Kinesiology 2263F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Amateur Athletic Association Of England, Canadian Lacrosse Association, Tom Longboat

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Started in england brought to canada and the united states. Focused on what they considered to be fair play, focused on social exclusivity. Forming organizations based on amateurism so that they can hang out with their friends of similar class. Amateur code = had to be white, no labourers (no working class people) Brought into existence at the instigation of the montr al canadian athletic association helped a lot of organization early on. Not until they became canadian amateur athletic union you see more of a national focus. Band people from national championships just for accepting money for playing publish banning people in newspapers. An amateur is someone who doesn"t accept money for playing. When the snow shoe club couldn"t stay together, they joined together with the lacrosse and biking club to cut costs, which formed this association. They"re the ones who came up with the idea for the amateur athletic association.

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