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August 2005

  • Amateur snowboarders given the chance to turn professional.

  • Kenyans call for private sector involvement in football.

  • Public expresses concern about the influence of ‘money men’ on sport.

  • Chelsea bid to oust the old order in English football.

    • REFERENCE MATERIAL
      SOSOL carries a further study of the commercialisation of sport.
      There is an interesting John Hudson article online which shows the problems which arise with the commercialisation of soccer in the UK, and suggests some solutions.
      Check out the Athens Olympics website for details on their commercial development around sponsorship and television rights.
      The Museum of Rugby has a chronology of the (mainly Union) game, and the Rugby League Hall of Fame has a detailed accoubt of the 'Great Split' of 1895.