Research on sport participation and social class tends to show that low-income people tend to play sports more than they watch t
hem. low-income people cannot afford to play or watch most sports. higher-income people have high rates of attendance at most sport events. participation in sports is highest among those who work in physical jobs.
A good reason for this would be that they also did trade with other cultures at the time. This in effect meant that they were exposed to different cultures to which they could adapt and absorb certain aspects of these cultures.