Sport
Professional
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martin Roderick (0000-0001-9846-9752, Durham University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeoss233.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4317828067 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
The term “professional” has always been associated with sport that is performed by athletes as a form of entertainment for audiences. The history of this term, however, is complex and tied relationally to the idea of amateurism – amateurism was a response to professionalism. Differential tensions produced by professionalism can be comprehended only in relation to the historical period in which professionalization and monetization advanced and the pattern of class relations prevailing at that stage in society. Professional sport is now characterized by spectacle, commercialism, and power politics
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Commercialism · Entertainment · Monetization · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Professionalization · Sociology · Spectacle · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |