How Does G. M. Cummings Behaviour Illustrate His Central Points About Sport

I do not accept the thesis that American men living in cities before the Civil War engaged in sport primarily to define themselves, publicly, as manly. I would accept this thesis if it had stated that men living in cities before the Civil War engaged in sports to define themselves, publicly, and manly. The word that made me disagree with the original thesis is the word “primarily”. I am not stating that men did not engage in sport to define themselves, publicly, as manly, but I do not think that it is the primary reason. I would have also accepted this thesis if it had stated that men living in cities before the Civil War engaged in prize fighting primarily to define themselves, publicly, as manly. Prizefighting is a sport but it does not provide the standard for all sports. I will use excerpts from the various sources we have read in class in order to defend my position.

1: Discuss an example from the video of a sport/event where changing concepts of race and social access have influenced who participates in a sport. Discuss another example (from your own knowledge or news) where economics, social conditions, tradition, or stereotypes have led to disparities in participation in particular sports?

In “Children Need to Play, Not Compete”, Jessica Statsky talks about the different kinds of students and their approach and mental and physical ability and pressure towards Sports. Statsky differentiates between two sets of children who have physical and mental attributes and towards sports. She gives a few examples and changes that have taken place in the past decades in the sports scenario. When overzealous parents and coaches impose adult standards on children's sports, the result can be activities that are neither satisfying nor beneficial to children. She further states that children should not be pressurized or forced upon their performance and improvement rather they should first be given a chance to understand the sport, their potential and the way in which they develop

G.M. Shepherds illustrates through Bill Cummings his central points on sport being taken too seriously in Australia. Shepherd uses Bill to demonstrate how sport can bring out the worst in someone; at Bills’ son, Nicks, football game, his “rabid” behaviour over his sons unpromising sports career implies how it is essential for boys to succeed in sport for their parents to be proud of them. Shepherd demonstrates the disregard of diversity in disciplines as a country by highlighting the seriousness Australians demonstrate in regards to sport, implying how Australia could become a greater country if it concentrated on other objectives as well as sport. Ultimately, Shepherd centrals his views around being an open minded

Though their writings show similarity in the negativity that surround these sports, their essays differ for the feelings the writers feel now. Bowling refuses to watch hockey, whereas, Zimmerman still has a passion for the sport. For Bowling the sport has been ruined by the violence, the marketing, and the ways it has changed from a sport to business. He says, “ When I was a boy, the boards, ice, and score clock were free of advertising; goals and assists meant more than salaries; and players and teams had distinct character” (Bowling,215). For Bowling, he was still looking for the same sport that he watched growing up, what he sees today, he does not recognize. According to him young boys are being sexually abused by coaches, players are badly hurting others and people like Don Cherry are exploiting others for a good laugh. He sees violence everywhere in the sport now, not the good, old, pure sportsmanship he saw growing up. He also says, “Why should I follow a sport whose foundation in this country is made of blood and beer and an empty rhetoric around outdated and destructive notions of patriotism and manhood” (Bowling, 215). He loves the sport but cannot support what has become of it. Zimmerman shares the love for soccer as other Africans, he says, “my heart will break too, if Ghana fails to win the Africa Cup” (Zimmerman, 346). He wishes for the best, for both the country and the sport. He doesn’t want them to build an identity around

The Fibros VS Silvertails is an excellent demonstration in reflecting the role and the effect on sport in the community. The documentary of the poor Western Suburbs Magpies (Fibros) against the rich Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (Silvertails) portrays this with the style of football that is played between the two teams, the locations of the two teams and a referee that seemed to favouring one side throughout the games.

Good morning Mrs Fisher, fellow classmates and scholars. Today I present to you sports in the 90’s. Popular culture refers to the entirety of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, images, and other phenomena that are within the mainstream of a given culture. Sports fits into this genre as it was a great part of society in the 90’s that shaped us as a community and how we as Australians were labelled and seen by the rest of the world. The influence of overseas developments on Australian culture greatly shaped our society in the 90’s. The way that sports in other countries around the world changed and developed had an impact on how Australians went about watching and participating in many different sports. The

The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a time of immense change in Europe. Germany had recently unified, destabilizing the centuries-old balance of power. The second industrial revolution was in full swing, and Europeans thrilled to the latest inventions, from the skyscraper, the first airplanes, and, most ominously, to the machine guns of Maxim and Krupp. During this time, Europeans perceived sports in a number of ways. First of all, many saw sports as an arena to train their nations for war. Secondly, others saw sports as a unifying principle around which to build nationalism and ethnic identity. Finally, many simply saw sports simply as a healthy and productive activity.

In this article the author took what I felt was a very passive, non-threatening tone with the topic, making you feel more relaxed and more prone to listen to his argument. Mr. Graff chose to use a first-person plural tone in his article, this in my opinion makes it more relatable to all people, but I feel is more specifically aimed at educators and intellectual teachers. He related his argument to his own childhood which again endeared me to the author and the argument. He used personal references along with topical references from the era of his childhood, making his argument more personal. The author was able to make his argument using his love of sports and the magazines from his time that allowed him to analyze those sports and create far more compelling arguments than that of the tried and true “intellectual” literature of old.

His love for sports continued to flourish as he read magazines and novels related to the topic. Graff believes, “[his] preference for sports over schoolwork was not anti-intellectualism so much as intellectualism by other means” (265). Sports, according to Graff are chalked with “arguments, debates, problems for analysis, and intricate statistics that you could care about” (268). These interwoven subjects were everything that institutional learning was not according to general opinion (Graff 268). It was Graff’s own passion about sports that satisfied his “intellectual thirst” (268). “When you entered sports debates, you became part of a community that was not limited to your family and friends, but was national and public” (Graff 268). Graff discovered that the intellectual world was a mirror image of team sports and the hierarchy within (268). Graff also points out that development of an interest in a subject of personal interest allows for a platform to build literacy upon

In light of Jessica Statsky’s book ‘Children need to play, not compete’, she argued that, with the vivid increase of sporting competition lately in the United States, children have been exposed to the adults hard and rigorous training by devoted parents and coaches at their tender age making a game that is supposed to be fun and joy look hectic and strenuous to them due to the standard of training they are made to go through and also the belief that they must always win thereby making them lose the spirit of sportsmanship, and neither gaining satisfaction nor benefiting from them. In as much as sports are good for physical, mental and emotional growth, it should be organized in a manner that the youths will enjoy the game at the end of it rather than the fear of being hurt or defeated by the other competitors.

Scholars have identified six separate components that must be present within a sport in order to be considered as a true sport. One of the first requirements on this list is that the sport must include a

This essay will concentrate on looking at the ethnic and class divide within the sports subculture of American society, and how it reflects American Society as a whole. When examining any society there is a always a broad area to cover, while looking at America’s society I will be looking at the arguments that it is the ‘land of the free’ a ‘new nation’ which immigrants flocked to start a new life in a country of much ‘opportunity’. I will be using the sport in the 19th century to examine just how much America was a land of opportunity and of the free, and whether it differed from the attitudes in countries from around the rest of the world.

Discuss an example from the video of a sport/event where changing concepts of race and social access have influenced who participates in a sport. Discuss another example (from your own knowledge or news) where economics, social conditions, tradition, or stereotypes have led to disparities in participation in particular sports?

Because sports news and sports figures are constantly in the news, sports reflect our values. We are living in a society that is filled with violence. Many adults choose to solve their problems in violent ways. When the stress of life becomes too much, or