...little. Kids today feel entitled to things because we give kids that suck serious ass at sports trophies because they were part of a team that they didn’t help win because they suck. Kids that play sports good in high school get All State and All Conference awards they don’t give all of the kids these awards. I think it is bad to give trophies to all kids in school sports because not all of the kids earned them, competition and rejection are needed, and it is good for young kids. The first reason I am against it is that not all of the kids earned the trophies. There are kids that make every practice, work hard and then there are those kids that only make a few practices and don’t work at all. People are wanting to give all of the kids trophies for participating but some of the kids don’t fully participate. The fucking world has got very soft on their kids these days. Back in the day kids worked hard at what they did if they wanted to get a trophy. Kids have become really big pussies and are really lazy. The second reason I am against is that competition and rejection are needed. Bigger high schools have tryouts for their sports teams. So they get the best...
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...Football is a great sport, it is the most popular, the most talked about, and the most played sport, so why take that awayat such a young age? Kids should be allowed to play tackle football before highschool, because it helps kids learn how to build charater traits as they get older, it also helps kids stay in shape, And lastly, Kids need to learn how to properly tackle at a young age. Building good character traits is taught at a young age. Contact football helps with that. It helps kids learn disapline but also helps them learn how to work with a team. If kids are learning these skills at 14 or 15 years old then it's already too late. Kids need time to develop these character traits. Dr. Gloria Julius says if kids grow up learning good...
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...take football away from little kids because they are afraid of them getting hurt, why not take basketball, and every other sport away from them too? You can get hurt in any sport including football, so why take it away from young kids? Many people have been asking if young kids should play football. I read two articles that helped back up my evidence and the first one is called,”Should Kids Play Football,” by Jennifer Shotz. My second helpful article was called, “Hoge Understands the Importance of Youth Football,” by Teresa Varley. Many people say that young kids should be able to play football because it can help with many different parts of their life, while others think that young kids don’t deserve the privilege of playing...
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...Should kids be able to play dangerous sports? Many people argue that kids shouldn’t be able to play dangerous sports because it can cause a kid to brake a bone or get a concussion. The other side argues that they should be able to play it because parents should be able to make the choice not the government. There are also people who don’t mind dangerous sports but wont let their kids play them. I think that they should be allowed to play them to a extent meaning they can play something that is too crazy but should be able to play things like tackle football. Many people will put their kid into something like flag football to bypass tackle football because they think it is dangerous. But according to Stanford health they both get the...
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...Sport and opportunities of play, consistent with the rights of the child to optimum development, has been identified by UNICEF as among the crucial components to the delivery of quality education. Without sports, elementary education would be boring and lifeless for young school children. In fact, sports are vital in the very young lives of kids as it gives them a lot of things to learn about life aside from entertainment and cool moments with friends. Immersing kids in various sports is truly a valuable Endeavour for the things it could bring to children is priceless and even valuable as they get older. The first reason why children should be encouraged to get involved with sports is discipline. It is a fact that physical training and exercises help to inculcate discipline. Every game or sport has its own set of rules. One has to follow them scrupulously. Martial arts like karate, taekwondo, judo, etc. make kids well disciplined. Further, sports and games give the youngsters an opportunity to lead as well as be lead. Thus, sports help to bring out and nurture the qualities of leadership. The second reason is sports build a spirit of teamwork as most sports are played by two or more persons. In other words, playing and participating in sports is a social game wherein children get to know how to get well with other children. It would give them a blazing start since actual work in the real world requires workers or employees who know how to blend well with the work environment...
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...Lempitsky Mrs. Figs English 3 10 February 2013 Steroids In many parts of the world today, sports competitions are the vehicle for the fierce quest to win, to be “the best.” Athletes will do anything to win whether that be cheating in golf or taking steroids in order to excel in baseball. It is said that over three million athletes and bodybuilders have used illegal steroids in this country alone (Solberg 92). If many people already use steroids why not make them legal and let people take them at their own risk? Or perhaps do you think steroids should stay illegal because they have harmful side effects and promote an unfair advantage in sports? With the growing concern over steroid use in our country, we must look at what is really best for the future of our athletes and the spirit of competition. Steroids are extra hormones that are either taken orally or injected into the body. Theses hormones set off a reaction that sends an individual’s testosterone level soaring, which in turn allows that person to increase muscle size and strength. But with this new-found strength comes some harmful side effects. Steroids can cause heart attacks or liver cancer, not to mention all the newly acquired acne that often develops. These are only a few of the hundreds of unhealthy things that can happen to you when you are on steroid (Harris129). Many people, medical experts and athletes alike, feel steroids should be legalized. They feel that the use of steroids a few times and in moderation is acceptable...
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...What is behind every major brand in the world? An iconic sportsman endorsing it. The celebrity status of sportsmen all over the world has continued to grow, especially in the past decade. Sports stars are often regarded as role models and therefore it has been suggested they should only be able to endorse certain brands and messages. I will be arguing in this essay through the example of NBA star LeBron James how I agree due to sporting stars growing influence on society, especially children and teens, they should not be allowed to endorse negative brands or messages such as unhealthy food. The influence of sporting stars in today’s society is major. Most athletes idolised by millions around the globe, kids holding onto every word that comes from their mouths. Think of your childhood idol for a second. When you are a child you are so infatuated by your idols you want to be just like them, do what they do, eat what they eat and wear what they wear. With this kind of influence on thousands of people caution needs to be taken when deciding the brands and messages one can endorse. A case study completed by youth in India provides proof of the influence Sporting Stars can have on our youth. About 14.1% of the children tested admitted to purchase products that appear in ads endorsed by their sporting heroes while 51.6% youngsters say that they make the purchase however, not always. 20.4 % say that they never buy products that appear in ads. Another 13% say that they do not want...
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...is and very good sport, that has been around for a long time. Cheerleading started in the 1800s. (www.varsity.com,2016))A lot of the people who did cheerleading did it because they really enjoyed it and really took it serious. The people who coached the cheer teams had it good because they didn’t have to make the girls do the things because the girls was all about cheerleading they live, sleep, eat cheerleading. Women/ young lady’s wasn’t allowed to cheer until 1923 which was the first time they can cheer at the university of Minnesota/ u of m. (www.varsity.com,2016). Cheerleading roots are also closely tied to football. During this decade cheerleaders added tumbling, and, acrobatics to their routines (www.varsity.com,2016). “History of cheerleading to say” Cheerleading was really popular when it first came out back in the 1800s. The reason why cheering is so popular know because when it started it was at a university at a football game and the game was showed on television and it made it look pretty and it perfect and it eventually moved to high schools and then they made All Star Teams and cheer teams outside of school. (Http://answers.yahoo.com,2016) At that time only men did cheerleading. (www.varsity.com,2016). Most of everyone that is not in to cheerleading say...
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...Kids and Mature video games. Video games have gotten very popular over time, although some kids cannot enjoy certain games because they aren't old enough, I believe that is not fair. Kids should be insisted to play shooting video games because it can greatly improve physical and emotional hand eye coordination. Minors should be able to buy any game they want by themselves, only person that should be allowed to say no is their parents. Finally there is no correlation between video games and video games, video games do not entice kids to kill or be violent. Many believe minors should be monitored when it comes to video games, I disagree. Recent studies have shown that in fact shooting video games improve hand eye coordination. I am living proof...
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...How are performance enhancing drugs (PEDS) affecting the future of sports? Although many PEDS are banned by the USADA, there is a reason why some should be allowed. The war between sports and drugs has been going on for a long time and is affecting all sports. The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), is the national anti-doping organization (NADO) for Olympic, Paralympic, Pan American, and Parapan American sports in the United States. They try to preserve the integrity of competition , inspire true sport, and protect the rights of athletes. Drugs not allowed by the USADA include erythropoietin, anabolic steroids, stimulants, human growth hormone, and diuretics. The USADA collects urine and blood samples to test for drugs. They inform athletes of the results of their drug tests and also manage any potential anti-doping rule violations....
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...Milgram 1 Cory Milgram WR 121 Abby Grewatz Essay 3.2 3/13/13 Beer and Sports Sports are a huge source of entertainment in the world. Watching sports is an excellent activity that the whole family can enjoy. More than ever before, fans in America can turn on their HDTVs and tune into their sporting event of choice. With such a large quantity of viewers glued to their TV sets, companies have begun paying top dollar to direct their advertisements at sports enthusiasts. Commercials relating to sports have commonly been extremely successful and consumers purchase these companies products at an astounding rate. The problem I have with sports related advertisements specifically relates to the beer industry. These are some of the most profitable corporations and suck people in with multimillion-dollar commercials. These commercials are clever yet often deceitful. Beer commercials also air more frequently than that of nearly any other product. This gives viewers a constant reminder to purchase a product that, in fact, can be dangerous and detrimental to one's health. Beer commercials should be banned from televised sporting events because beer commercials make viewers believe they are dependent on alcohol consumption to enjoy watching sports. Watching televised sports is viewed as a social event. Gathering around the television with friends, living and dying with every pitch, is a rich part of the American culture and its tradition. These are the moments people look forward...
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...the job of our government to place regulations on what children eat and drink. Studies have shown that there are three principal causes of obesity: hereditary (sic) (endocrine related), inactivity, and diet. (Lee, 2011) In today’s society many children live in a household where both parents work; as a result children are left home alone to occupy their time by way of television, video games, and computers, as opposed to the parental supervision one may have had in the past. These behaviors are what are being seen at home, and in the schools, a place where children spend the single largest block of their time is equally as sedentary. Schools once fostered a physical education class, encouraged after school sports, and other activities that would keep kids active. The third...
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...Starving Students Children of all ages need an extra boost of energy during school hours. It is not uncommon that kids do not eat our school's lunch or breakfast. Even some kids in our school will not get enough food at home. Students need vending machines because it provides them to have more energy and to know that they will get food. Having vending machines will help students become healthier, energetic, and have more students participate in class. Here is a graph that shows what kids will need each day for nutrition depending on the activities they do. Like you can see in the graph kids in our school would either be known as somewhat active or very active. The reason is because students at Hampton-Dumont Middle School get Physical Education every other day. Also fourth through sixth graders get recess...
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...higher level of game play. But there are parents who think that there should be separate places for players who want to play a more high intensity type of play and who want to play just for fun. There is too much of a push for the elite player, I have one of both. One who played elite, one who just wanted to play. Why do we base play on skill? Just because the child is not the best, fastest or whatever should not determine the play time. You want kids to continue to play, then stop putting the pressure on. There is a place and age to push our best, and there is also a place to let them just play (Changing The Game Project). It’s better to separate the two types of players, it saves the ones who don’t think they could or want to play that sport in college or even after that from not enjoying their time playing and will keep them playing for a bit longer. It also gives the athletes that want to show off their skills and be put into...
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...Should Children Play Football? In the area I live in many kids play football. It is fun to watch and even more fun to play, but are the risk of injuries to high? If a child is ruled too young to play, what should be the age it is allowed, should they have even more equipment on, and should it be the child’s choice or the parents? In most states a child is allowed to play when they enter kindergarten or first grade. Many have a problem with this, which can be understood. If the age of five or six is not acceptable, what is? Should they start at ten, thirteen, high school? When Scott Fujita was eight he wanted to play very badly, so badly in fact, he cried when his father (a high school football coach) said no. Scott went on to be an NFL linebacker, getting asked questions all the time like “how do you work out” and “what supplements are you taking”. Scott writes in an article saying, “Now the most common question, by far, is, “would you let your son play football?” My response was usually a resounding “no”. (Would I let my son play Football?)- Scott Fujita....
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