The essay “Sport and Social Hierarch in Medieval England” is about pre-modern sport, but as you read it it’s easy to think of modern counterparts to the way sport was organized and played and what it meant centuries ago. In your view, what are those modern counterparts? For example, do wealth or social status still matter in sport, or in the same way?

The essay “Sport and Social Hierarch in Medieval England” is about pre-modern sport, but as you read it it’s easy to think of modern counterparts to the way sport was organized and played and what it meant centuries ago. In your view, what are those modern counterparts? For example, do wealth or social status still matter in sport, or in the same way? What about modern sport is still primitive in character or design?