A Rhetorical Analysis Of Sports By John Lee

How many times have you dropped those swimming classes? When was last time you put off in getting that enrollment for the gym? “Unlimited” ads campaign by Nike, appeals to its audience by showing people who even having certain difficulties, go after what they want and push their limits as much as they can, which is not a little. The ads feature a grown Sister competing in a triathlon, a transgender who runs with the National men’s team and a climber with no extremities. Nike didn’t choose these actors for its ads by accident, they are source of inspiration for all those athletes that always put the best of themselves in whichever the activity that passionate them is. People who would be the main target for this campaign.

In What Price Football?, Don Banks makes very truthful remarks about the horrors and detrimental effects of playing American football. It is common knowledge that football is a contact sport that has injured many throughout the course of the years. The NFL had agreed to pay over $765 million in restoration to make the lawsuits of the players who have suffered concussions disappear. Yet, Don states that all this money cannot make the problem go away, he asks the question “What is the price of football?”. Of course, this is obviously not an easy question to answer but it is a topic that everyone should have an opinion on. The reality is that football has been played violently and unsafely for a long time, Don states that there is a surplus of evidence connecting footbal to traumatic brain injuries. The article mentions how it is time to make changes to football and embrace them in order to preserve the game and the men who passionately play it.

College Football is American Football played by student athletes at universities and colleges around the Nation. In American Football they have a Quarterback, in most cases, the Quarterback is the leader and focal point of the Football Team. At the University of Florida, they had a guy named Tim Tebow. Tim Tebow was the Heisman winning and Star Quarterback for the University of Florida Gators, but was also well known for his public display of religious faith on and off the Football Field. On September 27, 2008, the Florida Gators lost a disappointing game against the Ole Miss Rebels; Where Tim Tebow was stopped 1 yard shy away from giving the Gators a chance to win the game. It was a disappointing loss as the Florida Gators were expecting an undefeated season, and another shot at College Football’s National Championship. After the game at the usual post game conference, an obvious emotional Tim Tebow talked about the struggles of the game and delivered the famous “I Promise” speech that will be forever remembered at the University of Florida and College Football history. Tim Tebow’s speech empowered and inspired football fans across the nation and was the reason his team won the National Championship.

Being a small framed boy, it was no walk in the park to be in such a physical sport, not to mention, he was on a league of older and much larger seventh and eighth graders. Even though he was much younger and built extremely smaller than the others on the league, Lou finally talked his uncle into letting him in on a play. The lesson he learned from this play would stick with Lou for the rest of his life. As the play unfolded, Lou stood motionless and petrified as he saw one of the large boys on the opposing team charging after him, and all he could think of was getting out of his way before he got tackled. The disappointment that he felt from his uncle as well as his team became a turning point in his life and one of the first great lessons that he learned. Young Lou had a job to do in this play during the game, and by cowering away, he turned his back on his responsibilities not only to his uncle and his team, but to himself. He vowed from then on to never make that mistake again. If he was in place to do a job, he was going to give it all he had. His theory was that even if he failed at trying, it was better to do his best than to give up on his obligations. This was one of his greatest lessons learned in teamwork.

“If you put yourself in an environment with lots of different perspectives, you yourself are going to have better, sharper, more original ideas,” stated Steve Johnson in an interview with Salon Media Group. In a surrounding with many different networks of people, ideas will be enhanced with the knowledge of other perspectives. Also, the new ideas will encourage debate and conversation. Not only will other people’s views enhance ideas, but also is crucial for writing on a topic. Acknowledging opposing perspectives will give a writer more authority on the subject being discussed. Also, it gives the audience an opportunity to respect an author. In Steve Johnson’s essay, “Games,” he builds authority through the credibility of his background, researching

1.Football is the new national hobby. As football's prevalence has moved to bewildering statures, numerous have said that baseball has been supplanted, that football is presently the lord, that baseball is everything except overlooked. Kindly permit me to first say that undoubtedly football is more prominent than baseball and for good reasons: It's not difficult to take after; an extraordinary reason to host a get-together; and extremely TV-accommodating. Immensely imperative in engaging Americans.

Author Kris Vervaecke wrote an essay titled, "A Spectator's Notebook," for Writers in Sports. She talked about sports and how they affect different generations. Vervaecke supports her claim by showing how much she loves sports and by using her children as examples throughout the essay. Her son, Ben, represents strength, determination, and talent because of how successful he was in golf, and before he leaves for college he puts in Michael Jordan’s Air Time, that united Ben and Vervaecke. On the other hand, Vervaecke’s daughter, Emily, is a bench-warmer and was told she is only smart not athletic, so she was “benched” in the classroom. She then talks about her other son, Andrew, and describes him as the true athlete of the family because of how much people liked him. Vervaecke’s purpose is to show that sports are not just about something fun to do or watch, but can have a motivational impact that can affect someone's emotions, and she does this by developing an influential tone.  Although Vervaecke mainly talks about her experiences and her childrens throughout the essay, her experiences apply to many students across the country. Many student-athletes are very successful in their futures because of what sports have taught them. Students should be involved in sports because student-athletes learn responsibility, how to manage their time, and take care of their psychological

He was bombarded with death threats for who he was. He was punched so hard he was left with a bloody seven inch gash on the side of his face. Even his teammates did not want to be associated with him anymore. Through this unbearable torture, he still did not shed a single tear. This story belongs to Jackie Robinson, a home run hero.Jackie Robinson, number forty-two, is looked back on as a hero that was an immense part of baseball;Robinson was known for the incredible heroism he showed in baseball and in his community through his fifty-three years of life. Using information from, “What is Heroism,” and, “How Jackie Robinson Changed Baseball,” The reader learns that Jackie Robinson’s heroism is shown from his fight against the social norms of an era filled with discrimination, his courage when people tried to hurt him spiritually and physically, and his personal and his professional sacrifices to be part of baseball.

     After discovering a God-given talent, a young boy struggles to achieve his only dream; to become the best there ever was. Baseball is all he has ever known, so he prevails through the temptations and situations laid before him by those out to destroy his career. His hopes and dreams outweigh all the temptations along his journey. These hopes, dreams, and temptations are depicted through archetypes in the movie The Natural.

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Picture a football team late in the season. It’s week 9, and the team’s record is 3-6. There is no chance of the playoffs in sight and there is only one more game against a formidable opponent. Many players and fans check out, but this is when a player’s true character is shown. Some play with heart and have their best game of the year, while others sit and wait in the background until it's over. Be that as it may, Sandra Cisneros shows great use of metaphor in the vignette “Four Skinny Trees,” because she shows that people can blossom even in tough circumstances.

The strength less dead are the athletes whose “name died before the man”(20). Housman emphasizes through the imagery that it is better to do while one is still remembered since the glory will stay with him and not fade away. “To An Athlete Dying Young” glorifies the athlete through the use of imagery while “Ex-Basketball Player” uses it to emphasize the athlete’s fading glory.

The Perfect Jersey; a jersey only the best players would consider wearing , a player who Only need perfection. This jersey will allow any player who is wearing it to be a more effective player while on and off the field. All players should have a perfect jersey but only perfectionist will use them. You don't want to be a lazy goat you want to be the “Greatest Of All Time”.

There is not one human on this planet that does not strive to be great. This commercial reaches out to the population who strive to be great but have yet to achieve greatness. This ad is meant to motivate people that doubt themselves day after day, to finally stop making excuses and begin their journey to greatness; by demonstrating that no matter where you stand on the spectrum you can still become great. Nike successfully utilized a universal trait that all humans possess, to be great; by simply reminding consumers that it is possible.

The author of the poem “To An Athlete Dying Young,” shows how dying young at the edge of something you want to accomplish or would want to change in the world is better than living to be forgotten. In this poem you could tell the speaker knew what the athlete life was life like or had some type of experience with it by the way the speaker is speaking. It is clear that the message the poet is trying to relay is that fame and glory doesn’t last and in this poem glory is fleeting.