The Negative Aspects Of Soccer Culture

In the satirical essay, “How Soccer Is Ruining America: A Jeremiad” by Stephen H. Webb that was posted on the Web site “First Things” in 2009, Webb makes use of several types of rhetorical devices that are similar to two other pieces. These pieces included Kennedy’s “The Mindless Menace of Violence” speech and, Reagan’s “Farewell Address”. Webb’s essay is more closely related to Kennedy’s speech than Reagan’s farewell address because of rhetorical devices such as the use of exaggerated diction and serious tone.

In the satirical essay, “How Soccer Is Ruining America: A Jeremiad” by Stephen H. Webb that was posted on the Web site “First Things” in 2009, Webb makes use of several types of rhetorical devices that are similar to two other pieces. These pieces included Kennedy’s “The Mindless Menace of Violence” speech and, Reagan’s “Farewell Address”. Webb’s essay is more closely related to Kennedy’s speech than Reagan’s farewell address because of rhetorical devices such as the use of exaggerated diction and serious tone.

Soccer has been a sport played for hundreds of years, as it is thought to date back to the second and third centuries BC in China (FIFA, 2017.) There is an old military manual that was found that depicted the game as more of an exercise in order to keep the soldiers agile and light on their feet. But as mankind and society gradually evolved, so did their needs for entertainment, and the evolution of scientific thought helped evolve this need into what it is today. Million dollar players entertain the mass population in order for society to be amused and entertained for a certain amount of time. These players then need a place to play, and in Barcelona, that stadium is the Camp Nou, the home ground to FC Barcelona. However, civilization

Soccer, a sport in which two teams with eleven players each run around kicking or heading the ball into the net to score points. At least that's what the internet says it is, but in reality it’s so much more than that. Soccer teaches, engages, and exercises not just the body, but the brain as well. Soccer is one of my favorite sports to play, but I’ve had to give it up.

I do not know whether it has been out of our little childishness or foolishness at a young age, but for some reason, I was never able to see nor relate the future to whomever I was or what I was doing at the present not until they happen to me; the point where it is impossible to ignore them. I remembered the laugh and sweat out in the plain, in that sunny day, not a green or regulated field, but a beautiful barren and grassless field, a virtual desert, but I always rather chose to spend my time on that wrenched and beautiful than other place. From far a distance, one will be able to see something like a pile of rectangular shape at the end of the field and to the other field as well. Sometimes, a circulation of dirt and people almost smashing into each other. My mom knew that I would rush to the field rather than to home when every kid at the village would quicken to home at the end of school. I would quicken to the field to enjoy the sweat and laughter. On that sunny day, no one will not be able to find water other than on my shirt that is filled with the wet of a sweat. Then, I did lie down on the field and laugh after all the run and playing soccer. This constant action of rushing to the field, generating sweat and going home at the dawn of the night is an continuous activity that I did while growing up. And though, I think it of as a child’s hobby, it may be far more than that.

Sports usually have big moments, and soccer definitely has its fair share of them. Soccer also helps join people together, which has a big impact in the once torn apart and war strafed Europe where it is based. Here is some examples of soccer joining people together and great moments on the professional fields, but also in some other places one might not expect. Soccer is a game of great skill and teamwork; here is some reasons that is true.

Our soccer team here at Liberty High School women and men both are Affected through the underfunding and underappreciation of our school. Most all of our money goes to the football team who have 5 jerseys and chrome helmets they never wear with a lot of combinations soccer has 2. The high school needs to realized in the last two years our football team has won 10 games our soccer team won 14 last year not including tournaments and yet they get the money. And our complex it is just plain horrible and we will not really ever play at the high school. Along with these nobody ever goes to our games which is bad for player moral. Bottom line is the student body along with the boosters need to notice that we are a good team it’s not all just football.

Warming up for the game it got colder and colder my arms had goosebumps all over them with the hair standing up on my arms to. Everyone at the game is wearing thick winter coats, gloves, and hats. Steve walked up to me and asked, “Are you ready to play?”

Consider the following actions in a soccer game: A player trash talks to the opposing team to mentally get in their heads. A player kicks the ball away to waste time when he dribbled the ball out of bounds. A player pushes an opposing player away because the player accidentally stepped on his foot. Are all of these actions a part of the game? Yes. Are any of these actions virtuous? It would not appear so. Contrary to some beliefs, sport plays an important role in life. It is used as enjoyment, a profession, a bonding of individuals, and a way to stay physically healthy. On top of all this, sport can also build character which can additionally lead to becoming more virtuous. Aristotle said “… the things that one who has learned them needs to do, we learn by doing…” (Nichomachean Ethics 1103a 33-34). By this, Aristotle means that in order to acquire knowledge about something, we must do that thing. Sport provides an excellent opportunity to learn by doing. So, gaining insight on what Aristotle says about virtue can teach athletes important lessons on how using sport can help them to become more virtuous.

When I was 7 years old I started playing soccer. I played soccer for 3 years before finishing up and retiring the sport. During this time I learn a lot, and gained a lot of confidence for sports in the future. During the time I played soccer there were many factors affecting my participation of the sport.

As one of the most popular and followed sports in the world, soccer is more than a pastime in many of world’s regions. The sport is often compared to a religion, with the fans at every match being the equivalent of a congregation. In most religions, the congregation typically feels a sense of commonality and a bond among them that is the result of their shared belief: This is the same with football. Although club football does inspire this sense of unity and oneness, its ability to do so does not quite compare to that of international soccer to do the same. Although the fans of an international soccer team usually share more than just their mutual support for the team, watching their team play often has the same effect among them as their ancestors

Sport is a sociocultural phenomenon that has to be framed within the specific context of societies. It reflects the principles and values of society (Alfaro, 2008) and, at the same time, has a significant influence in people´s attitudes and behaviours.

Football hooliganism is a description of a football related violent behaviours and actions from aggressive and fanatic football supporters. It is a very widely spread and transitional phenomena in many parts of Europe, Latin America, and recently in north Africa. Hundreds of incidents have happened, many people have died, thousands of fans have injured, several stadiums were ruined, and many squares were turned into battlefields just because of football hooligans who exploit the game of football to achieve personal or common interests and to declare themselves as powerful. Hooliganism issues have become an integral part of the game of football. Hence, they raise many controversial viewpoints about their causative factors, interpretations, threats,

Most people can agree that sports are deeply imbedded in America’s culture. But through the years, more concern is being raised about a specific injury that is becoming more common while playing a sport- traumatic brain injury (TBI). A traumatic brain injury arises from an external force, causing damage to brain tissue. Brain trauma from youth football and the levels beyond can have devastating long-term effects.

“Without understanding a culture’s sports, we cannot understand the culture itself” (Gorn and Oriard, 1995). The defining parts of a culture can also shape a country’s history. A large part of the Greek identity is being the nation that began the Olympics hundreds of years ago. As America began to mature, sports helped to shape its identity as well. One piece of America’s identity is that it was and is home to millions of immigrants from all over the world. The music to one of the most recognized sports songs in America, ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, was composed by Albert Von Tilzer, a first generation Jewish immigrant (Patterson, 2008). Individuals and groups have contributed to making America’s history of sports what it is today.