Comparing The Two Sport Societies

Athletics had relative importance in pre-industrial Britain mostly taking place at traditional fairs and festivals. For example a wake was seen as a great social occasion whereby mainly the lower class men would compete in events such as stick fighting, running, climbing a greasy pole and wrestling. These activities were seen as ‘athletic’ events and were an opportunity for the lower class men to show off their power and strength to the women. In addition women had the opportunity to take part in events such as smock races. Festivals and fairs such as these would take place on church holy days such as Easter and were seen as a chance for celebration and enjoyment. Prime examples of Festivals such as these include the Much Wenlock and Dover

American sport culture has had many influences that impact how they are today. I believe the ancient greek culture, and society accurately reflects on our sports. There are many variables to american sports that were taken from the greek society. Americans have open gyms and mass training sessions like the greeks had. American sports also have big festivals with sports competitions like the greeks has. Americans also use sports to train, and some to train for war just like the greeks did as well. There are many more ways american sports reflect the greeks, but those are just a few examples.

Every country has a sport that they find most interesting. Due to the nationwide involvement, this sport will result in a great amount of revenue, and a common form of entertainment. In America, it is evident that this sport is football. No other sport pulls in the same amount of revenue, media and nationwide attention than football does. It is popular in all age groups, and is the staple of sporting events to attend while students are in high school and college. Football is the greatest sport in America because of the business it has created, and the national draw that has developed from it.

American football has a long legacy in American History. It can be traced back centuries to

In our society sports are a very important social construction. As sports continue to grow, they are becoming more integrated into the major spheres of social life. Sports have become an entity, due to the fact that they not only create entertainment and jobs; sports have become a huge platform for various causes. Sports are extremely important to our society and have very powerful influences. Though experiences vary from person to person, most people have some sort of experience with sports. I personally have experienced sports more from the spectator and participant stance, and have been impacted from each perspective a great deal. Compared to sophomore safety, Jamal Adams my sports experience has been very different from impact and perspective.

There is a example from the investigation about the relationship between culture and participation in sports indicated that participants from the United States felt that fun, fitness, teamwork, and competition were more important reasons for participation in competitive sport than Australian and New Zealand counterparts, whereas participants from the United States and Australia exercised more for extrinsic and intrinsic reasons than participants from New Zealand. In addition, participants from the United States felt that fitness and energy release were more important motives for participation in physical activity than Australian and New Zealand. (Robert etc) The differences across cultures and countries lead the difference participation motivations in

The National Football League (NFL) has diverged over time during its existence from 1920. The National Football League 's experience is still more exciting today than in past generations. The actors today are larger, more degraded, and stronger than professional actors. Although the same general rules still apply in today’s game, but new ones are brought up every year to protect players from injuries. Ever since the league started in 1920, the football equipment for participants has improved even better over the years. Likewise, today’s football culture is even more exciting for participants and fans to enjoy. For the players today, it is more comfortable to drive themselves and their teams from the

American Football is a huge spectator sport where offensive and defensive players will use teamwork and perseverance to try and score more points than their opponent. Football is highly respected in America, where boys will try and pursue the dream of playing in the NFL (National Football Association) someday; but if you look at an average neighborhood, you will find that kids and adults of all ages love to go out and throw around the pigskin. (Lerner and Lerner 275). One thing Americans will take pride in is the college and NFL football teams they root for. People sit down with a beer and talk hours upon hours of football and two individuals can get in a heated discussion in the local sports store of whose sports team is better.

The thirty-two teams in the NFL have some of the top players in the world. When a team has a top player they make jerseys sales that bring in money for the organization. Each will have their quarterback, running back and at least one or two of their wide receivers, then on defense, a lineman, cornerback and a linebacker. The teams also make sure they being social with their fans. Each team has an Instagram and/or Twitter, so that they can show their fans what they are doing in the community also what they are doing for charity. Teams also make sure that they can get kids off of the streets, almost all the teams do something called play sixty program. Play sixty is a program where the NFL wanted to

The National Football League has an mixed market strategy because the NFL wants to attract the most fans and viewers to watch our sporting events from all geographic, sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics but each are targeted in different ways. The members for each market are homogeneous with respect to geographic since a member of a market can watch his or her favorite team anywhere online or television broadcast. There are numerous teams that are located across the United States so members of the target group can attend games anywhere. As for the sociodemographic aspect, the market is heterogeneous since the National Football League mass markets to all ages, ethnic backgrounds, gender, and lifecycles. The NFL does not target just one market alone, but run a campaign to attract more members to that sociodemographic based on reports gathered. The behavioral characteristics of the members of each of the markets are collected and analyzed to best create a market strategy at the time. The NFL as of now is geographically dominated by the United States meaning most of their viewers are from the United States. However, the NFL is looking to begin targeting all around the world. The NFL already has three games a year being played in London and in the upcoming years the NFL will look to play games in Mexico and China. As of now, the NFL only trails the National Basketball Association (NBA) and U.K soccer leagues when trying to attract fans outside of its’ home markets.

Since the introduction of organized team sports into American culture, numerous sports have stepped into the limelight for certain periods of time but none have stuck around as long as football has. Just as with everything else in life, football has had it’s fair share of drawbacks since its invention in the mid-19th century. Despite the drawbacks and criticism football has faced, its role and influence on American culture between the 1890’s and 1930’s far outweigh the negative aspects of its past.

After 16 years, the NFL has been investigating the past failure, and looking at new and different avenues in order to realize its objective, to globalize the league international. This is put into better terms by Richard Sandomir from The New York Times, he stated, “But N.F.L. Europa, born 16 years ago as the World League of American Football, lost money, ran through television partners, narrowed its trans-Atlantic focus largely to Germany and finally was shuttered yesterday. The NFL’s strategy will shift to playing regular-season games overseas.” (Sandomir, The New York Times). Ultimately, the NFL decided to cut ties with the NFL Europe model and revert back to building a foreign following

What is the social role of sport? To what extent does social structure influence the practice and experience of sport? Discuss in relation to two of the following: gender, class, ethnicity or Aboriginality, or region. Illustrate your answer with at least three examples from sporting contexts (local or international).

August through February can be considered the best time of the year for everyone who supports a professional football team in the NFL. It gives us a chance to relax with friends and cheer, or in some cases scream devotedly at our T.V. screens. The NFL is a highly successful business, bringing in usually over $3 billion in revenue from T.V contracts and advertising campaigns so why is it that when the NFL tried to expand globally to Europe did it fail so miserably, and not for the first time? It took just 16 years from its creation in 2001 to have its doors closed in 2007 including a 2 year sting where there were no games played at all. There are many people who point

Sport sociology examines sports as a part of cultural and social life, and adds a different dimension and perspective to the study of sport and exercise. More specifically, sport sociology examines the relationship between sports and society and seeks answers to many issues and questions regarding sport and culture. Sociology of sport poses critical and controversial issues; additionally, sports are considered a microcosm of society, the same social issues that exist in larger society also exist in sport culture. I have chosen eight peer-reviewed Sociological Journals to expand upon the understanding of this topic that I found to be the most relevant and offer diverse yet complete perspectives on sports.