Have you ever heard of the term “dumb jocks”? There may be a reason behind the term and they are not beginning as “dumb jocks” (Almond 120). For this very reason‚ contact sports should narrow in on older players and be banned from children who are still growing. Until the age of 26‚ a person’s frontal lobe‚ which helps make decisions‚ is still developing. If a person were to damage their frontal lobe‚ they could have major issues in the future. “ A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury—or
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revenue‚ and alumni. Without college sports‚ many students wouldn’t have an understanding about what the college world is. The largest thriving sports network within college athletics is college football and college basketball. These sports generate not only hometown fans‚ they can influence out of state fans as well while also creating super fans who will devote their academic career to a school based off of their favorite sports team. Many true college sports fans don’t usually just like a school
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how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing‚ working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because it requires physical
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together; Every single injury/sports injury that you sustained throughout the year; The exact type of injury/sports injury sustained; The exact number of each type of sports injury sustained‚ to check frequency; Whether you had an existing injury/sports injury while training; If so‚ the type of injury/sports injury you had while training; Whether you had an existing injury/sports injury while doing official road races; If so‚ the type of injury/sports injury you had while doing a specific
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Golf is a very bizarre sport. A lot of people have a dissension about golf because they think it’s boring. 90% of people who have played golf say that it’s really cool. There are some downsides to it‚ but it is worth it. Golf can make time elapse really quickly. You can also swelter in the heat as you are walking the course. I think golf needs to be brought back to being a popular sport. It is a very fun sport‚ and a lot of people will like it if they play it. There are a lot of rewards being a
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Sports are essential part of our daily lives. Some of us play sports‚ we constantly hear news about some incident happening in the sporting world‚ or we are constantly checking the ESPN tab on our computer. Although sports present a danger in our worlds both physically and mentally. Physically we can get a concussion‚ tear our ACL‚ or hurt ourselves in another way. Emotionally we can have anxiety over winning or losing or some other emotional instability. Last OP I talked about concussions and the
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exhausting sports ever‚ and still is. I remember my first Walmart eighteen- inch bike. I also remember my first actual BMX bike from a BMX store. BMX isn’t just a sport‚ it’s a hobby and enjoyed by millions. It takes time. You’re going to hurt yourself. You’re going to fall a lot. However‚ that’s all just apart of learning new things. BMX isn’t just like any sport. It takes a lot of guts and repetition to learn and get what you want so badly. I want people to understand that BMX isn’t just a sport that
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The topic I am going to discuss today is Drugs in Sport. My contention is that drugs should not be made legal in sports. Drugs in sport is an issue that is always in the spotlight‚ especially during major athletic events such as the recent and highly controversial‚ Tour De France. However‚ now the issue has risen to such an extent that sport itself is almost a side issue. There have been numerous drug busts over the years as more and more athletes succumb to the temptation of an easy win by
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Lives are Saved Sport hunting is a topic that is highly debated in the US today. People have many different opinions on whether it should be illegal‚ or remain the same. I believe that sport hunting is unfair‚ not right‚ and should be illegal. Some reasons several people believe that sport hunting is okay and necessary is because they think it reduces population and teaches people how to survive in the wilderness. It is fair to have this opinion‚ since if you are on a plane that crashes‚ or get
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Dope or Quit "Doping means to make use of physiological substances in immoderate quantity or abnormal method from healthy people whose only aim is to obtain an artificial increase of the performance during the competition" (Vittozzi). Doping has been around for more than 100 years now‚ and has had many different forms such as using caffeine for a simple boost‚ to more serious things like anabolic steroids or blood doping. Blood doping is one of the many different ways athletes will increase their
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