| Description | The establishment and adherence to the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association were a major part of the organizations function. The AAA, as the largest governing body of the sport, had to respond to the needs and developments in athletics, and their most important objective was to advance the sport through their own initiatives. The AAA had to acknowledge new advances in sport technology and equipment and had to react to new considerations affecting sport as a whole, always underpinned by the principle of the amateur sportsperson. Rules therefore needed to adapt or to be established according to the contemporary climate and new athletics records needed to be ratified by the governing body of the sport which determined that any new record set complied with the rules laid down by the association. |