Law 2101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Shot Put, Sex In Advertising, Gladiator
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It comes from the word deportare which refers to free time. Sports was a luxury activity which arose in the 19th century of british aristocracy. You have spare time, you don"t know what to do with, you engage in activity. Looking at the activity as such, the idea is much older. Back then, sports had a clear religious context and was to celebrate the gods, it was not to spend free time. In roman times, it was not exercise by people that had too much spare time, but it was actually a job. If we talk about sports today, it has a clearly different connotation than it used to have. Sports is always a reflection of society at a certain time. This idea of sports being for the rich people is still alive today. There was a definition of an amateur, which was the only person allowed to participate at the olympic games.
