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Sport in Society Task Five The sports industry is very important in today's society, not only does it provide leisure activities, but it is also one of the largest providers of jobs, from athletes to managers to physiotherapists. In this task one is going to explain the current scale and economic importance of the sports industry, referring to rugby and football, two quite different, popular sports. Employment In sport, there are a lot of different types of jobs available; not only team members, the jobs range from managers to sports retailers. One estimate of the total workforce was made by Sportdata and they propose, "Employment in sport was 437,460 in 1998, compared to 425,056 in 1995." Since then, the number of people employed in the sports industry has greatly increased, and is still growing. The number of people involved in the sports and fitness industry, is expected to increase to 347,000 by 2008, which...

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