Negative Effects Of Sports On The Economy

Contact sports have been around for a long time, and have been a part of American culture. Sports have helped people pay for college through scholarship programs, allow kids to have fun, and bring money to the economy. People have a great time watching the game, and it brings the community closer. If you take away sports at younger ages, nobody will be as talented at higher levels. Everybody will be afraid to join the sport. People don’t start sports when they are already done with college, they go get a job. If they start when in college, how is anyone supposed to know if they are a top athlete? Another reason this is a bad idea, is kids already enjoy the game. If you take away the game, kids are going to get into bad things. Instead of playing a sport, and being in shape, they will be playing video games, and eating food. America, already the world’s unhealthiest country, would be setting itself up for failure.
Companies that produce equipment for the sport would be destroyed. Parents wouldn’t buy the gear for the sport, and companies would have to lay off workers and shut down. Equipment companies would be non-existent. Getting rid of sports at lower levels would take a tremendous toll on the sport’s world as a whole. Concussion’s and injuries have always happened to players. You can’t deny the facts. Instead of getting rid of the sport tough, teach the kids how to take a hit, so when it happens they don’t get hurt. Getting rid of contact sports all together at younger levels might keep the players safe, but it is going to do more harm than