The type of sports that are popular in the US are football, basketball, and baseball. The characteristics that all of these sports share is that it involves competition, the games are physical, and it takes a lot of handwork and dedication in order to play the game. All of these types of sports deals with discipline, rules, and knowledge to be able to perform well for your teammates and fans. We measure success in sports by the amount of wins that a team has and if they were the champions of entire league. The characteristics that we view successful athletes are the amount of plays a player makes and the amount of money he is getting because of the sport. Sports in the US are important it gives kids a chance to be successful in life both in school and sports. It brings countries together during the world cup and when football and basketball teams go play around the world.
I agree with you about your choices of sports that are popular in the US, although I think that hockey is pretty popular here as well. I also wrote that wins are the way that we measure success in the United States. I also touched on the fact that we value athletes individually as well as with the MVP award or the Heisman trophy. I really liked the part about money because it is true that we tend to value athletes not only based on their ability, but also how much money they make. This offers insight as to what our country idealizes and values.
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ReplyDeleteDo you think the way kids are raised here in America are raised to value sports to make a future for themselves more then education? Being a football player yourself, do you feel a sense pressure that all people view you as is an athlete, someone to bring in the money and nothing else? For the game day etiquette I talked about the college atmosphere and what a typical "pregame" here at CU looks like.
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I agree with the questions above - in US society we connect education (especially college) with sport. Yet, much of the research shows us that in large DI programs athletes are denied an education through being herded into specific majors, told they cannot major in a certain subject because of class/practice conflicts, graduation rates, lack of athlete interest in the education part of college sport but being forced to engage in it, etc. The college sport system is highly unique to the US and I wonder it is a positive or a negative? Is it somewhere in between? - Prof Withycombe
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