...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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...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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...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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...When you think of high school sports what comes to mind? You might imagine a massive crowd roaring with the animated cheerleaders as your team hits the final home run that wins the big game. Or maybe you conjure up more behind the scenes; with long tiring practices, and repetitive work that only builds up stress till the whole wide world is sitting on your shoulders. At first glance it seems there are only those two types of reactions. But in reality, both are part of the entirety of high school sports. Everything has positives and negatives, even school athletics. Without further ado let’s get the ball rolling. High school sports keep students active. Not all students get exercise outside of the sports they take part in. Athletics keep athletes healthy year round. Some coaches even put their players on a diet so they aren’t just getting exercise, they’re being trained to watch what they eat. Sports make kids strong, there’s no doubt about it....
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...Do you want your kid to be encouraged to have big dreams and do what they love? Well I know that I would. I believe that young athletes do have the same opportunities in playing sports. One reason I believe that it’s fair is disabled kids can still do sports and participate in sports as well. My second reason is that girls can also play in sports like football. Then my third reason is that parents that can not afford to take or get their kid into games, so maybe coaches take them or pay for them. Disabled is a physical or mental condition that limits a person's movement,senses, or even activities. Well, in my world I think that disabled kids are not all cut out they can still play sports and do fun activities.Today, US Education Department Office for Civil Rights has released guidance that clarifies existing legal obligations of schools to provide students with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate alongside their peers in after-school athletics and clubs. We make clear that schools may not exclude students who have an intellectual,...
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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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...“I don’t care if a kid is a multi-sport kid. In fact I think it’s a benefit.” - Tom Hilbert, volleyball coach for the Colorado State University. More and more, parents of athletes are encouraging their kids to specialize in sports. Sport specialization is when an athlete intensely trains in one sport while excluding others, but the reality is multi-sport participation has more benefits. For example, when athletes specialize many of them end up with overuse injuries, damage and pain caused by repetitive use and overuse of the muscles. While in multi-sport participation athletes work on various muscle groups, they don't use the same ones over and over again. To prevent those type of injuries the athletes should take at least one day off per week...
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...English 250 The Debate Regulating Drinks and Snacks in Schools by the Government It is not a secret that obesity in children has become a problem and in the United States alone the American Obesity Association estimates that 15 percent of children between six and nineteen suffer from obesity. (Lee, 2011) According to the CDC childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years the percentage of children aged 6-11 who were obese increased from 7% in 1980 to nearly 20% in 2008, similarly, the percentage of adolescents aged 12-19 years who were obese increased from 5% to 18% over the same period. (Childhood Obesity Facts, 2012) Individuals who work in the health care field through research and statistics know that obese children will likely become obese adults, and along with that also comes Type II Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Hypertension. It is also documented that obesity forces young people to endure social, physical, and emotional abuse as a result. As statistics show childhood obesity is a growing problem, and something must be done; however, is it 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...
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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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...compensation for representing a college in sport, and should an amateur athlete be allowed contractual representation? The NCAA and their affiliated schools hide behind the word “amateur”, while making billions of dollars from revenue generated from student-athletes and their likeness. When presenting my research we will dive into certain aspects of compensation not offered, and how the NCAA exploits young men and women through their no pay rules. Maybe outright paying kids is not the answer, but with all the outcry and settlements out of court, it appears that something more must be offered. Amateurism. (2014). NCAA.org. Retrieved from http://www.ncaa.org/amateurism says to qualify as amateur, “an athlete is not permitted to: sign contracts with any professional team, receive salary for participating in athletics, collect prize above actual and necessary expenses, play with professionals, tryout/practice/compete with a professional team, accept benefits from an agent or perspective agent, agree to be represented by an agent, and delay initial full-time collegiate enrollment to participate in organized sports competition.” So, before young athletes can start their dream of moving on to the next level, they need to run a check list. For most athletes these guidelines are no problem, but for the upper echelon of young athletes there could be some snags. In a sport like baseball there is a possibility to be drafted directly out of high school. If a player is in contact with a...
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...statements about one another and doesn’t notice or take the time to acknowledge that their form of freedom of speech inflicted damage to the victim. Then again, every person has their own definition of hate speech. Often people say that any negative speech towards a group is considered a form of hate speech; however, church religious groups are against the whole “gay marriage” and just homosexuality in general but they’re still allowed to speak out and protest against America. People are believed that the use of hate speech is to be a violation to the First Amendment but other people think otherwise and is believed that they have the right to say and express whatever they have to say and it’s protected; furthermore, hate speech also causes fear to a person which results in physical and emotional damage. In high school, sports was a big deal to everyone at my school because we were known for having the nicest track field and swimming pool in the city to most spirited at all of our games. I wanted to be apart of the reason why all of the other schools...
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...country is should college athletes be paid. College basketball and football are the main programs that bring in billions of dollars to their universities and they do not get a big enough piece of the pie for the work that they put in.I strongly believe that college athletes should be paid outside of just scholarships. While the universities, coaches and the NCAA benefit off the hard work of these athletes. At a glance it looks as if everybody is getting rich off of the athletes hard work, except for the athletes themselves. The NCAA, or National College Athletic Association, has ran Intercollegiate sports since way back to the 1850s. For most of the past 150 years, playing for the love of the game rather than for profit...
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...join the group (Facts.com 2). Teens often want to outdo one another; each year, teens do something more dangerous than what happened to them while they were the victims (Bowers 1; Bushweller 3). Not only can these acts be dangerous, but they are also an "abuse of power and [a] violation of human dignity" (High School Hazing). If teens can be educated that this hurtful and inhumane act of bullying is forbidden in high school, then they will know that it is not acceptable in college, where hazing becomes the most dangerous. Although high school hazing starts out and seems harmless, it can quickly escalate to being harmful, dangerous, and illegal. However, in most cases, the victim will still take part because they want to join the group. Take for instance, Casey Culpepper. She wanted to join the volleyball team her first year in high school. All through the summer, the threat of the "initiation" haunted her. One day she and her friends were attacked by seniors after class and smeared with concoctions that included canned dog food, eggs, ketchup, mustard, horse manure and pet feces. They were then hosed off so hard that it hurt (Bowers 1). Other students at Western Branch High School were attacked with chemicals and waste from...
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...game. Is it ethical for colleges to not pay their football stars for playing their hearts out on the field, building popular branding images for themselves and their school, and for the collective big-money earnings and prestige that often comes to their schools? Or is indirect payment to these players in the form of a free undergraduate education and college degree through an athletic scholarship sufficient enough? In the 2012 NFL season, 1,947 players played in at least one game. Of those, 62% attended college at one of the five “power conferences” in the U.S., and only one of those players did not attend college at all.[i] Donald Remy, the NCAA chief legal officer has said, “The NCAA’s rules do not force athletes who wish to be professionals to enroll in school,”[ii] yet premier NCAA schools clearly offer the best path to fulfilling these hopeful football players’ dreams. Nevertheless, despite the more opportunistic path of attending a Division I school, a NFL team ultimately drafts only 1.6% of NCAA senior football players.[iii] Meanwhile, the top schools themselves often profit nicely from their players through ticket sales, alumni donations, media rights, and branding, all while paying large salaries to coaches and building state-of-the-art athletic facilities. The top ten NCAA schools with college football revenues have...
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...Negative Effects to Performance Enhancing Drugs At the age of 21 Rob Garibaldi committed suicide and it is believed to be from his consumption of performance enhancing drugs. As a young boy, Rob started to play little league, trying to match his favorite sport hero, and dreaming to make it to the baseball major leagues. Prior to high school, Rob was getting pushed by his coaches he had and scouts start to follow him to have him take supplements and more things that will help him gain weight compounds in other to build muscle in the training program. When Rob was 15 years old, he was playing with a team that was scouted by the California Angels and was encouraged by people who were working with him on weightlifting, condition, taking supplements, and anything else to help him gain weight. He was given creatine which is a type of performance enhancing drug, this supplement is over the counter dietary supplement, and protein powders for weight gaining. His throwing arm strength, defensive skills, running speed, and hitting were outstanding to the coaches. His parents confronted him on his male patterned balding, acne on his back and shoulders, upper body muscle mass, weight gain, and uncontrollable rage and irrational, Rob continued to hold back his use on performance enhancing drugs. His parents did not suspect any abuse at first because Rob always determined about not wanting to jeopardize his mental capacity and health. The first time his parent’s learned about him taking steroids...
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