Are we playing fair when it comes to sports?
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Sport brings people from different cultural backgrounds together. During sporting events like the Olympics and world cup soccer, people display their national costumes and country colors in the form of flags, shirts and other visual things. This helps people to learn from each other’s culture and bring them together to promote cultural diversity.
There are several cultural benefits that could be derived from sports. Sports in general help to develop a strong and positive community identity. Since cultural diversity is dependent on community, it is important to mention that sport contributes to the unification, integration or cohesion of the identity of a community. (1) Sports preferences vary with locations and while location determines people’s cultures, available resources determine which sport is possible in which area. This is the reason one finds a certain sport having a higher level of players from an ethnic or cultural group. However, with the growth in the sports sector from being just a hobby or social activity turning it into a profession generating significant levels of income, it has become common for teams to import players who show promise and talent in a certain sport. The teams offer to train the players to ensure growth in their skills and create discipline in the game. This cultural diversity in teams has proven fruitful, as each member of the team contributes their cultural styles where the managers and coaches are able to come up with unique playing techniques that enhance a team’s strength against the opponents. Different cultures have their own strength thus, by diversifying a team’s cultural base, the team harnesses the strength of each individual, creating a force that would require understanding each different player and his or her uniqueness. Rules defined for a particular
Sport brings people from different cultural backgrounds together. During sporting events like the Olympics and world cup soccer, people display their national costumes and country colors in the form of flags, shirts and other visual things. This helps people to learn from each other’s culture and bring them together to promote cultural diversity.
There are several cultural benefits that could be derived from sports. Sports in general help to develop a strong and positive community identity. Since cultural diversity is dependent on community, it is important to mention that sport contributes to the unification, integration or cohesion of the identity of a community. (1) Sports preferences vary with locations and while location determines people’s cultures, available resources determine which sport is possible in which area. This is the reason one finds a certain sport having a higher level of players from an ethnic or cultural group. However, with the growth in the sports sector from being just a hobby or social activity turning it into a profession generating significant levels of income, it has become common for teams to import players who show promise and talent in a certain sport. The teams offer to train the players to ensure growth in their skills and create discipline in the game. This cultural diversity in teams has proven fruitful, as each member of the team contributes their cultural styles where the managers and coaches are able to come up with unique playing techniques that enhance a team’s strength against the opponents. Different cultures have their own strength thus, by diversifying a team’s cultural base, the team harnesses the strength of each individual, creating a force that would require understanding each different player and his or her uniqueness. Rules defined for a particular