Sports are a very vital part of my life. Ever since I was very young, I took a great liking in them and always yearned to learn more. In a way, I make sports almost my whole personality. Knowing this, I feel as if many more people could possibly see my love for sports and learn about them as I have.
As a hardcore sports fan, I am very interested in trying to bring that love of sports to the people who may not have an extensive knowledge about them. Sports are pretty much proven to be very important to much of society today. For this website, I will cover the various impacts sports have on the human race and the world around us.
First off, I am going to use athletic activity as a topic. Before I cover fandom, I feel as if it is very important to cover the many health, mental, and life benefits that come from taking part in playing sports. Many young athletes today learn a lot about life from playing sports. They mainly learn life skills such as teamwork, passion, persistence, strategizing, decision-making, and much more. Not to mention how athletes become more physically capable and fit through playing sports. Lastly, sports and any physical/athletic activity really help promote the mental health of most children that play them.
Going onto the more fan-sided argument, I will show how much of society use sports as a way to express themselves and bond with others. This will also incorporate how society treats sports as a whole. Studies already show that a majority of Americans are at least casual sports fans. This is mainly because sports are very glorified as a whole since it is such a central part of many people’s lives.
Furthermore, I will cover sports’ impact on America and the many other countries of the world. This would be using the impact on the economy and international relations throughout all continents. For instance, the sports market grew an enormous $13 billion in the matter of 5 years (2014-2019). The use of the economy through sports and media became popularized in recent history because it is such a vast port of access to advertise and fund things. It could also be said that sports have an extensive impact on politics. More specifically, sports could be used as a way to go about global problems as a whole. Many things have already happened throughout the world (specifically America) because of sports. The Civil Rights Movement could arguably have started when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by playing baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers (Now the LA Dodgers).
This would all accumulate to my main point that sports are vital in many societies, as it is a big part of the majority of lives on Earth and could be for much more. Nonetheless, sports are a very important aspect of society today and there are so many possibilities to express the impact it has on everyone around us.
Sources:
https://degree.astate.edu/articles/sport-administration/the-importance-of-sports-in-society.aspx
https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/developing-life-skills-through-sports
https://degree.astate.edu/articles/sport-administration/the-importance-of-sports-in-society.aspx