...Have you ever heard of performance enhancing drugs?Well right now there’s an argument about whether they should be allowed in professional sports.The main issue is if they should be allowed in sports. And right now most sports organizations are involved such as NBA, NFA, even Nascar. This issue is important because right now people are using peds in drugs, and people are concerned if its allowed. I personally believe that they shouldn’t be allowed in professional sports. For example its unfair. Using peds is unfair because it gives users an unfair advantage over those who don’t use peds. Peds are cheating because the point of them is to give users an advantage over the citizens that don’t dope. “The use of performance enhancers is cheating...
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...Many colleges that have athletics care more about sports than kids learning. According to multiple studies, if children participate in any kind of activity then they tend to think on other things instead of education. Therefore, athletics should be eliminated so districts can save money, students can be successful in school, and kids can start doing their homework. Most schools lose profit because they invest all their money into athletics. It was found that schools with sports spend all of their money and nobody realizes the amount of money they pay for athletics (Ripley 10). More specifically, when teachers travel for games, districts have to hire substitutes and they also need to pay for buses, hotels, and meals (Ripley 10). These are important facts for districts to know;...
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...I’ve watched sports for a long time, I always thought that sports were a way to forget about the troubles of daily life for a few hours and get lost in our favorite games. As I grew older I realized that this was not the case, and it has never been. Sports and politics go hand and hand with each other, and after watching your documentary “Not Just a Game,” I can see why. Not a lot of people like politics in sports, but what many don’t realize is that politics actually helps sports bring some very controversial subjects to the frontline. The entire Los Angeles Clippers basketball team protesting their racist owner, women being in the main event of an MMA event, and Michael Sam being the first openly gay player to be drafted by the NFL are great examples. Racism is a topic that has plagued sports for a long time whether people want to admit it or not....
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...If you have ever played a sport as a kid, you probably received a participation trophy at the end of the season. A popular debate today is about kids getting participation trophies. I don't think kids should get trophies for participating. Kids shouldn't get participation trophies for a number of reasons. Kids don't earn them. It really doesn't matter if they don't get a trophy, they joined the team to play the game not receive a reward after. “ Teachers don't give kids trophies just for showing up to class.” said kurt warner(Website #1). So why should sports teams? Another reason is because that's not how life goes you can't get a promotion or be praised just for being at your job. You have to work hard to win big things. Also a survey shows...
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...Girls lacrosse is a very competitive sport. Many rules, enthusiastic athletes, and college scouts are constantly looking. With all of the restrictions, there are numerous punishments, and there are many things that women prefer differently. First and foremost, there are some restrictions in the game that are somewhat aggravating when attempting to get the ball. No checking from behind, no cross-body checking, no upward checking, no entering the sphere, no pushing forward or backward, no hitting with a stick, no slashing, and no checking in the head. These are simply the physical defensive rules; there are many more that apply while on the field. Girls are required to wear goggles and a mouthguard, and no jewelry is permitted. Goalies wear shin guards, gloves, a chest protector,...
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...I think this week discussion is very hard to tell because no sport shouldn’t be segregated it doesn’t matter if boy or girl, adult, and children. I feel that sport should be a fun and healthy activities for anybody without being segregated. For example, When I was in elementary and high school boy and girl play together it doesn’t matter what type of sport activity in PE it was just for fun. I never experience when a boy would play rough during sport activity with girl. We always get alone and care for each other enjoy playing kickball or flag football. There might be other reason why sport is sex-segregated for young children, teens, and adult there might be conflict like there a certain sport boy are good and girl not. Another point that...
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...The main comment people think about when they hear athletes using performance enhancement drugs and why it should be illegal are the health risks. What is a performance enhancing substance? “A substance or method is considered to be performance-enhancing when it has the potential to enhance or enhances sport performance” “It also represents an actual or potential health risk to an athlete”(Performance-Enhancing Drugs and Their Side-Effects.) There are physical and mental effects of taking the drugs. “The physical effects could be acne, male pattern baldness, liver damage and stunted growth if you’re still an adolescent”( Effects of Performance-Enhancing Drugs | USADA). “More serious effects include heart and liver damage, and an increased risk...
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...How many times at your local school has a homeschooled student asked to play a sport for your school? Many school districts are having this question asked to them by homeschooled students and many are answering the question “No” for many reasons. A few of those reasons are “How would we monitor your grades?’ “How would you meet requirements that public school students meet?” Those are just two of the many questions that are asked. Homeschoolers should not be able to play public school sports. Many people believe that homeschooled students have a right to play public school sports. In most states, if one would like to play sports he or she has to at least attend part of the day or have grades monitored in some way. For example, in California...
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...Why Performance Enhancing Drugs Should Not Be Allowed In Electronic Sports Imagine young adults having high blood pressure or even heart attacks just because they used Adderall to enhance their performance in Electronic Sports (or eSports) competitions. I believe that Performance Enhancing Drugs, or PEDs, have no place in eSports. One of the two main groups of people involved in this issue is the Electronic Sports League (or ESL). The ESL is the company that organizes and oversees eSports teams and competitions, much like the NFL oversees football, and they are against the use of PEDs. Also involved in this issue, are the dopers who use drugs like Adderall, originally a medication for ADHD, to enhance their focus and reflexes in competitions. I believe that PEDs should be forbidden in eSports competitions because they give dopers an unfair advantage, leading to winning prize money they did not actually earn themselves. More importantly, PEDs have dangerous side effects that can be serious. My first reason for supporting the ESL’s Performance Enhancing Drug (or PED) policy is that it prevents players from having an unfair advantage. Evidence that supports my claim is “Esports athletes”...”want to increase reflexes and improve concentration; so, they experiment with behavior modification drugs, like Ritalin and Adderall.”...
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...Imagine this, after hard work, sweat and tears of trying to make the school sports team you finally get a call back stating that you have a spot on the team. Your heart is pumping and you can’t stop imagining how much enjoyment you will have on the field, representing your school. You bring your equipment to school, waiting all day to prove yourself at the first practice to get that starting spot, but instead, you get lectured about the standards you must achieve to maintain a spot on the team. Suddenly, the amount of pressure on the expectations you must exceed begins to weigh you down, breaks your heart, and makes you want to ask, is it even worth it? Before anything the athlete is told about his grade expectations. The coaches believe...
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...because we give kids that suck serious ass at sports trophies because they were part of a team that they didn’t help win because they suck. Kids that play sports good in high school get All State and All Conference awards they don’t give all of the kids these awards. I think it is bad to give trophies to all kids in school sports because not all of the kids earned them, competition and rejection are needed, and it is good for young kids. The first reason I am against it is that not all of the kids earned the trophies. There are kids that make every practice, work hard and then there are those kids that only make a few practices and don’t work at all. People are wanting to give all of the kids trophies for participating but some of the kids don’t fully participate. The fucking world has got very soft on their kids these days. Back in the day kids worked hard at what they did if they wanted to get a trophy. Kids have become really big pussies and are really lazy. The second reason I am against is that competition and rejection are needed. Bigger high schools have tryouts for their sports teams. So they get the best...
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...November 22, 2013 Why Sports Shouldn’t Be Allowed? High schools football cost about $1,300 a player math by contract, cost just about $618 a student. High school shouldn’t offer sports because it distract them from learning time, students can also get injured and a lot of time is spent on practices and games would be spent on doing homework or studying. High school money should be spent on other important stuff rather then sports. For example the money can be used on book, electricity, toilet paper, desk and other important school stuff. High school sports shouldn’t be allowed in school, because it interrupts learning time. Some students miss a lot of assignments/test because they get pulled out of class to leave to their games. Things that interrupts class shouldn’t be allowed in school. Students have a sense of belonging, when they feel tied to the school, they feel more part of the progress. The problem is that once sports become important to the school, they will start colliding with academics. Sports programs gives students the opportunity to meet and interact with students and other schools. High school sports shouldn’t be allowed, because many sports can cause many injury’s. High school football players spend long, exhausting hours practicing ( 15 percent experience a brain injury each season). Sports that causes injury’s shouldn’t be allowed in school. These are probably...
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...CV to this application in regards to the Sport, Physical Education and Coaching Science BSc (Hons) qualification at the University of Birmingham. I would be a good applicant for this course as I have a passion for sport and coaching and also aim to become a Secondary School PE Teacher. I’m currently in my second year of Sixth Form and are studying sport, business and psychology. I have enjoyed studying these subjects as I feel I have gained a lot of new knowledge which would contribute to the course that you offer at your university. In sport I already have a GCSE qualification and are currently taking a BTEC Level 3 extended diploma in Sport. I’m a very outgoing person who likes to participate in a variety of sports. My main sport is Kickboxing which I have been doing for 6 years. I enjoy doing this sport as it is extremely challenging and requires me to have dedication and motivation. I also compete in this sport doing both light continuous and full contact fights. This involves me fighting an opponent from another gym for 3-7 rounds. My main achievement in this sport has been being able to fight for a world title in Scotland for my full contact debut. This was a great opportunity and allowed me to gain a lot of experience of competing in the sport. I have also been helping to teach younger children’s kickboxing lessons for 2 years, which initially inspired me to become a PE teacher. By helping with these lessons it has allowed me to gain more confidence, and has also...
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...Essay 1 Rough Draft Competitive sports can have many positive effects such as health, fitness, and learning positive values such as sportsmanship, but should competitive sports be mandatory within our school systems, i think not. Competitive sports have been around for centuries. From the Roman empire with wrestling or the Native Americans with games such as Stick Ball or Winchishkin. Competitive sports can have positive effects such as fitness and personal health, but are those effects not also possible results of Physical Education classes or for the schools that have it, Personal health classes or if the students simply exercise? The debate on whether to make competitive sports mandatory in high schools has been a topic of debate for...
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...FAIRVIEW INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (Subang Jaya) RULES and GUIDELINES in CHEER DANCING 1. There shall be a minimum of ____________ and a maximum of _____________ cheer dancers per year level. (Spotters/lifters can be boy or girl) Dancers (boys and girls); Pep squad (mixed; maximum of 20 members) 2. There shall be no limit on instruments (tape, drums, guitar, keyboard, etc.) to be used in the cheer dancing presentation, as well as in the number of props (except for hazardous ones). 3. Only light apparatus are allowed for the cheering presentation such as ribbons, dumbbells, small flags and the like. 4. A number shall include choreography of the following: * More or less 20% for gymnastic skills (basic positions, stunts, floor skills, tumbling, pyramid building, etc.) In pyramid building, the highest level can only reach up to 2nd level including the base. Basket tossing is not allowed. * More or less 80% for dance skills (aerobics, jazz, modern dance, social dances, etc.) 5. Criteria for the performance in cheer dancing are as follows: * Choreography - 45% * Overall Impact/Projection - 15% * Synchronization - 10% * Costume - 10% * Voice Quality - 10% * Clarity of Cheer - 10% 100% 6. The duration of the presentation will be a minimum of 3 minutes and a maximum of 5 minutes including the entrance and exit sequences. There...
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