The turn of the professional era of sport in the 20th century has massively influenced the sports we see today. Progression from playing sports as leisurely activities, to now seeing sports as grassroots, semi-professional and professional standards wasn't a fast transition. These all occurred and developed in the 20th century so the era has a massive significance on modern-day sport.
Football turned professional in 1920, when the Football League expanded in England, making a third division.
Rugby Union was an amateur sport until 1995, until then most of the rugby union games played was international.
Professional Sunday Rugby League games didn't come along until 1967, this lead to company's and people to sponsor the league itself. Before this there wasn't very much media following the sport and new rules were introduced to modernise the game itself.
From recreational, sport has made a massive transition which now sees huge amounts of money involved within sport. With sport now seen as entertainment industry, this highlights the huge development sport has made.
Another big part of the 20th century was the rise of technology, the introduction of the television meant that a few sports were being broadcast to the people with television sets. This not only made the sports more popular but meant that more and more people could follow there chosen sport. Another example of media used was radio broadcasts was a way to broadcast certain sports. New technology is being invented even in this day and age new technology is being invented, now there are television programs dedicated to sport meaning that more and more people can follow there chosen sports and teams.
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