The celebrity status of the athletes who partake in these sports have shows what our society values. Athletes are put on a pedestal , and are held as the pinnacle of American society. Whether or not all athletes should be viewed as the role models we make them out to be is a topic for another discussion. I have noticed an interesting shift of values in American sports that has taken the value we place on winning at the professional level, and slowly shifted it down to younger and younger groups. An interesting new show recently appeared on the Esquire Network called "Friday Night Tykes". The show is a documentary on youth football in texas. It expresses the coaches obsession with winning at all costs and throwing out the past methods of giving all kids at young ages an equal shot to play and have fun. The values that can be learned fro sports in our society teaches children in a healthy way and gives them a path to where they can be successful.
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Sport Society & Me
From the day that I was born, you could say i was destined to play sports. My dad was a football player at the University of Nebraska and then went on to play in the NFL for a little bit. At a early age I was pretty much forced into sports starting with baseball then on to football at the age of 6. I played baseball up until high school, and in high school I decided to run track and play football. Now I play football here at the university. I can honestly say that through all of the lessons learned from being heavily involved in sports I am who I am today. Sports have molded my character, developing my toughness, work ethic, leadership and teamwork. These types of things cannot be taught by a teacher in a classroom, even at a prestigious university such as this one.
The celebrity status of the athletes who partake in these sports have shows what our society values. Athletes are put on a pedestal , and are held as the pinnacle of American society. Whether or not all athletes should be viewed as the role models we make them out to be is a topic for another discussion. I have noticed an interesting shift of values in American sports that has taken the value we place on winning at the professional level, and slowly shifted it down to younger and younger groups. An interesting new show recently appeared on the Esquire Network called "Friday Night Tykes". The show is a documentary on youth football in texas. It expresses the coaches obsession with winning at all costs and throwing out the past methods of giving all kids at young ages an equal shot to play and have fun. The values that can be learned fro sports in our society teaches children in a healthy way and gives them a path to where they can be successful.
The celebrity status of the athletes who partake in these sports have shows what our society values. Athletes are put on a pedestal , and are held as the pinnacle of American society. Whether or not all athletes should be viewed as the role models we make them out to be is a topic for another discussion. I have noticed an interesting shift of values in American sports that has taken the value we place on winning at the professional level, and slowly shifted it down to younger and younger groups. An interesting new show recently appeared on the Esquire Network called "Friday Night Tykes". The show is a documentary on youth football in texas. It expresses the coaches obsession with winning at all costs and throwing out the past methods of giving all kids at young ages an equal shot to play and have fun. The values that can be learned fro sports in our society teaches children in a healthy way and gives them a path to where they can be successful.
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Very interesting! - Prof Withycombe
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