Research for Britain, the United States and Canada has shown that the early development of professionalism in sport was met with strong resistance from the elite adherents of the amateur ethos. For Trinidad and Tobago, however, and in relation to soccer, the conflicts which erupted over several attempts to professionalize the game had nothing to do with any opposition to professionalism on the part of the governing middle class dominated, soccer elite. Rather, the conflicts were fuelled by elite concerns over the protection of their power and authority over the game locally. While noting these comparative differences, a central aim of this article is to explain the nature and outcome of several attempts to professionalize soccer in the former British colony of Trinidad and Tobago between 1969 and 1983, drawing on the work of R. Williams and R. Gruneau.
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