SOC210 Lecture 13: chapter 15
18 Jul 2015
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Models for thinking about sports in the future: power and performance sports, will be the dominant sport form in the immediate future, sponsors give priority to these sports, pleasure and participation sports, will grow as connections are valued over confrontation and domination, sponsorships will be difficult to obtain and maintain. Factors producing growth in these sports will be: concerns about health and fitness, concerns about energy and the environment, participation priorities of older people, values brought to sports by women, groups seeking alternative sports. Other alternatives: boom boom huck jam/ticket to ride, paralympics, special olympics, gay games, senior games, muslim women"s games, adventure sports. Current trends: professional sports: profit driven national/global expansion, staging total entertainment spectacles, dependence, wherever possible, on public funds to build facilities designed as shopping malls with playing fields, contentious negotiations between players and leagues/owners over working conditions.
