Throughout history, sports have grown tremendously. Sports have been able to get points across whether that be through the sport itself, the athletes or the media. It is seen as an outlet for athletes to speak on agendas they feel are necessarily to shed light on. Sports has allowed businesses to form and give individuals something to bond over. Sports has also influenced our society and what we make of it. Generally, the physical culture of sports is seen as a form of domination and empowerment throughout society. It helps to influence the society around us in a big way and ultimately transcend politics because of that.
Avery Brundage proposed a statement that “sport, like music and other fine arts, transcends politics…We are concerned with …show more content…
It the relationship of the two and how they coincide with one another to create a sense of power. Essentially, economic exploitation is where a worker does not receive proper compensation or entitlement in the distribution of economic wealth. an instance where economic exploitation was present through sports would be the development of amateurism. Amateurism is an invented tradition created to keep the separation between the class divisions. In the article titled “Amateurism and American Sports Culture: The Invention of an Athletic Tradition in the United states, 1870-1900” by S.W Pope, Pope sheds light on how amateurism is to participate in sports merely for the competition itself. Whether a victory is received or not, athletes are participating simply to display their physical characteristics. This was the way sports should “properly” be played. Professionals in any sport during this time would be excluded from playing due to fact that they will jeopardized the game and its naturality by training more intensely than others, as well as because they looked at the sport as a means of income. This idea was then adopted by the NCAA. Under the NCAA rules, if you are a collegiate athlete attending an NCAA school you are considered an amateur. This standing prevents an athlete from earning any compensation for their efforts even after long hours of training. The NCAA also can market their athletes for profit without having to receive consent of the athlete. The economic exploitation of the athletes that participate in high-revenue sports are generally lower class. However, these athletes are labored to help bring in a profit for non-revenue sports which typically consist of middle to upper
Avery Brundage proposed a statement that “sport, like music and other fine arts, transcends politics…We are concerned with …show more content…
It the relationship of the two and how they coincide with one another to create a sense of power. Essentially, economic exploitation is where a worker does not receive proper compensation or entitlement in the distribution of economic wealth. an instance where economic exploitation was present through sports would be the development of amateurism. Amateurism is an invented tradition created to keep the separation between the class divisions. In the article titled “Amateurism and American Sports Culture: The Invention of an Athletic Tradition in the United states, 1870-1900” by S.W Pope, Pope sheds light on how amateurism is to participate in sports merely for the competition itself. Whether a victory is received or not, athletes are participating simply to display their physical characteristics. This was the way sports should “properly” be played. Professionals in any sport during this time would be excluded from playing due to fact that they will jeopardized the game and its naturality by training more intensely than others, as well as because they looked at the sport as a means of income. This idea was then adopted by the NCAA. Under the NCAA rules, if you are a collegiate athlete attending an NCAA school you are considered an amateur. This standing prevents an athlete from earning any compensation for their efforts even after long hours of training. The NCAA also can market their athletes for profit without having to receive consent of the athlete. The economic exploitation of the athletes that participate in high-revenue sports are generally lower class. However, these athletes are labored to help bring in a profit for non-revenue sports which typically consist of middle to upper