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When was Montreal lacrosse club founded

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1856

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Where does lacrosse go from indigenous to Canadian sport

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In Montreal
Because of number of First Nation reserves in and around Montreal
- Mohawk reserve right next to Montreal

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How did lacrosse go from indigenous to Canadian sport

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  • cross pollination of sport between indigenous and French/English in Montreal
  • French and British became enamoured with lacrosse: would watch, go to reserve and watch, invite to play in Mtl
  • started to play
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What was problem wen they started to play lacrosse

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It was too indigenous
Wanted to make more British
Started to create rule set

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What was rules they created for lacrosse

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This many players, stick looks like this, play for this length

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What did dr.George William beers do

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Instrumental in creation of lacrosse in Canada
Published first set of rules for lacrosse
Middle class dude

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What did beers believ

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In muscular Christianity
Believed lacrosse could be apart of this
Help Men be stronger

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muscular Christianity

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Idea of need to have young strong christian men

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What was the concern of the coming crisis in masculinity

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  • idea church was becoming too feminized
  • over 50% of congregation is little old ladies
  • younger men were working so young women as well
  • concern was more young men needed to go to church
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As lacrosse grew in popularity what would happen when play indigenous

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Indigenous always smoked them

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Pseudoscience

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Fake science

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In sports context what is pseudoscience

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People attempt to find scientific or biological explanation for why one ethnicity is really good at a sport

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What did they claim about indigenous and what did they do

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They said they had genetic advantage when playing lacrosse
Started banning number of indigenous who can play on non First Nation teams and number of indigenous teams

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What was explanation for why they were so good actually

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Been playing much longer as society and players been playing since small

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Why did they end up banning Iroquois players from playing lacrosse

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Thought too good because of genetics

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Where were indigenous allowed to play

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On reserves but weren’t allowed to play in ‘civilized’ league

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Why did lacrosse take sharp dip

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  • focus on professionalization over amateur
  • cut off lifeline becuase people who become professional must be amateur first
  • no focus on development, limited player pool
  • football and hockey became popular
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Why did professional lacrosse take sharp dip

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Distance
- cost of travel too high

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When did professional lacrosse league fold

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1920s
Never had professional league since

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What was birthed in 1940s

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Box lacrosse
Played in hockey rinks empty in summer
Professional league started

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Where did baseball grow in Canada

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Southern Ontario

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Why did baseball grow in southern Ontario

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Much more interconnected with US then rest of Canada
Thrives in US
Becomes popular in Canada because very cheap to play
Field stick ball
Kids can play anywhere

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George sleeman

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Promotes baseball in London and leads to huge explosion of baseball success and popularity in and around London Ontario in 1870s-90s

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What do some argue about leadership

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That its vital in sport, business, and politics
Some emphasize other factors

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What are 2 perspectives about leadership
Individual or systemic History of sport and sport itself debate this
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What does individual say
History is shaped by individuals
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What does systemic say
History shaped by systemic factors and not individuals
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Question of if success is result of
Individual or due to systemic factors that lead to success and individual is irrelevant to success
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What does sport tend to focus on
Individual as well as system
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Was baseball professional or amateur
Very early on was professional Always had professional option as well as amateur No question if it would stay professional
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Where were homes of pro baseball in Canada
Montreal and Toronto
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Why did they make semi-pro teams in Canada
Hard for Canadian amateurs to compete because good players would go play pro in states
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Who started semi pro in Montreal
Jackie Robinson
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Why did expos struggle in Montreal
Montreal was hockey town Had fans but didn’t have a home Played in Olympic stadium
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What was problem with Olympic stadium
- draw 10,000 people in 50,000 person stadium - it looks empty - teams that are perceived to be popular, people will go watch
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How could’ve montreal been saved as franchise
In 1994 montreal had best team in baseball
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Why did Montreal lose team
- in 1994 owners locked out players and killed World Series - cancelled baseball for year - fight over money - World Series may have saved expos
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Where did Montreal get moved to
Washington
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When did Toronto blue jays win World Series
1992 and 93 Since them hasn’t been goood but still draws lots of people
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What are hockeys origins
Continue to be source of debate
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Why does hockey start to develop in Canada
Largely due to environment Cold and lots of lakes and rivers
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How did hockey start off
- unorganized, different rules - essentially rugby on ice for many years - no forward pass
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Where did hockey spread
Throughout a lot of northern parts of Canada Northern Quebec, Ontario, prairies
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Is hockey professional or amateur
- always professional - becuase lower class sport at beginning
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Where did professional hockey grow
Canada and north eastern US
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When was first Stanley cup awarded
1893
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When was Stanley cup started to be awarded to NHL play off champion
1947
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what was Stanley cup originally awarded to
Governor General of Canada
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Why did Stanley donate cup
Liked hockey Started a challenge cup
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How did challenge cup work
- whoever had cup was challenged by other teams across Canada - whoever won got cup
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What helped vault popularity of hockey
- Stanley cup becomes very popular
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As NHL starts to take over the best teams what happens to cup
Stanley cup becomes award in NHL
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What is most important thing in Europe and what is it in Canada
Europe- winning league championship Canada- about winning cup, Stanley cup eclipsed all of the leagues
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When was last time Canada won cup
1993
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Bad luck since 1993?
Can’t have 30 years of bad luck, 7 different teams
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Fans dont care?
Don’t care about winning, will show up and cheer team on regardless of team winning and losing, owners take money knowing fans will still pay to watch
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Fans care too much?
Players dont like playing for Canadian teams because every decision is placed under a microscope Teams are micromanaged in terms of who they buy and sell which leads to bad decisions
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Teams wont bottom out?
If terrible get first draft pick, teams will deliberately suck and tell fans tehy will be better later Can’t do in Canada becuase fans wont let you, they dont want to watch bad team
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Bettman hates Canada?
Commissioner of NHL, hired in 1993, American and makes sure Canadian teams dont win
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Economics
Realistic explanation Canadian teams have higher travel budgets, players have higher tax burden
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What sports started as same sport
Football, soccer, rugby - largely unorganized with different rules based on when and where you played
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When rules began to crystallize with the same sport what happened
From the rule set game split into 3 major branches
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When rugby grew in Canada what was in confused with
Soccer and football Mostly with football
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What did rugby develop as
School sport Largely amateur Associated with high schools and universities
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What is rugby rule set named after
Private school in England called rugby
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What is rugby rule set named after
Private school in England called rugby
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Why has Canadian rugby traditionally been good
Thanks to popularity of football
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What did birth of Canadian and American football largely have to do with
Harvard-McGill match in 1874
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What happens at Harvard-McGill match
- show up with different balls and decide to play both games - Harvard likes McGill game so much it wrote to England for rugby rules, American football can be traced back to that
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As rules codified on both side of border
Football was initially basically the same sport
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When did Canadas football rule set last change
Hasn’t changed much starting 100 years ago
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How has American football rule set changed
- evolved away from Canadian - still evolves, very different from 20-30 years ago
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Was Canadian football pro or amateur
Became very popular, professional league very early on
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Who donated grey cup in 1909
Lord Albert grey
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Why did soccer not take off
Overshadowed by football, lacrosse, baseball
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Who brought soccer with them
Starting 1945, waves of immigrants from France, Greece, Italy, Germany
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After ww2 what happens to soccer
Starts to get popular, ethnic sport in Canada (pre 90s) Played by immigrants or children of immigrant
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What happens when Latin American immigrate
Soccer continues But still small number, dont produce a lot of good soccer
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When did soccer start to get very popular
1990s
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When was their a pro option for Canadians
Americans host World Cup in 1994 and part of that they agree to create a pro league Option for Canadians
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In 90s who begins to play
Women and huge increase in kids Hockey became harder to do, so expensive and competitive
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What led to professionalization of soccer in Canada
Growth of grassroots of soccer

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