What about American athletes?
Top 30 Division 1A Teams
Sevens Rugby