Conflict and Functionalism

(Conflict)
As Bartos and Wehr (2002) conclude, if we can understand the root and cause of the conflict, no
matter the context, we will be more likely to reach a solution. In the context of sports, if coaches
and athletes can identify certain triggers, conflict can be avoided; as a result, sportsmanship and
team work are being encouraged.

(functional)
Sport has consistently been a reflection of the time period, which has contributed to its
functionality, It is people who produce and reproduce society and sport in all its diverse forms,
through their everyday routines and actions repeated in very consistent ways over significant
periods of time (Beedie & Craig, 2010, p. 17).

According to Jarvie and Maguire (2002), sports serve a greater purpose than pure entertainment,
that sport and leisure have also figured in contemporary traditions of social and political
thought such as feminism, postmodernism, figurational sociology and cultural studies (p. 2).

References
Bartos, O., & Wehr, P. (2002). Using conflict theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
ebook.
Beedie, P. & Craig, P. (2010) Sport Sociology (2nd ed.). London: Learning Matters. ebook.
Jarvie, G. & Maguire, J. (2002). Sport and leisure in social thought. New York: Taylor &
Francis. ebook.