Keywords: ‘Evaluate the extent’ and ‘sport and leisure’ and ‘priorities’ and ‘your’.
• Improve the health of the nation
• Constructive use of free time
• Encourage better self-image (e.g. reduce obesity)
• Participate in prestigious world events (e.g. Olympics/World Cup/Youth Olympic Games)
• Promote interest in outside work
• Escapism
• Reduce stress/depression
• Social/family benefits
• There are other financial priorities (education/economic/health/welfare)
• Basic survival
• Could just cater for a minority
• Too obsessed with winning (e.g. China/Russia)
