Professional sports (as well as college sports which were
then, as they are now, professional in many ways) came about largely because of the
urbanization of the American population during the time known as the Gilded Age. Sports
such as football (mostly college) and baseball (professional) joined sports such as
boxing to become big business.
This was possible in part
because there were so many people in the big cities. This made for a large fan base
that could attend games. News about the games could be spread via telegraph and
newspapers and magazines. This also helped to create interest in the games. The web of
railroads made it relatively easy for teams to travel to play one another. For these
reasons, sports became a big business during the Gilded Age.
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