Leisure at the international
scale: sport
International participation and success
Objective: To analyse the social, cultural, economic
and political factors affecting participation and
success in two major international sports.
Case Study 1 of 2
Premier League - England
Social – People and their actions.
Cultural – The effect of the way in which individuals and societies
respond to the event.
Economic – Concerns money and jobs. Consumption of
services and dimensions of race, class and gender inequalities.
Political – Spatial differences in political ideals, the
consequences of decision making by a political body.
Note Taking & Mapping
Exercises
Where do the players in the
Premier League come from (2009)
-Social-
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng
_prem/8182090.stm
• Study the article carefully and look more closely at the three most
successful teams in the Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea,
Liverpool & Manchester United.
• Complete a choropleth mapping exercise to show the distribution of
players from each of the four teams.
• To do this, you will need a blank political map of the world. Tally up
the players from each country and then create a shading system
(white for no players) to show countries with more players in the
darkest shading ‘(black)
Costs to the public …
• http://soccerlens.com/top-10-most-expensive-transfersin-football/5244/
• Make a note of the total value of the top 10 transfers in
the Premier League
• http://www.epltalk.com/most-expensive-season-ticketsin-the-premier-league-2010-11-season/22811
• Make a note of the top priced Season Tickets in the
Premier League
Political Control
• http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottishpremier/rangers/193378-explained-ukwork-permit-rules-for-footballers/
• Read the attached article and summarise
the efforts to control the extent of Football
Migration into the Premier League.
Stopping a ‘Foreign Invasion’
• http://www.insideworldfootball.biz/index.ph
p?option=com_content&view=article&id=8
427:andrew-warshaw-when-being-englishdoesnt-mean-being-born-inengland&catid=74:insidewrite&Itemid=44
• Read the article carefully and summarize
the arguments for and against the quota of
‘home grown players’
Economics of Football
• http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal
l/premier-league/premier-league-nets16314bn-tv-rights-bonanza-1925462.html
• Why is the Premier League such an
attractive proposition for broadcasting
companies?
Project 1 – September 2011
• Can be done in pairs and then share and merge
the work.
• Carry out an analysis of the social, cultural,
economic and political factors affecting
participation and success in the English Premier
League.
• Include both participation and spectator in your
review.
• Include graphics, facts and figures to back up
and strengthen your findings.
The Grand Prix – Wednesday &
Thursday.
• In pairs, create presentation that follows your
research into the Premier League BUT for
Grand Prix.
• Social, cultural, economic and political factors
affecting participation and success in Grand Prix
• You will be presenting your work to Mr Podbury
and the rest of the class on Friday 1st October
during period 1.
• Maps, changing locations, emergence of oil rich
countries, sponsorship, new rules, graphics.