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    Statement of intent: I am writing this as an online article to parents of teenagers in order to persuade them to take some of the pressure off of their children when they are competing in sports. Teenagers competing in all kinds of different sports have always had a lot of issues to deal with and even more in recent years with expectations for young athletes getting increasingly high. These issues need to be addressed and I am going to outline why. Young people generally have too much pressure

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    Sport management Did you know that there is more to sports teams than just scoring goals, touchdowns and runs? Sport management is a field concerning the business and education part of sports and recreation. It includes the front office system in professional sports, college sports, and recreation. Some examples of sport managers are: recreational sport managers, sport marketing, event management, facility management, sport economics, sport finance and sport information. Sport management can

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    moments, the impact ESPN has made on sports, sports media and the sports industry as a whole can’t be overlooked. On September 7th 1979 ESPN launched their flagship show, SportsCenter. This moment in sports media history was a game changer for the way fans consume sports. It is amazing that back in 1979, the concept of watching highlights and footage of games when they were happening or just completed was unfathomable for most people. The moment SportsCenter aired, sports marketing and media was altered

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    Many people think that sports help children develop teamwork, self-confidence, moral character, and other personal strength but others see the negative side of youth sports, believing young athletes develop aggressive traits such as bullying and the need to dominate their opponents not just on but off the field as well. Youth sports have become far too intense, especially in contact sports. It is true that participation in youth athletics has a number of benefits such as the building self-confidence

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    Sports Stadiums can be found in many cities across the United States. These Stadiums can cost millions of dollars to build but have the potential to bring in much more. While there are many benefits to building and operating a sports stadium, there are more downsides economically. New Stadiums can bring many jobs and more income to a city in the beginning however as time goes on, those jobs prove to be unreliable and taxpayers are left paying for a stadium they may never step foot in. With this,

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    The Advantages of Individual Sports and Team Sports Sport is an activity to train a person’s body, not only physically but also spiritually. Sport is divided into two, individual sports and team sports. Individual sports are a sport that played by one person, and team sports is a sport that played by two or more people. Sport has many benefits. Individual and team sports have the same both benefit. Especially for our health. Health is the most important thing in life. Besides protecting ourself

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    Physical activity is a large part of being healthy, especially at a young age. Participating in sports is a very popular form of obtaining this exercise, as nearly thirty-six million kids play organized sports each year (Source 6). Coaches are extremely influential in the development of minors. They are the role models for the children to learn and grow from. Most coaches are parents, almost eighty-five percent (Source 6). However, this can have positive and negative effects on the participants that

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    Concussions And Sports

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    Some people think sports are beneficial but others think they are dangerous.sports are overrated. Sports are unsafe for kids because concussion, recovery of a concussion and Sports are expensive. For example, how you recover from a concussion. “Doctors did studies on football players that had a concussions every player or person heal at a different rate”. “When you have a concussion early Activity can and will slow your healing”. “Problems with memory and concentration”. This means you should

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    Bullying In Sports

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    the whistle marks yet another 55 minutes of once a weekly hell ,the palms of your hands become clammy with sweat and your throat becomes tight with fear. I strongly believe that sport should be not be compulsory in all school levels According to https://www.psychologytoday.com/ sport creates high levels of discomfort and anxiety to children .psychologytoday asked young athletes to fill out questionnaires assessing how anxious they are at a particular moment

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    Sports Equality

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    The nine principles of sports governance each play an important role in the operations of sports entities, but I believe the two most important policies are Solidarity and Transparency and Communication. Solidarity, in relation to sports, refers to fair distribution of revenues so that competitions are not one sided and all teams have the opportunity to recruit talented athletes. The NFL and NBA do a very good job with solidarity. Both of these leagues have revenue sharing, which helps improve

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