Lecture 4 Flashcards

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Prior to 20th century society was

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Much less organized
Sport was less organized

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As society became more organized and structuered what happens to sport

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Become more structures and took next step to develop teams and leagues

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Once league was created

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Leagues could play one another
Organized rules (ex, uniforms)

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why rules

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So fair
No one can change rules to benefit them when playing another team

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What started to become heavily involved when thing began to be structure and schedules

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Money
Spectators watching

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Once money began to flow in what became important

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Incentivizes to win
People dont watch losing teams

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What is sure way of being successful to make more money

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Better players
- started to pay players

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What was wrong with paying players

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Seen as going against British ideals of playing sports for right reason
Payed players under table

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What causes fight when began paying players

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Some teams were paying and others were not
Unfair

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What is the dominant fight in candian sport

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Amateur vs professional

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What is Industrial Revolution

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Creation of infrastructure and rise mechanization of labor (rise from agricultural society to industrial society)

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What did new technology cause

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Acted as labor savers and productivity multipliers
Instead of horse pulling plow now a tractor
Labor costs go down

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When farmers get mechanization what happens

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People can’t get work on farms
Go look for jobs in cities

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14
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Urbanization

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Movement from people from countryside to cities

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15
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What absorbs excess labor from farmers

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Factories

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16
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Prior to Industrial Revolution what was Canada primarily

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A rural country

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What did people moving into cities cause

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Organization because urban density increases
Rules reduce conflict

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What is an urban industrialized society

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A time structured society
Time did not matter in countryside
Whole day is structure in city around being on time for work

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Why does organized sport work in industrialized society

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Everyone shows up on time
Spectators know when to show

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What happens to equipment during industrialization

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Mass production of sporting equipment
Decreased cost
Drives down entry costs for entry to sports

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21
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Infrastructure

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Roads, railways, canals, telephones, internet

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22
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What was most important part of infrastructure for organized sports

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Railways

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Who started to invest money into infrastructure

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Middle class

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What did Canadian railways allow for

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People a freedom of movement and ability to schedule their lives
Teams would travel at reliable time
Everything ran on time

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Where were trains linked to
Major urban centers where teams played
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What did communication infrastructure allow for sports
Easier for fans to follow when team is playing out of town Instantaneous info Could call and dictate story to home newspaper Tune into radio and listen to play From radio to tv
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what was at centre of Canadian sport development in 19th century
Montreal
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What goes through Montreal
All infrastructure
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Birth place of organized sport
Montreal
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What causes birth of organized sport
Rise in middle class Middle class clubs where organized sport begins
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What was one of first major organized sports in Canada
Snowshoes
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What do snowshoe clubs lead to popularity of
Snow shoe racing Team snow shoe racing
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What did people do once snow shoe racing started
People bet and payed money to watch races Rules develop for fairness
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Once had infrastructure to have snow shoe clubs what began in summer
Biking Organized rides and races
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what team sports began to emerge from the clubs
Hockey teams and rugby teams
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How do they start to build fields and stadiums
Club grows, memberships make money
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What do middle class who are organizing sports and clubs start to do
Help movements to improve society
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What was social gospel movement
Movement change based off of Christian values
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Why was it largely Protestant movement
Middle class in Montreal were British French ones disappeared
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What does Protestantism tend to emphasize
Individual Works (spiritual or charity works), doing good things leads to salvation
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What did social gospel movement want to do
Make Canadian society better
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What did the movement aim at
Vices of society (drinking, gambling, violence, prostitution, child labor) Some of these hand in hand with sport
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What was sport seem as by both sides of movement
Some saw as tied to vices Some viewed as positive
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Why did some in movement see as positive
Keeps men from getting into trouble, get violent urges out , men who are weaker become stronger, controlled violent activity
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How did the movement affect sport
Needs to be carefully purified, played in specific way, for right reasons If dont control it will lead to vices Powerful moral element injected into sport in Canada
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How does this moral element affect the amateur and professional debate
Thought is professional corrupts moral elements Played for wrong reason Professionalism needs to be stamped out
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What was founded in 1881
Montreal amateur athletic association (MAAA)
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What does MAAA do
- fights to keep sports amateur - ban athletes caught taking money from anyone from any team associated wit MAAA
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What did the amateur from MAAA cause
War between those who want to professionalize and those who want amateur
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Who wanted to professionalize
Lower class Upper and middle wanted to keep amateur
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What was professionalization seen as by lower class
Could be vehicle to get out of lower class or supplement low income job
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What sports ended up sliding in professionalism
Many team sports played by lower class (hockey, football)
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What upper class sports stayed amateur
Track and field, swimming
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What happens when amateurs and professionals would play
Amateurs could not compete Professionals get more time to practice and can compete and train longer
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What happens to professionals carreers
Began to extend longer the 20s, can keep training
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Why do teams start to switch over to professionalized
To compete
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What divide happens
Certain sports became amateur and certain became professional