21st century

• class 


  upward social mobility was more achievable through sport

  the national lottery has lead to more full time professionals
• gender 


  more men than women involved as spectators and participants

  women in gyms and health/fitness clubs than team sports

  female sport presenters
• law and order 


  ethics: drugs, doping, hooliganism, match fixing / bribery

  legal claims in contact sport

  safety of spectators, is now bound by law
• education


  sport science is an increasingly popular course

  a third of team GB Rio Olympic medallists attended fee paying schools
• availability of money


  free time and disposable income

  negative impact of world economic recession on opportunities for participation

  huge regional and world differences in disposable income
• availability of time 


  work-life balance issues
• transport 


  quicker transport and communications

  the continued growth / development of specialist sports tour companies

  issues with congestion in Britain

  reliability of public transport
• globalisation of sport 


  the process by which sport has developed international influence and begun to operate on an international scale
• effects on globalisation of sport

  media coverage

  greater exposure of people to sport

  freedom of movement for performers
• freedom of movement for performers

  their choice to train in a country other than their home country.