The Concepts of Equity in Sport
The concepts of equity, access and equality are difficult to define and understand. They present complex issues for discussion and provide individuals and society with significant challenges. (Craig Crossley 2013). Figueroa’s Framework is a framework that the sociology of sport is based on. There are five levels in which this framework is basis. Those levels include: Cultural, Structural, Institutional, Interpersonal and Individual Levels.
The framework developed by Professor Peter Figueroa (Figueroas’s Framework) has been a useful tool in the investigation of issues and ideas surrounding equity, access and equality in exercise, sport and physical activity. Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society. Many social factors directly or indirectly shape opinions and influence an individual’s decision to participate in physical activity, in my case Touch football.
Touch Football has grown rapidly in Australia after starting in the 1960’s. It is played widely on a social and competitive level. The sport has a great number of positive advantages attached to it, such as being an affordable family sport at a local level, it is played at night under lights, to promote family participation and also allowing participation within other sports over the weekends.
The individual level of Figueros’s Framework looks at the individual values and thoughts on Touch Football. It also incorporates your attitude to the sport and how your genes effect your participation in the sport. This is the first level of Figueroa’s Framework and this level had had the most effect in my participation in Touch Football. By this I mean I have come from a large sporting background and have always been encouraged by my parents to play a Sport. I always wanted to play some sort of
The framework developed by Professor Peter Figueroa (Figueroas’s Framework) has been a useful tool in the investigation of issues and ideas surrounding equity, access and equality in exercise, sport and physical activity. Sports equity is about fairness in sport, equality of access, recognising inequalities and taking steps to address them. It is about changing the culture and structure of sport to ensure it becomes equally accessible to everyone in society. Many social factors directly or indirectly shape opinions and influence an individual’s decision to participate in physical activity, in my case Touch football.
Touch Football has grown rapidly in Australia after starting in the 1960’s. It is played widely on a social and competitive level. The sport has a great number of positive advantages attached to it, such as being an affordable family sport at a local level, it is played at night under lights, to promote family participation and also allowing participation within other sports over the weekends.
The individual level of Figueros’s Framework looks at the individual values and thoughts on Touch Football. It also incorporates your attitude to the sport and how your genes effect your participation in the sport. This is the first level of Figueroa’s Framework and this level had had the most effect in my participation in Touch Football. By this I mean I have come from a large sporting background and have always been encouraged by my parents to play a Sport. I always wanted to play some sort of