Amateurism in Sport: An Analysis and Defence [Paperback]

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.This book takes amateurism seriously as ethical and political theory and examines its rationale, its history, its ethics and economics and the future of amateur values.The Times Lincoln Allisons intriguing study suggests that amateurism is a force for good that will make society the poorer if it is allowed to wither away completely a thought provoking book.USCopyright ? 2001 Lincoln Allison