21st century sport

• What is social mobility ?

  The changes of social classes over a persons life time
• Factors of social class in 21st century ?

  Football was aimed at working class men

  Rugby + tennis now aimed at lower class men
• Factors of gender in 21st century

  Increased amount of role models due to greater media coverage

  Some women's sport teams have become professional

  Big divide between men and women is grass root sport
• Law and order in the 21st century

  Increase in hooliganism, match fixing, drug

  Safety of spectators bound by law

  Russian Olympic ban 2016
• Education in 21st century

  Sort science Widely recognised

  Lots of courses specialise in sport
• Transport in the 21st century


  Improved transport

  Growth in tour companies
• Time and money in 21st century

  Increase in amount of free time and disposable income

  Struggle to balance work life

  Able to afford gym memberships
• Globalisation in sport

  Players and spectators can travel all around the world to play and watch games

  Global market to showcase talent

  Players come from all over to play sport
• Freedom of movement

  Players can play for any counties they want

  Able to move clubs to ones all over the world
• Media in 21st century

  Golden triangle

  Females under represented

  Change of rules and times

  High stakes = more pressure

  Project bad Image