Physical Education A-Level
Amateurism and payment
What Amateurism and payment means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Amateurism and payment
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Amateurs were usually middle- or upper-class and played for enjoyment without payment, so they were seen as respectable.
Topics that use Amateurism and payment
- Industrial and post-industrial (1780–1900) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Access, patronage and participation
- Athleticism
- Class and racial inequality in sport access
- Codification of sport
- Governance and regulation
- Gradual and limited expansion of women's participation
- Imperial expansion and global trade
- Industrialisation and changing leisure time
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