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When a physical, demanding sport collides with a brutal, poverty-stricken town, true character is revealed, and the devastating realities of high school kids are shown to those who live in a sugar-coated world. The Manassas High School football team is full of new talents that are apparently worthless when a different players is shot, imprisoned, or drops out of school on an almost weekly basis. That is just a glimpse inside the misfortune that the kids of this film are enduring day in and day out. Some parentless and some virtually homeless, it seems as if the only way out of a constant state of need is a miracle, or death. Released in 2011, Undefeated has much more to offer than the typical football documentary.
In Neil H. Petrie’s story “Athletes and Education,” Petrie reveals his life story about his adulthood in an academic environment. Throughout his college life, he eventually earned a spot as an assistant professor at a university. This gave Petrie the opportunity to witness the true corruption and hypocrisy of the college athletic system (p.31, paragraph 3). One example of Petrie’s experiences with the educational system was when Petrie the stereotype that all athletes were the same in levels of academic opportunity, but he observed and found this to be false. He found that some of the athletes actually had academic capabilities and ways to manage stressful circumstances (p.32, paragraph 3).
In chapter 7 of the 2008 novel Game On: The All-American Race to Make Champions of our Children Tom Farrey reveals the true beneficiaries of the athletic scholarship. Through examining the lifestyles of the Aguirre's and the Reilly’s of the Assabet Valley Girls Hockey Team, by reporting the wealthy correlation in the socio economic backgrounds of college athletes, and by recounting the historical origin of the athletic scholarship, Farrey correlates and analyzes all of his evidence in order to debunk a commonly accepted myth. He stresses to the audience that youth sports are declining and the competition over athletic scholarships is a significant factor to that problem. Ultimately, he found that mostly wealthy people benefit from athletic
In American society men are suppose to be the stronger, more physical beings. There are those two guys through school, the jocks and the nerds. So a journalist from Queens, New york analyzes on a piece in a special sports issue of The Nation, a magazine focused around politics. In Jock Culture, longtime sportswriter Robert Lipsyte personal analyzes the effect jock culture has on our society. He argues all the things wrong with having jock culture, and what impacts are left because of it.
American colleges spend huge budgets on their football teams and this holds a disproportionate place in the lives of its students. Salzberg uses the emotion of fear regarding the risk to America of losing its reputation if they don’t eliminate football in our Universities. It tells of his personal experiences in the area to make his readers believe in his credibility. These appeals to pathos, logos, and ethos along with his sarcastic tone create an effective argument for convincing readers that football affects our educational system and status in the world negatively compared to other nations. Salzberg makes appeals to pathos in the beginning of his article.
In this essay, I’ll focus solely on Black College Football and why it’s becoming a lost but rich history. Some of the greatest NFL football players came from HBCUs such as, Jerry Rice, Walter Payton and Steve McNair. Sadly, we’ve forgotten about the
The movie "High Flying Bird" and Harry Edwards' book "The Revolt of the Black Athlete" both explore the complex connection between sports and social issues, specifically the difficulties faced by black athletes and the concept of the political athlete. This essay will examine how the themes from the book were incorporated into the movie and will also examine its portrayal of the political athlete. In addition, how the growth of certain characters were either influenced by Harry Edwards’ book or not. "High Flying Bird" presented a case of the issues that surfaced during the NBA lockout. In terms of what was being offered to them for their talent, the young players were being treated unfairly.
With the advancements in things people are able to improves their health goals to living a longer a better life, however, there is still the issues of how social class can affect their status for them to participate in a sport of any kind. When reading “In the Paradox of Social Class and Sports Involvement” written by Thomas C. Wilson, it first introduces of a paradox that people in a higher social class will be greater when being involved in some sort of sport if played with only the higher class, but if the sport is involved with the lower class, the higher class will less likely be involved with that certain sport. This was proven by Wilson has given example of the higher ones would usually play tennis or golf and will less likely play football
A Rhetorical Analysis of “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” Writer, Brad Wolverton, in his article “The Education of Dasmine Cathey” first appearing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, conveys the journey of a former University of Memphis football player who was poorly educated and how he struggled to be academically eligible. Wolverton’s purpose is to illustrate the widespread of educational shortcomings of NCAA athletes and the complicated ways athletes struggles gets brushed under the proverbial carpet. (Wolverton) In this article Wolverton utilizes a straightforward tone by using pathos to appeal to the readers with Mr. Cathey’s difficult situation also utilizing logos and ethos etc. to help make a presentable argument to which I will be analyzing.
Erin, The part of you post regarding woman being sports fans shed light on how gender norms have conditioned society (and me) to think woman are not generally interested in sports. I’m not a sports fan, and I don’t make attempts to pretend that I do; because of this I’m often in disbelieve when I hear woman talk about watch sports. During the Cavs season several female co-workers would mention watching the game, and in my head I would think you’re only watching the game because you’re husband is interested, or because it’s the big talk right now. This is terrible on my part for stereotyping that woman may not be genuinely interested in sports. The interpretation I have is common, and woman are often accused of simply engaging in sports to appear
The sun illuminates countless all-American names, with the occasional Coke or Papa John’s sponsor signs. The play clock ticks down to zero, and the stadium is finally filled to maximum capacity. Kickoff commences, players scramble across the field, and suddenly the only problems in the world hinge on if the Nike plastered football is past the downs marker. There are the elite suites high above the stadium cloaked in shade, but the majority are cramped and blisteringly hot. We are all united as one, cheering our team to victory, and thriving on the culture that is modern day sports.
One thing that really stood out to me in the second video was talking about the sport culture playing a huge role in showing what boys what masculinity should look like. The sport culture has become more aggressive, competitive, and mostly violent. I watch a lot of football and there is always some kind of fight going on or some guy taunting or disrespecting another guy. You can see hundreds of examples of seeing two guys trying to compete with each other trying to be the "top dog. " If you really think about look at football, It's a really violent sport.
Media Sports Violence mash-up Sports Violence, a mash-up created by Jim Lazor, is an almost five-minute video that aims at showing how bringing up violence during game time is not only unbecoming but also immature. Though not very long, this clip has efficiently as well as effectively been able to boldly depict sports violence as an inhuman act that all athletes and fans who get involved in it should be ashamed of and those who haven’t tried it yet should avoid. The clip has also helped erase the typical belief by people that the occasional outbursts are okay since it’s just a game that involves a lot of physical contact. The clip starts with a black screen and shouting from fans in the background.
The social theories that I have chosen to focus on are Conflict Theory and Feminist Theory. I have decided to study these concepts as they share both similar and contradictory ideas of sport participation and power in sport. I will also explore the topic of disability and sport in an attempt to illustrate the great need for integration of athletes with disabilities into mainstream clubs and teams. Finally, I will investigate the area of sexuality and sport, a subject which I believe has remained very much concealed until recent times. Conflict theory states that “social order is based on economic interests and the use of economic power to exploit labour”.
The white supremacy that flooded America in the 19th and early 20th century is no longer seen in the sporting world. This paper looked at sports through the lens of an individual athlete named Muhammad Ali (who definitively changed history for African-American people in the United States), as well as looked at sports as a whole throughout history. Through statistics and reports, proof has demonstrated that the sporting world has developed to give more of an opportunity for African-American athletes to compete than ever before. Athletics creates a platform that gives athletes an opportunity to be more than just an athlete. An opportunity to stand up for what they believe in and bring attention to some of the problems of the world.
