Kinesiology 2250A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Social Class, Social Stratification, Social Reproduction

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2250A/B
• Professor: Michael Heine

Document Summary

All organized sports depend on material resources, and those resources must come from somewhere. Money and power do matter in sports. Money and economic power exert significant influence on the goals, purpose and organization of sports in society. Many people believe that sport and sport participation are open to all people and that inequalities related to money, position, and influence do not spill over into the organized games we play and watch. Wealthy associates who sponsored the modern olympic games even used their power to establish a definition of amateur that privileged athletes from wealthy backgrounds. Excluded athletes from working class background who could afford to train only if they used their sport skills to help them earn a living. Adults possess the resources to develop, schedule and maintain organized youth programs that reflect their ideas of what children should be doing and learning as they play.