1. Leisure at the international scale: sport International participation and success
Objective: To analyse the social, cultural, economic and political factors affecting participation and success in two major international sports.

2. Case Study 1 of 2

3. Premier League - England
Social – People and their actions.
Cultural – The effect of the way in which individuals and societies respond to the event.
Economic – Concerns money and jobs. Consumption of services and dimensions of race, class and gender inequalities.
Political – Spatial differences in political ideals, the consequences of decision making by a political body.

4. Note Taking & Mapping Exercises

5. Where do the players in the Premier League come from (2009) -Social-
Study the article carefully and look more closely at the three most successful teams in the Premier League: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool & Manchester United.
Complete a choropleth mapping exercise to show the distribution of players from each of the four teams.
To do this, you will need a blank political map of the world. Tally up the players from each country and then create a shading system (white for no players) to show countries with more players in the darkest shading ‘(black)

6. Costs to the public …
Make a note of the total value of the top 10 transfers in the Premier League
Make a note of the top priced Season Tickets in the Premier League

7. Political Control
Read the attached article and summarise the efforts to control the extent of Football Migration into the Premier League.

8. Stopping a ‘Foreign Invasion’
Read the article carefully and summarize the arguments for and against the quota of ‘home grown players’

9. Economics of Football
Why is the Premier League such an attractive proposition for broadcasting companies?

10. Project 1 – September 2011
Can be done in pairs and then share and merge the work.
Carry out an analysis of the social, cultural, economic and political factors affecting participation and success in the English Premier League.
Include both participation and spectator in your review.
Include graphics, facts and figures to back up and strengthen your findings.

11. The Grand Prix – Wednesday & Thursday.
In pairs, create presentation that follows your research into the Premier League BUT for Grand Prix.
Social, cultural, economic and political factors affecting participation and success in Grand Prix
You will be presenting your work to Mr Podbury and the rest of the class on Friday 1st October during period 1.
Maps, changing locations, emergence of oil rich countries, sponsorship, new rules, graphics.