Sports in America Sports seem to be a big part of most Americans lives, controlling weekends and weeknights. The families in the U.S. have grown up on different values and principles from different time periods. The one thing that has remained constant is the sports in our country, regardless of what was going on in the timeframe of the nation. There were wars and trying time in the economy, but the people and families always leaned on sports. The people leaned on, contact sports, non-contact sports, and in between sports. The history of America rests on the backs of sports franchises and the players themselves. Contact sports seem to have the biggest buzz and standing among most Americans, and resonates the smoothest with the common citizen. Football and Basketball have grown to be a money maker because the impact of a tackle in the backfield that causes a fumble to win the game or in a last second block to make the crowd go crazy. The pop of a hit on the field will make the people really and quite understandably excited. In contact sports there is the human nature of wanting to see injuries of great proportion of pain that will draw the average American to a sport like football. The anticipation of …show more content…
No matter what type of sport it may be. Contact sports entice those with hard hitting action and the never knowing of when the next injury could happen. Non-contact sports get the attention because of the skill it take to be precise and the speed at which they do it. The hybrid has survived in the country for so long because of the combination of the collisions and the speed of the pitches into the small glove. In conclusion, Americans have leaned on sports because they are always there for the common person. The bad times are always treated by the family’s favorite sport to watch. That is what these different kind of sports have in common, regardless of the type, they make a