"Famous athletes nowadays are more like entertainers than professionals. Usually they are not just dedicated to achieve sports goals. If an athlete can call the attention of the public‚ she/he would worth more for managers. If the role of athletes in society wasn’t to entertain‚ there would be any millionaire athlete. Being the best athlete to me isn’t being the highest paid player or even the greatest but the greatest athlete to me is being able to look your teammates in the eyes at the end of
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footballer news. All this made me think‚ how can it be that in the XXI century exists such a rejection or homophobia against this group? This has motivated me to make an analysis about the gay movement in the sports field. Looking back in the history‚ in the old Greek Olympic Games during the VIII century before Christ‚ athletes used to compete naked in the main part of sport competitions as races and discus throwing. In Greek society‚ nudity and homosexuality were not cause for shame or make
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Introduction “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people in a way that little else does. It speaks to youth in a language they understand. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than government in breaking down racial barriers” (Busbee‚ 2013). This quote from Nelson Mandela describes one of the key ways he felt he was able to help unify South Africa; he used sport to begin to breakdown the culture
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Introduction: According to the oxford dictionary a “Contact sport” is a sport in which participants necessarily come into bodily contact with one another‚ this includes football‚ rugby‚ hockey and la cross. Children and parents must be warned of the mental‚ physical and social risk factors that are associated with contact sports before being able to participate in them‚ doing so will lead to less children taking unnecessary risk. One factor that parents should be aware of is the increased risk and
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Sexism in Sports Do you believe that sexism in sports is a big issue in the sports industry? Sexism in sports has become a social problem throughout the years. Throughout the history of sports‚ female athletes have struggled to gain equality with the male athletes. Female sports have faced a derogatory attitude toward their sports. According to Macionis‚ sexism is defined as “the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other” (Macionis 2010: 332). Another definition of sexism is defined
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Television is an inevitable entertainment media of today. Initially we had only one or two channels promoted by the Government. Today there are hundreds of channels in all languages to entertain us like television shows‚ movies‚ serials‚ animated films‚ sports and social events‚ etc. At the outset‚ in order to give a break in the programmes they started showing advertisements. In our day the system is completely changed. Only the advertising sponsors decide the telecasting of particular programme either
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Electronic Sports: Really a “Sport”? When “sports” is heard the first thing thought of‚ big athletes‚ open fields‚ and probably a lot of sweat. However‚ that is not the case these days. Within the last ten to twenty years a radical thing that probably would not have been thought to exist is coming into fruition‚ and boy is it blooming. Electronic Sports‚ eSports for short‚ is the act of playing video games competitively for not just proving who’s better‚ but also for a very large chunk of money
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religions by coming together and clashing. How has sports and racism interacted with each other to make such a social uproar? Personally‚ I believe in playing the game how it’s supposed to be played without politics being involved‚ regardless of the opponent’s skin color or religious beliefs. The media has portrayed the sporting world in such a negative light to gain more attention to the average viewer‚ while forgetting what the main aspect of sports is all about‚ winning.
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preformatted takes place on a hard surface‚ thus increasing the opportunity for serious injury. Cheerleading has more than three million participants today‚ and many feel that the activity should be designated as a sport in all states. This would allow the rules and regulations governing other sports to cover this one as well‚ specially with regard to safety. 12/7/16 Cheerleading uniforms have had quite an evolution. In the early days uniforms consisted of a letter sweater ove a buttoned shirt or turtleneck
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Learning to play team sports is an important part o f a child’s education. Do you agree or disagree? Practicing sports provides athletes with opportunities to develop their social skills during the academic portion of their life. Nowadays‚ the effect of practicing on children is very significant in a way they practice individual sport or joining a team. But is learning to play team sports an important part of a child’s academic portion? I personally agree and think that team sports are a much better
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