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06-22-2012, 12:01 AM
#1
caleb01
Little One
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a Summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that.
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
Also, be sure to vote on what your opinion is!
06-22-2012, 12:04 AM
#2
Vanz
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Originally posted by caleb01
In my whole entire life I've always despised sports. I've always found them to be utterly boring to watch and boring to play. In other.
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
Sports are good for learning team work!! Most guys play because they enjoy being on a team or things like that, but some just play to try and get into the NFL and make money for doing nothing.
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06-22-2012, 01:10 AM
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O.P
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Originally posted by caleb01
In my whole entire life I've always despised sports. I've always found them to be utterly boring to watch and boring to play. In other.
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a Summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that.
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
Also, be sure to vote on what your opinion is!
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a Summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that.
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
Also, be sure to vote on what your opinion is!
Sports are perfectly fine. I don't get your little bias about athletes not using their brains and shit. I mean, lets look at presidents. Obama played high school basketball, Both Bushes played baseball, Lincoln wrestled, Clinton treated sex like a sport.
Here's an excerpt from a study done on success of high school athletes.
A study done by economists John M. Barron and Glen R. Waddell of Purdue University and Bradley T. Ewing of Texas Tech University, examines a series of surveys taken by American males who attended high school in the 1970s. It found that high school athletes achieved a level of education 25 to 35 percent higher than their non-athlete classmates. And it’s not just educational achievement that correlates with youth sports participation. Barron, Waddell, and Ewing also found that high school athletes had 12 to 31 percent higher wages than their non-athlete counterparts. And when the wages of college graduates who were high school athletes is compared with those who were not, the athletes generally earned more.
I mean, that study says it all. Also the valedictorian from my school for the past 3 years and most likely the next year or two were athletes. I'm both a talented football player (probably will go DII football full ride scholarship) AND a very well educated person, not just academically but socially, and just all around. I can tell you football does far more for me learning wise then 7 hours of school a day. It's taught me
Recognition of complex patterns - a good football team is really just a giant pattern. You can assume where the ball will go after a bit of thought.
People skills - starting in any sport is really just making a good impression on a coach.
Work ethic - the only reason I start and are as talented as I am is because I was always jumping in. A man got injured, regardless of position, I was the first to be next to coach, and ready to go.
Absorption of knowledge - we learn new plays and schemes about 45 minutes a day. That's all new information we've never heard of. That's opposed to school, where we have re-learn the same material repackaged. (We've been talking about ethos pathos and logos marketing techniques for 5 years now, nothing new has been added on, same lesson annually...)
None of that can be learnt through any other media in the same amount of time.
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06-22-2012, 01:18 AM
#5
Xxskater214xX
Grunt
06-22-2012, 01:36 AM
#6
caleb01
Little One
Originally posted by OFWGKT
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Sports are perfectly fine. I don't get your little bias about athletes not using their brains and shit. I mean, lets look at presidents. Obama played high school basketball, Both Bushes played baseball, Lincoln wrestled, Clinton treated sex like a sport.
Here's an excerpt from a study done on success of high school athletes.
A study done by economists John M. Barron and Glen R. Waddell of Purdue University and Bradley T. Ewing of Texas Tech University, examines a series of surveys taken by American males who attended high school in the 1970s. It found that high school athletes achieved a level of education 25 to 35 percent higher than their non-athlete classmates. And it’s not just educational achievement that correlates with youth sports participation. Barron, Waddell, and Ewing also found that high school athletes had 12 to 31 percent higher wages than their non-athlete counterparts. And when the wages of college graduates who were high school athletes is compared with those who were not, the athletes generally earned more.
I mean, that study says it all. Also the valedictorian from my school for the past 3 years and most likely the next year or two were athletes. I'm both a talented football player (probably will go DII football full ride scholarship) AND a very well educated person, not just academically but socially, and just all around. I can tell you football does far more for me learning wise then 7 hours of school a day. It's taught me
Recognition of complex patterns - a good football team is really just a giant pattern. You can assume where the ball will go after a bit of thought.
People skills - starting in any sport is really just making a good impression on a coach.
Work ethic - the only reason I start and are as talented as I am is because I was always jumping in. A man got injured, regardless of position, I was the first to be next to coach, and ready to go.
Absorption of knowledge - we learn new plays and schemes about 45 minutes a day. That's all new information we've never heard of. That's opposed to school, where we have re-learn the same material repackaged. (We've been talking about ethos pathos and logos marketing techniques for 5 years now, nothing new has been added on, same lesson annually...)
None of that can be learnt through any other media in the same amount of time.
Sports are perfectly fine. I don't get your little bias about athletes not using their brains and shit. I mean, lets look at presidents. Obama played high school basketball, Both Bushes played baseball, Lincoln wrestled, Clinton treated sex like a sport.
Here's an excerpt from a study done on success of high school athletes.
A study done by economists John M. Barron and Glen R. Waddell of Purdue University and Bradley T. Ewing of Texas Tech University, examines a series of surveys taken by American males who attended high school in the 1970s. It found that high school athletes achieved a level of education 25 to 35 percent higher than their non-athlete classmates. And it’s not just educational achievement that correlates with youth sports participation. Barron, Waddell, and Ewing also found that high school athletes had 12 to 31 percent higher wages than their non-athlete counterparts. And when the wages of college graduates who were high school athletes is compared with those who were not, the athletes generally earned more.
I mean, that study says it all. Also the valedictorian from my school for the past 3 years and most likely the next year or two were athletes. I'm both a talented football player (probably will go DII football full ride scholarship) AND a very well educated person, not just academically but socially, and just all around. I can tell you football does far more for me learning wise then 7 hours of school a day. It's taught me
Recognition of complex patterns - a good football team is really just a giant pattern. You can assume where the ball will go after a bit of thought.
People skills - starting in any sport is really just making a good impression on a coach.
Work ethic - the only reason I start and are as talented as I am is because I was always jumping in. A man got injured, regardless of position, I was the first to be next to coach, and ready to go.
Absorption of knowledge - we learn new plays and schemes about 45 minutes a day. That's all new information we've never heard of. That's opposed to school, where we have re-learn the same material repackaged. (We've been talking about ethos pathos and logos marketing techniques for 5 years now, nothing new has been added on, same lesson annually...)
None of that can be learnt through any other media in the same amount of time.
You make a very very excellent point, well put!
....Except for some of the presidents you mentioned. I'm not a big fan of Obama, the Bushes, nor Clinton. President Lincoln was a good person and president, but I do hate the fact that he could not "fully" admit that he wanted "all" black people to be emancipated. Although it was more of Lincoln not wanting to be hated or threatened by a majority of people I still hate him a bit for being a little prejudice in some ways. Other then that, that was a very great response, thank you very much for your opinion....best so far! .Also, I must say, your sig is really eye-catching! Nice job on that as well!
06-22-2012, 06:49 AM
#8
creatorski
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06-23-2012, 12:38 AM
#9
Epic?
Awe-Inspiring
Originally posted by caleb01
In my whole entire life I've always despised sports. I've always found them to be utterly boring to watch and boring to play. In other.
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a Summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that.
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
Also, be sure to vote on what your opinion is!
words I've always found them to be very pointless. Why would people want to bash their heads in and tackle each other in order to get to an objective or kick a ball around (I know it's mostly just based on a competitive factor)? I'm more of an inside person....don't get me wrong, I believe it's a good thing to stay fit and eat healthy, but I just find sports to be really really dumb and a waste of time compared to more logical activities. Why risk getting a sprained/broken bone or a concussion when you could be doing something that could actually benefit the world by using your brain? My parents tried persuading me to go to a Summer camp this Summer for sports, and I was really really disappointed by that.
The only sports I find entertaining are skateboarding and parkour....and most people don't even count skateboarding as a sport.
Anyways, that is just my opinion. What I want to know is, what do you think about sports? Are they pointless or perhaps good for society? What are your opinions and what can you say to support your opinion? Post your thoughts and tell me what you think?
Also, be sure to vote on what your opinion is!
First of all, this somewhat depends on what you define as a "sport". Some people certainly wouldn't consider skateboarding or parkour to be "sports", at least not in the "traditional" sense. Alternatively, in other societies, video games are considered sports.
Personally, I don't understand the allure of sports. I don't enjoy watching sports and I don't enjoy playing sports, and I'm not particularly athletic. On the flipside, I can see why people could enjoy sports (both in participating and in observing). While it could perhaps seen as a societal time-waster, so could so many other things - such as NextGenUpdate and many of the most popular websites. While it may not be the best use of time, it brings people pleasure, so why not allow people to pursue their interest in sports?
Although I believe previously mentioned, being physically active (not explicitly through sports, but through any sort of physical activity) can actually stimulate mental development.
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06-23-2012, 01:18 AM
#10
Rip The Jacker
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There are three pillars upholding one's well-being: social, mental, and physical. If one pillar is poorly structured, well-being will collapse, along with the other pillars. I feel that most sports reinforce every pillar, and pushes many people to embrace potential and realize their dreams. Though I'm not overly fond of the traditional sports, such as football/soccer or baseball, I admire them for their natural conditioning of the mind. Martial arts, for example, urges the principles of discipline, perseverance, and diligence while also promoting physical fitness. The common martial arts "finish what you start" maxim is a universally beneficial rule of conduct which paves the way for success in nearly EVERY aspect of life. Less physically intense sports are equally profitable. Chess (which I DO consider a sport), is an excellent means of developing an analytic and logical mentality. Spelling Bees (also a sport), develop a competitive mindset while also expanding one's vocabulary. The bottom line is that all sports do have a crucial purpose apart from recreation and entertainment; each sport plants important seeds and principles in one's mind, and later in life, those seeds will come to fruition and will bloom potential. Because of this, I see zero fault in anyone pursuing a sports lifestyle- in fact, I would strongly urge all youth to embrace a sport of their liking, no matter how outlandish and socially 'uncool' it may seem.
Regarding the watching of sports...it is as pointless to you, as perusing NextGenUpdate or playing video games for hours on end is to them. They are both forms of entertainment; if they feel amused by spending afternoons watching sports games, so be it. They are at as much fault as a child who prefers the color blue over purple.
Regarding the watching of sports...it is as pointless to you, as perusing NextGenUpdate or playing video games for hours on end is to them. They are both forms of entertainment; if they feel amused by spending afternoons watching sports games, so be it. They are at as much fault as a child who prefers the color blue over purple.
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