APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Amateur Athletic Association Of England

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2302
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Amateur as pure, competes for love of sport, process of sport is everything, prize or winning a distant 2nd. Professional as one who sells his services to higher bidder, prize is everything and means to attain prize are irrelevant. Amateur restrictions were the basis of written rules regarding eligibility trend away from sports clubs whose main focus was competition. Aaac in 1884 creation of canada"s first organization for the promotion of amateur. Note 1884 aaac aim, not to foster, not promote but police or regulate reality: many instances of athletes accepting money while pretending to be amateurs. As senior leagues became more competitive, more efforts were made to recruit and build high quality teams (ex: lacrosse) During the 1890s, many charges of professionalism were made in light of increasing performance bonuses, sponsorships, payment of athletes. Aaac response: 2 year residency rules, charging and suspending those who violated the amateur code.