Victorian organized games were redefined as ideological training for imperial manliness and patriotism

Evidence

By 1900 the original rationale for organized games had been long forgotten and athleticism had developed its own ideological justification. Games not only postponed the mental torment of sex. They taught a morality. They developed manliness and toughness without which an expanding empire could not be run. They encouraged patriotism as the fierce loyalty to house and school was transferred to the regiment and the country. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1258

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to English class discipline and imperial ideology themes that recur through the book.