ABSTRACT

We often decry "amateurism", yet one can do things "for the love of it" rather than for money. It can also show that an economic system which has more voluntary, unpaid activity is a more efficient system. This work examines amateurism's rationale, its history, ethics and economics.

part |84 pages

Aspects of Amateurism

chapter |14 pages

The Idea of Amateurism

chapter |16 pages

Amateurism as Ideology

chapter |16 pages

Amateurism and the Forces of History

chapter |22 pages

Amateur Hegemony and Decline

chapter |14 pages

Some Preliminary Arguments for Amateurism

part |48 pages

‘The Lived Experience'

chapter |5 pages

Introduction

chapter |6 pages

His Lordship: Scrapes and Japes

chapter |5 pages

Local Hero

chapter |5 pages

Historic Compromise

chapter |6 pages

The Next Superstar … Not!

chapter |4 pages

Living Through Rugby's Turmoil

chapter |5 pages

First Family

chapter |6 pages

The View from Indianapolis

chapter |4 pages

Amateur and Fantasist

part |32 pages

The Future of Amateurism

chapter |30 pages

The Future of Amateurism