The aim of the study is an attempt to characterise prestige as an important descriptive term, explaining the phenomena and processes occurring in (post-) modern sport and to answer the question regarding the sources of
sport prestige and sport as a source of prestige.
The work is based on an analysis of the literature on the given subject in the fi eld of humanities and social sciences,
especially sociology, devoted to the interesting issue of prestige and sport. In the analysis,the dominant scientifi c
theories were implemented, including, inter alia, structural and functional, social interactionism, Weber’s and Warner’s theory of prestige, and the theoretical assumptions of Henryk Domański and Piotr Sztompka.
Through the analyse, it is shown that sport itself, in relation to other areas of life, enjoys relative prestige. Access to
the stock of prestige in sport is unequal. Some disciplines, sporting activities, sport groups and individuals have
greater access to it, while others do not. Sport in (post-) modern societies is a source of prestige. This is confi rmed
by the pro-sport nature of informal social control, as a result of which, participation in sport is subject to positive
social sanctions, while lack of such participation is deprived of such sanctions.
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