Professional Teams Keep Community Together  Term Paper

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The professional athletes shows that winning is not the only reason to play, they play the game for entertainment, sportsmanship and to keep the people united. They don't show any bitterness or hate for the rival team they are having a match with. This helps the community to realize that its always not about win (e.g. there is a practice followed in the games today in which the rivals shake hands before the game starts, which shows that they are not enemies and this promotes the value of peace and harmony).

The athletes not even build a sense of unity in their team but they also try to show it to the community that team work can lead to success. When the event of Olympics takes place athletes and sports officials from over 200 countries join hands and come together for the cause of sports.

It's an event in which many nations take part without any relevance to their culture, race, wealth or religion. It promotes the act of uniting the people from all over the world.

The Athletes work for organizations to promote peace and unity between people so that they do not develop differences between the rival teams or countries. Sports and Athletes have a great impact on the people today.

Even if one has differences with his fellow native they will unite together to protect the cause of their country's sports or athletes. The professional Athletes help in uniting the community by advertising through media and...

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Further, one can't turn out to be a first-class athlete by cutting corners, bribing administrators to get selected in provincial or regional teams or by playing over age in junior events.
Students and people who have tact, spirit and skills to play for their country with loyalty and devotion, should be promoted and proper training should be given to them. Athletes also possess a reputation in the society as other professions do. It should be treated as a significant source of communal unity and prosperity.

Bibliography

Dyreson, Mark. Making the American Team: Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998

Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.

Young, David C. The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics. Chicago: Ares, 1984.

Baker, William J. Sports in the Western World. Rev. ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.

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Bibliography

Dyreson, Mark. Making the American Team: Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1998

Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.

Young, David C. The Olympic Myth of Greek Amateur Athletics. Chicago: Ares, 1984.

Baker, William J. Sports in the Western World. Rev. ed. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988.


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