1. Late 20th
influence of the media
BND Sport

2. The 4 sports to become
professional first are:
• Rugby
• Cricket
• Football
• Athletics

3. There are more expenses
in sport because:
• The athletes had given up their other jobs
and …
• They had taken the sport up as a job so
they were being paid.

4. More money came into sport
in several ways:
• Sponsorship
• Spectators
• Food
• Media
• Lottery funding – Scholarships
• Private company’s investing to make more
money

5. As sport became professional and
more money injected, it meant:
• More spectators
• Even more money
• And initially a conflict between upper and
lower classes.
• This was because the upper class thought
that sport should be played purely for the
enjoyment and not to earn money.

6. Media got involved because
• They thought that it was a quick way to
make money.
• This was because a lot more people were
becoming interested in the sports

7. Media got involved because
• They thought that it was a quick way to
make money.
• This was because a lot more people were
becoming interested in the sports