Take any TV with a semi-extensive listing of channels and you will find tens, if not hundreds of sports channels. Sports have become one of the major forms of entertainment often with huge cultures and fan bases behind them; however, it was not always quite like today. The Sports industry has really taken off following the Industrial Revolution and not by coincidence. Granted there was great sporting events preceding the Industrial Revolution, such as the Ancient Greek Olympics and Medieval jousting, but sports have never been seen to this grand globalized scale as in the Modern era.
The Industrial Revolution has provided a couple of things that have allowed Sports to flourish. First, the Industrial Revolution greatly increased the amount of capital being circulated allowing for large arenas to be built. Second, the Industrial Revolution eventually led to more free time for people to watch and participate in sports. The Industrial revolution also led to the invention of more technologies that disseminate information like the TV and radio. TV and Radio are incredibly important to the commercial aspect of sports. Almost all of sports are driven by money. Leagues are generally made to make money. Lastly, drove the push for a more globalized world. The manufacturing economies of many nations in the Industrial Revolution needed to look to the colonies for raw materials. Globalization is very important for sports. Take the olympics or the world cup, two of the biggest sporting events in the world feature competition between all the countries in the world. In many ways, sports and the sports industry were two things nearly non-existent by the Industrial Revolution greatly increased their influence.
That's interesting, the important relation between technology and sports, and how the increased technology - the perpetuation of information (Radio, TV, etc.), mostly, led to an increased amount of popularity. Personally, I think that as technology increases, it will start to tip the other way, as things such as performance-enhancing drugs, robotic implants, and more start to cause large amounts of issues for national sports. The Olympics, especially, I believe is going to die out in the next 30-40 years, or at the very least be completely and utterly different from what it once was. The "ideal athelete" is quickly becoming an outdated term.
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