‘Bombay Sport Exchange’: cricket, globalization and the future

Mehta, Nalin; Gemmell, Jon; Malcolm, Dominic

doi:10.1080/17430430802702996

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“…This research also helps shed light on the workplace pressures that may be precursors to mental health issues in a variety of highly skilled occupations with similar nonsettler transient migratory patterns. Other sports where there is a requirement for professional athletes to commit to travelling 'circuits' include, for example, tennis players, track and field athletes, Grand Prix circuit drivers, skiers, and cyclists who undertake events at different locations, often in different countries and continents, from one week to the next (Maguire, 2011a;Mehta, Gemmell, & Malcolm, 2009;Roderick, 2013). Future research might focus more directly on the issue of mental health and well-being with the athletes themselves, in order to build on the material concerning potential precursors to mental health issues discussed within this paper.…”

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‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

Fry

Bloyce

2017

Sociology of Sport Journal

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This article examines the effects of globalization on the well-being of migrant professional athletes. Interviews with 20 touring professional golfers reveal that players experience many of the personal problems -such as loneliness, isolation, low decision latitude, low social support, and effort-reward imbalance -which have been identified as "strong predictors of mental ill-health" (Leka & Jain, 2010, p. 65). Feelings of loneliness and isolation developed as players were regularly apart from family and friends, and spent most of their time with other golfers whom they had somewhat superficial relationships with. These feelings coupled with, for many, uncertain income generated through golf added further to their work-related anxieties. Overall, results highlight the importance of considering how workplace anxieties and vulnerabilities impact on athlete migrants' health and well-being.

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‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

Fry

Bloyce

2017

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“…Indeed, for many traditionalists, the opportunities made possible by one-day cricket -especially Twenty20 -are accompanied by a series of threats which emanate from the rapid commercialisation and mediatisation of the game, and the unresolved tensions between different formats (Rumford & Wagg, 2010;Axford & Huggins, 2011). The ECB was the only national governing body to prohibit its national players from competing in the IPL's launch season, despite their protestations over potential financial losses (Mehta et al, 2009), but the IPL continues to generate tensions in particular between the West Indian Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indian players.…”

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Sport, Media and Mega-Events

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Billings²

2017

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“…Rumford (2007) has argued that the increasing popularity of One Day International cricket matches (as opposed to ‘first class’ five day test events) has contributed to the post-westernization of the game, with India utilizing this format to prise power away from the traditional imperial powers and emerge as the new centre of the sport. Additionally, Gupta (2009) and Mehta et al (2009) both used the establishment of the Indian Premier League (IPL) (a professional, commercialized cricket league in India) to illustrate how the popularity of cricket combined with the economic might of India has destabilized the power centre of the sport.…”

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Behind the scenes of sport for development: Perspectives of executives of multinational sport organizations

Waldman

Wilson

2015

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

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This article reports findings from a study designed to examine cricket's role as an international development tool-with a particular focus on how decisions are made at the highest institutional levels to support cricket-related development initiatives. Data for the study are drawn from interviews with executives in the International Cricket Council and the Marylebone Cricket Club who were asked about how and why decision-makers in their organizations chose to engage in development-related work. The study is informed by literature on postcolonialism, sport for development and peace, global politics and the sociology of cricket. The results illustrate that: (a) a select group of executives in the International Cricket Council and the Marylebone Cricket Club make decisions hierarchically, and that decisions reflect organizational mandates; (b) decision-makers tend to be dismissive of critiques of sport for development and peace, with notable exceptions; and (c) the goals and implications of development-related programmes are portrayed differently to different audiences. This article concludes with commentary on the ways that cricket continues to be implicated in postcolonial relationships and on the processes of decision-making in organizations governed by neoliberal policies.

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‘Bombay Sport Exchange’: cricket, globalization and the future

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

‘Life in the Travelling Circus’: A Study of Loneliness, Work Stress, and Money Issues in Touring Professional Golf

Sport, Media and Mega-Events

Behind the scenes of sport for development: Perspectives of executives of multinational sport organizations

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