prevailing light of sports; women weren’t socially accepted to engage in sports‚ it was seen as a function only men could do. In recent years women have begun to embrace sports and knock down the norm that sports are only for men. However‚ a concealed affair that persists is the faulty image the media has portrayed on how female athletes should look. According to the article‚ “I Won‚ I’m Sorry.” by Mariah Burton Nelson there is still a disequillbrium between men and women in sports. Women are limited
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Every cheerleader gets fired up when someone sparks the “Is cheerleading a sport?” debate. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ a sport is defined as a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other. The amount of intense training that cheerleaders do is crazy. Cheerleaders get injured‚ sometimes it is serious then other times it’s not. Cheerleaders also get offered scholarships and many other opportunities. Cheerleading
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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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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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A sports team is an expression of a fan’s sense of identity‚ pride and belonging. This reaches deeper into Noam Chomsky’s idea that “there exists a psychological phenomenon that occurs in sports‚ where fans have a sense of irrational loyalty to a meaningless community.” One can begin to speculate on his argument that spectator sports are just a distraction for the masses: “a form of propaganda designed to divert society’s attention from things that matter.” (Chomsky). “Friendly” sports can actually
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is a sport anyone can play it‚ young or old. Tennis is not a super common sport in many high schools‚ but different from many you can play it all your life. Tennis is a physical and mental game‚ you are being active and also get to use your mind and use strategies. Yet you get to be physical‚ it is a good sport if you are unhealthy and need exercise because you can start any age. You can play tennis for competition or just to get some exercise spending time with friends. Tennis is a cool sport because
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The sport soccer has been known all around the world for some time. Today soccer is one of the most played and popular sports in the world. It’s played in just about every nation on earth. It is enjoyed the same way americans enjoy football and basketball and other american sports. The sport soccer can be traced back about around the eleventh century. In england was the first country where the game was developed but the inventor of the sport is unknown. At first it was a sport that was played during
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estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States‚ according to source one. Being that so many sports-related concussions happen each year‚ players of sports should have to sit out for longer periods of time than they do currently. If sports players does not stay out of games for longer after injuries‚ and it ends up that they have a concussion that hasn’t been detected right away‚ then it could lead to further injuries. Or‚ if a sports player is not telling the
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some people think swimming isn’t a sport? Swimming has been around for centuries‚ but most people just do it for fun. Luckily people learn how to swim because it is a skill that is almost required in life and parents want them to be safe‚ but other people learn for different reasons. Some learn it because it is something you can do your entire life. Amazingly others do it because it is the sport they dream about and want to doing. Swimming is a difficult sport because we practice daily‚ compete fiercely
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