1. Social changes leading to rationalisation of sport
Pre – Industrial
Post – Industrial
Social changes leading to rationalisation of sport

2. OTHER REASONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IN SPORT
RAILWAY – COMMUNICATION - TELEGRAPHS, MEDIA SPREAD COMPE/FIXTURES

3. They did not want the working classes involved for two mains reasons:
INITALLY THE UPPER & MIDDLE CLASSES WANTED TO KEEP THEIR SPORTS TO THEMSELVES.
They did not want the working classes involved for two mains reasons: 2.
The rules governing a sport were often made to exclude the working classes. Only the gentleman amateur was permitted to play.
Played sport for pleasure – strict moral code – FAIR PLAY

4. Fewer opportunities for working class to participate

5. Fewer opportunities for working class to participate
Lack of leisure time/free time
Lack of money
Lack of facilities
Restrictive membership regulations
Limited demand for professional sport
Encouraged to become spectators
Traditional working class sports frowned upon/banned

6. What sport did not extend to the separation of classes?

7. Ex-public school boys formed most of the original teams/clubs who dominated the F.A. Cup
BUT in the industrial north & midlands. Teams of working class players were beginning to emerge
One of the problems of urbanisation was the lack of SPACE to play sports
Often only land available was land belonging to the local factory owner or church
The use of this land lead to:
Many factory- and church –based teams
Reduction of the working week to permit a half-day on Saturdays

8. Church groups – Everton, Bolton, Fulham, Aston Villa & Barnsley Old Boys teams – Leicester Employee's team – Manchester City Early Closure team – Sheffield Wednesday

9. University melting pot F.A formed Gentlemen Amateurs
Mob games
Public schools
University melting pot
F.A formed
Gentlemen Amateurs
Working Class Professionals

10. Professionalism
Workers having a half day would pay and watch their local football team
Paying spectators gave the teams money which they then used to bring in better players
NOT ALL SPORTS became professional at this time. Rugby League was quick to follow in the north of England.
Many sports remained strictly amateur until quite recently, WHY?

11. Public Schools & development organised
Jan 05 – Q2 (i & ii)
Factors affecting rationalisation
June 03 – Q3 (b)
Jan 04 – Q2

12. Qu 2 – JAN 05
(a) (i)
1 boys brought activities from villages and schools;
2 played regularly in free time;
3 devised initial rules/individual schools versions;
4 (this allowed) inter House competitions;
5 later adopted standardised rules;
6 (this allowed) inter-school competitions;
7 structural changes boundaries/time limits/numbers on teams/strategies/roles/skills/ techniques/kit;
8 Leadership/captain roles/games elite (3 marks)
(do not credit fair play)
(ii)
1. British Empire/colonising other cultures/exporting British traditions;
2. Officers;
3. Teachers to schools/blues/colours;
4. Clergy through church;
5. Employers through employees;
6. Establishing the modern sport club structure/regional/national;
7. Creating National Governing bodies/administration structures;
8. Ex public school boys high status/jobs/influential/government;
9. University marks
(do not credit old boys on their own/armed forces)

13. 1. Increase in number of fixtures/competitions;
June 03 (b) Formation
1. Increase in number of fixtures/competitions;
2. more widespread playing of sport required nationally agreed rule structure/regulations;
3. different versions developed by different schools;
4. to set up competitions/leagues;
5. deal with professionalism/commercialism.
Prevention
6. Desire to maintain control of sport;
7. preservation of amateur ideals;
8. maintain exclusivity of sport/not mix with lower classes;
9. did not like losing to professionals. 5 marks

14. Jan 04 Qu 2
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the extent and nature of a person’s participation in sport were influenced by their social class and gender.
(b) Discuss the reasons why people from the working class had fewer opportunities to participate than those from the upper and middle classes. (4 marks) b)
Lack of leisure/free time;
Lack of money/resources/diet/health/facilities;
Restrictive membership schemes/regulations;
Amateur regulations;
Limited demand for professionals in sport;
Traditional working class (animal/cruel) sports frowned upon/considered uncivilised/banned;
Encouraged to become spectators;

15. Group Eliminator Characteristics of 19th century public schools
Characteristics of mob games
Reasons for the rationalisation of sport
Key points of what athleticism is
Technical development that aided how games were played
In groups of 5. write down a list of as many answers as possible…..fail to answer and ur out!!!
Group Eliminator