Football And Baseball Article Analysis

Abstract: Society is affected every day by many different kinds of sports.  These sports often govern society's way of life.  People all over the nation turn their TVs to sporting events, such as golf, during the weekends.   Scott Stossel states that "more than six million Americans enjoy watching golf on the weekends."  Parents  use sports as a teaching tool for their children.  Kids learn teamwork and discipline from team sports programs and  sports have also helped many students with their grades.  Kids who want to compete in school sports are taught to keep their grades up or they won't be able to play, but the greedy coaches and schools often look around grades to keep their "star athletes" in the games.  Adults have

Sports influence the ongoing civil rights movement by changing the ideals of sports fans across the nation. During the period of racial segregation of America in the 1930’s, the nation refused to accept anything out of the ordinary such as color and sexual orientation. All sports figures in the 1930’s were white as no matter the type of discrimination, in order to have true equality in place where the best and most talented play, no player can be judged based on their sexual orientation or race, only on their ability to preform. Despite the many examples of discrimination still present today, major sports has shown a significant amount of progress since the

In Jeffrey Schranks’ short story, “Sport and the American Dream”, he is trying to show us that the sport America watches and plays, portrays America’s character as a nation. Since America goes from baseball to football we it shows us that we are becoming more violent. his comparisons of sports and war is says best how America changes as a country over the years. Back when baseball was Americas’ pastime to being a totally football country. When we were a baseball country, Americans were happier, not many cared about wars or violence just the enjoyment they got from watching the games with friends or family at the ballpark. It didn’t matter that the sport wasn’t moving at a fast pace or so competitive. Football is the

In the essay “The NFL’s Head Cases”, the main issue is wondering how to enforce the rules of safety for the players. The commissioner for the NFL gave out fines to

An increasingly popular topic in the realm of sports fans has begun to unravel. The National Football League recently has begun to introduce new rules and regulations for their athletes to start abiding by to ensure the continued safety of the player’s health. Although most find this change in the game of professional football as a positive step forward, others see this as a diminishment of the sanctity of NFL football. New rules and regulations that have been introduced into NFL are vital to athletes involved in the sport and help them to play with lowered risks of long term injuries that could possibly affect not only them but also the league in the future as well. The reasons for these

Contests in skill, strength and speed have occupied an important place in every culture throughout the ages. The meaning of the term sport and the effect that sport has on society is always changing. Sports have especially changed in the last two decades and can certainly be evidence by the growing number of labor disputes and court cases involving all sports.

American football is very popular in American culture today. Professional football games bring a lot of people together and are something little kids dream to play when they are older. When it comes to the topic of Professional football, most will agree that it is a violent sport. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of is it worth playing or not. Some are convinced that it is and others feel that the sport is too dangerous. However people feel they usually still watch NFL football in person or on television. Even though the NFL is exciting to watch and America’s favorite past time, it comes with a physical cost to the players.

Sport is a global phenomenon, it is a common between all the nations of the world there is not one culture that has not engaged in a way or another in some type of sporting activity; such activities are not only often physically challenging and mentally stimulating – they also provide a sense of belonging and personal meaning to people’s lives. In American culture like many other cultures worldwide winning is highly prized and cherished by fame and money from audiences and sponsors.

In the article, Is media coverage of the NFL's problems fair or foul?By McClatchy-Tribune News Service, adapted by Newsela staff, the author states if the players of the National Football League’s problems reflect on their daily lives after the football game. According to the article, the players actions in their teams manifest their lives at home.

Sports has always been an essential and aspect of American society, it plays an incredible important role in most Americans lives. As well as economy boost by billion every year, sports are known to increase community spirit, give players a greater sense of purpose, even gives young athletes fundamental life skills and more. For sports to remain a positive image in America, there are at least 10 ways to improve sports in American Society. In this proposal I will explain 10 ways to improve sports in American Society by addressing the issue and a way to cure the issue in society.

Representative sports is a common theme in both works which contributes to the unity within both communities. In Sports Unites and Sports Divides,

At least 12 high school and college players die every year from a football-related incident--stemming from heart conditions, heat, dehydration, and brain/neck injuries. However, these statistics will never be on the front page of the NY Times because it is not monetarily beneficial for newspapers to slander “America’s favorite sport”. Although these studies cannot be completely hidden, since that would open doors for huge lawsuits (some that have already started), they will instead be on page 7s of newspapers that are famous for their

Based on author, David Halberstam’s quote that “ Sport is a window on a changing society”, I have learned that high in rank companies, and leagues make many of their decisions based on money and how it can help and hurt their company. Sports are a great example of this thinking because of how public it is and many of the business decisions they make can be viewed by anyone. The American society is changing a lot and it can be seen greatly through

The modernizing of certain sports was a function of sociopolitical shift in the nation as a whole. Much of the transformation of American sport in the second half of the nineteenth century reflected the articulation and victory of free labor ideology in the American Civil War and its development into the commercial American society which would come to dominate American society. American sport reflected the white middle class values instilled by this ideology. Women continued to be discouraged from participation in physical recreation. In the former slave states, sport was used as a means for asserting white supremacy. The examination of sport in this period provides an example of how sporting culture is shaped by the sociopolitical climate in which it operates.

Zimbalist, A. (2010). Circling the Bases : Essays on the Challenges and Prospects of the Sports Industry. Philadelphia, US: Temple University Press. Retrieved from