...Generation Views Around the world what sport do you think has become the most popular over the years? If you guessed racket ball then you’re probably wrong. It’s Called” The Beautiful Game “, and yes its soccer. They call it the beautiful game because of how one is able to manipulate the ball and make it do whatever they want it to. My dad taught me this meaning one day when we he was training me around the age of 8, and told me that if I kept working hard and stayed committed I would soon understand what he meant. From his generation to mine, soccer has increasingly become a much harder sport and because of that its popularity has increased heavily over the years. Why? Because the level of intensity soccer is played in today’s game, the merchandise big brands are producing, and the one and only World Cup. If you were to attend a professional soccer game without ever playing I’m sure it would change your perspective on the sport for certain. It’s not as easy as it looks on TV, believe me. Modern day soccer is so intense it’s almost insane. If you don’t know what I’m talking about go out and look for some team you could randomly join and play a whole game. Bet most of you wouldn’t last. It’s not just some sport you can just join in now to pass time. It’s either give it your all or go and play another sport because soccer is that serious now. Everyone at the high level is fast, strong, smart, and determined to take the ball from you. It’s nonstop running for...
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...Why is College Football so popular? Football is the most popular game in the US and Canada, as is the case with soccer in UK and South America. There are many different reasons of engaging in any sport, be it for pure pleasure and love of the game, the attainment of a scholarship or as a platform for playing professionally. For soccer players, playing in high school and in college gives them the opportunity to nurture the talent and attain the prestigious chance of playing for a professional club, which is every young soccer player’s dream. However, in the USA it has become certain that college football is more popular than professional playing for both the players and the fans. The following are some of the reasons why this is the case. First, to many people college football is deemed to be ‘pure’. To the fans and the players, college football gives them a chance to enjoy the game with no corruption. Professional teams tend to commercialise everything in the team leading to corruption. In college the players on the field need not worry of their worth but enjoy the game and the competitive spirit for the love of the sport. Besides, games played by college teams are fresh and fans enjoy the spirit of the sport displayed by the players. Secondly, many people find themselves attached to a particular institution after several years of attending that particular school. College football thus provides a chance for them to show their loyalty and they rally behind their college’s...
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...of the best known and best playing soccer team in the world, Real Madrid. It tries to backlight the myth of soccer and the tremendous merchandising system behind soccer. Especially the era of Florentino Pérez, who brought a new dimension in managing and merchandising soccer clubs to Spain, will be analyzed in detail. soccer The game What makes a team like Real Madrid so interesting for sponsors and fans worldwide? What makes soccer so interesting for us? Soccer is the world’s most popular sport. Nearly every child kicked a soccer ball once in his live. More than 240 million people play at least once a week. Such a big sport needs a big parent organization in its background. This job is done by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The FIFA which was founded 1904 in Paris established a unified set of rules. This rules are easy to understand and are of course one of the reasons why soccer is so popular all over the world. Also the time a soccer game lasts is defined by the FIFA, its two halves of 45 minutes split by a 15 minute brake. In elimination games an overtime of two times 15 minutes and also a penalty shoot-out at the end of overtime is possible. This is a big advantage for sponsors and TV broadcasts compared to other sports like American football or boxing where the time for a game or fight is nearly unpredictable. You can have 12 rounds of barn-storming fight or a knockout after 10 seconds. At soccer games they can calculate and time their...
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...Soccer is eating itself. Something has to give. Or will it? Real Madrid is broke. Real's biggest rival-Barcelona is also broke. How do the mentioned statements sound to you? Well, in simple terms, signs of inevitable economic collapse in European football are distinct. Virtually, financial crisis such as huge debts, cash crunches, and mismanagement is happening everywhere, in any European soccer clubs. Soccer is eating itself! Over the past years, there is no doubt that European football leagues have dominated the soccer market, for they have been popular and reputable since decades ago. The most popular ones consist of English Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, and German Bundesliga. These so-called ‘Big Four’ leagues has possessed indisputable control over the soccer market, notably prices charged for broadcasting, match tickets, signings of players, advertisements and even betting activities. Therefore, it is said that the ‘Big Four’ has made up an oligopoly market structure. In particular, it is regarded as homogeneously oligopoly, since all leagues offers entertainments connected to football. There might be slight differences in services provided such as different time of kick off for different leagues, but pricing for services such as broadcasting, ticketing are near identical, making the time factor insignificant. Back to the main objective, how will the domination of ‘Big Four’ affect the economy of soccer market in Europe? First of all, the nature...
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...Inequalities in women’s soccer (Women’s National Soccer Team; successful but not equal) Thesis: Although women’s soccer has come along way, as a result of Title IX, gender discrimination is still seen in women’s professional’s sports today. Over the last year, issues about pay, field conditions, and even feminism have surfaced as a result of this summers Women’s World Cup. I. Introduction a. Quote “I don’t want to be considered a great female athlete, I want to be a great athlete”. The idea of a professional female athlete is a fairly new concept that has only developed in the last century. b. Women’s soccer in relatively new to the U.S., however, the sport has been revolutionized by the tremendous success of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer...
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...Cadet Kotelnikov Oleg Group ATO-14-2 Supervised by Bershattskaya S.A. Ulyanovsk 2015 CONTENTS Introduction 3 1. Baseball 4 2. Basketball 5 3. American football 6 4. Ice hockey 7 5. Soccer 8 6. Other popular sports 10 Conclusion 11 References 11 INTRODUCTION Americans pay much attention to physical fitness. Many sports and sporting activities are popular in the USA. People participate in swimming, skating, squash and badminton, tennis, marathons, track-and-field, bowing, archery, skiing, skating etc. But the five major American sports are hockey, volleyball, baseball, football and basketball. Basketball and volleyball have been invented in America. There is a large choice of sports in America. This can be explained by the size and variety of the country. Another reason of the popularity of sports is the people’s love of competition of any kind. One more reason is that Americans use sports activities for teaching socials values, such as teamwork and sportsmanship. All this explains why Americans have traditionally done well in many kinds of sports. Every high school offers its students many sports, such as wrestling, rowing, tennis and golf. There are no separate “universities” for sports in the USA. Students of any higher educational establishment are trained in different kinds of sports. Many colleges and universities...
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...teammates. Other similarities are that soccer and hockey can be played in a stadium or outside in street form, they can both be played year round, they are both played worldwide, and are a sport in the olympics. Another similarity between hockHockey and soccer are two very fun sports. If you were to ask most people about them they would say how different they are, this is true however, they have many similarities that many may not know of. Hockey is a fast paced hard hitting game where as soccer is a slower low contact sport, but they both are played with teammates. Hockey and soccer are similar in some ways, one of those similarities is they are both team sports. In...
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...sports game. It talks about how soccer is the leading video game that people are becoming fans just because of playing FIFA. With the games becoming so real these days it makes people feel as if they really understand the game, and makes them want to watch a real game. Playing the video games makes people way more interested when they actually start watching it being played in real life. In the article it states that twenty two percent of americans twelve and older have played at least one sports video game in the past year. Why is that important? Because if you start getting someone to like a sport young, you are almost guaranteeing yourself on gaining a fan for life. Coming from a person who plays video games, and only plays sports video games. I can personally say that playing video games does make fans. If it was not for FIFA I would probably have no interest what so ever in soccer. Not only does playing a sports game teach you how to play the game and more about the game. It makes players popular in places they would not normally be popular in. You learn players names and things about them you would not normally learn just by watching the game on tv. Also I have seen friends go out and buy apparel just because they saw a jersey on a video game that looks cool. Its a great marketing opportunity for the teams, and the players. In 2013 EA and Fifa Extended their licenses deal until 2022. Fifa is the fastest growing video game, as soccer is the fastest growing sport in...
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...Michael Mainor EN106 – First Year Writing Seminar II: Academic Research & Writing Date : April 26, 2012 America vs. the World America the Beautiful, The Home of the Brave, words that we often hear as Americans in our patriotic way of life; however, are we as Americans so egocentric and or narcissistic in our way of life that we project our thoughts and way of life onto other countries in a global sense? As defined by freedictionary.com, to be egocentric is to view things from one’s own point of view as the only right. It also defines narcissistic as to be infatuated and obsessed with one’s self to exclusion of all others in a ruthless pursuit of one’s gratification, dominance, and ambition. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being proud and patriotic Americans. Although most people who live in America can agree that it is a great place to live, we should not project our way of life, as the only right way, onto other countries’ cultures, or people around the world, because when we do we take the risk of being viewed as America vs. the world. In the excerpt, Moral Disagreement, by Kwame Anthony Appiah, he discusses how different perspectives to any situation and or word(s) mean different things to others based on a variety of things: culture, religion, and morals to name a few. Appiah is a native of Ghana and because of his different upbringing and perspective he views things different. For example, “Many married women lived with their brothers, visiting their husbands...
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...American football? I did. I was so embarrassed because I did not know what my friend was talking about. I thought he was talking about soccer; instead, he meant American football. I remember he said “it is okay” for not knowing about American football. I guess it might be “okay”, but I wish I knew about it and could talk with my friends. American football is more popular than soccer here in the United States because it is very challenging and interesting. First, American football is very challenging. It requires speed and power. Most of football players are fast runners: therefore, they can score a touchdown or pass the ball to their teammates easily. For example, a football player who plays as quarterback has more responsibility for passing the ball to his or her teammates accurately. This requires speed because if he or she holds the ball for a long time, opposite team players could easily block the quarterback. In addition, American football is very challenging because it requires power. Most of American football players are very muscular. It helps them to block or defense the opposite team’s players. Even though American Football is very aggressive and requires power and speed, it has rules and regulation; which maintain a safe game between American football’s teams. Moreover, each player uses protective equipment such as shoulder pads to avoid any injuries. Second, American football is interesting. It is a very attractive sport like soccer, boxing, and rugby. It has a lot...
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...Encyclopedia Americana, it says that soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer is played in one hundred and forty four nations, with nearly twenty million players. (Encyclopedia) Two of those twenty million of players happen to be David Beckham and Lionel Messi. They’re both really good players, but Lionel Messi is a better player than David Beckham. This is because: Messi is more productive, makes more money, and has a better reputation. So how is Messi more productive? Messi is more productive because he has scored more goals, had more assists, and done both in a shorter amount of time than David Beckham. He has been more productive than any other soccer player. Lionel Messi’s first goal...
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...in a large amount of money to the United States such as other sports like baseball, football or soccer. Some gamers from the Esports industry have even turned the system into a profession such as bringing in millions to view their favorite games at a professional level. But what has been questioned within the Esports franchise is should it be considered a hobby, profession or even a real sport. Since gaming has come up in 1958 it has taken a straight turn towards the profession side of life. A YouTuber named Felix Kjellberg also known as Pewdiepie makes from in between seven to eight million dollars’ year making videos with a total of nine billion views from his carrier of YouTube. From the outrageous amount of money, he makes...
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...that time is now over. This affects international business because there are currently 209 countries within FIFA. FIFA has a far reaching impact because soccer is the most popular sport in the world. To better understand why and how FIFA became so corrupt, I’d like to lead with some background on the history of FIFA and its biggest members. FIFA stands for The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (English translation: International Federation of Association Football), and is the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer. FIFA is responsible for the organization of football’s major international tournaments, notably the World Cup which commenced in 1930 and the Women’s World Cup which began in 1991. FIFA was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. FIFA is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland and consists of 209 national associations. The countries range from Brunei and Tanzania to Brazil and Costa Rica. Member countries must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: Africa, Asia, Europe, North & Central America and the Caribbean, Oceania and South America. FIFA does not control the rules of soccer, but it is responsible for the organization of...
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...in turn changing the game we see at home. In Latin America, where the climate and geographies are so much different than the one in the United States, we find growth in basketball. Though the NBA in Latin America is growing, it is still not a hit in Central and South America. Though whenever you go either it is Latin America, China, America, etc… there is always someone playing the game. Even in the likes of Mexico, they are mostly known for militant based political revolution than anything else, but basketball courts do exist. The courts might be used for other things like farming during the day, but you will always see some kid playing and working on his game. Just like what I do when I am in my hometown hooping outside of my house, no court just the concrete and the hoop I have next to my garage. The growth of basketball throughout Latin America region is unexpected, only because they compete for national attention in their number one sport soccer. Basketball has to compete in Central American countries like El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Brazil. Volleyball is also a sport that is highly accepted, but mostly in Brazil and Argentina. However, the basketball being played in soccer dominating countries is often influenced by soccer, but depends on the development of the country. “I know in Argentina [basketball] is very popular. Of course, not even close to soccer, and it never will be, but as far as a second sport in my country it...
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...Soccer Players Wages Soccer is the most popular sport in the world with billions of people in all countries following their team. But despite soccer’s popularity, it does not seen right that soccer players should get paid the amounts they do when their job is not as worthwhile and life threatening as other jobs like soldiers and doctors. Currently the top ten players in the world earn between $15million to $50million a year, compare this with normal jobs where people earn $32,000 a year. The highest earning player is David Beckham who earns approximately $966,000 per week, working out to be $50 million per year (Kaitlin Madden).The only way to control the salaries of soccer players is for the soccer bodies such as UEFA and FIFA to put a cap on the amount of money a team is allowed to spend on player wages. No countries currently have a cap although Italian soccer teams had looked into it a few years ago but never went through with it. A cap system would not only lower wages but would ensure fairness between all the teams in a league. It is hard to justify these soccer players getting paid so much when they no longer seem to have any passion for the game. When players are representing their country playing for the national team many no longer sing the national anthem when it is being played before the game unlike the rugby players who sing there national anthem with such pride. It seems that soccer players are now only in it for the money and they don’t even care about winning...
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