ECONOMICS OF SPORTS

Economics of Sports

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Economics of Sports

When football clubs began in Britain in the second half of the nineteenth century that is what they were - just clubs, voluntary associations formed by groups of men gathered to play games against other similar groups. During this period, football was a game very rough and ready, and often there is often disagreement over the rules, the use of hands or feet, the number of players and the amount of time to play games. Football, as we know it today has its origins in the ancient forms of violence 'popular' sport that is still playing in some English villages and later encrypted forms of football, which grew out of English public schools. Sport in schools is used as a disciplinary measure in the induction and leadership development in middle-class children. Some public schools took the handling variant of 'football', then became the amateur rugby (south) and professional rugby league (north). Those who took the 'kicks' of code (or association football) played a decisive role in the dissemination of football in industrial towns and cities in Britain and indeed worldwide. 

The origin of many English professional football clubs are in the local neighborhood associations, or church movements and religious traditions or in specific industry loca1 areas where the clubs were located. Both Everton and Queens Park Rangers, for example, originated on the orders of the church, while Manchester United, Arsenal, West Ham and many other clubs came from the local work teams. cricket clubs seem to have been the source of the greatest football clubs in Sheffield. As football became more popular it became clear that a common set of rules for playing the sport would have to be established. This was done in Cambridge in 1862 and the Football Association was founded in 1863. Notice, now, that remains the Football Association, rather than the English Football Association, pointing to the fact that football started in England, which proved to be both a help and a hindrance in the long-term development football in this country. The FA Cup was the first national football competition established in the world. It was first contested in 1863. He is known as a challenge cup, in principle, the winners received a bye in next Year's final to be contested by another qualifier. At this stage the sport in England was still dominated by the ancient traditions of south-based public schools, most administrators of principles, and indeed all the early winners of the FA Cup, came from this type of fund. 

The first paid professional players had played football in Britain at least since 1876 (Vamplew, 1988) and were formally recognized by the football authorities in 1885. Three years later, in 1888, the Football League was formed consisting initially of 12 clubs from central and northern region. Assists in the first season was of 612,000 fans with Everton the lead with an average home gate of 7260. The Second Division has been added to the League in 1892, ...