Additionally, the upper-class division of utilizing monopolies was another factor in the rise of baseball and football as it was an alternative way to work while promoting power as well as superiority. With the masculinity crisis happening, men felt threatened not only by women, but also by immigrants as well. While immigrants were occupying tremendous roles in industrial workspaces, it often left non-immigrant men to work in other work environments which don’t involve physical strength or manual labor. As a result, men felt the need to show their masculinity more than ever and turned to sports. Although many of the upper-class men didn’t become physically involved, many decided to produce monopolies, especially in baseball. Not only would