Football: The Impact Of Football On Society

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An individual’s life has been judged and predicted even before they were born. The fact that individuals are judged even before they are out of the womb shows how society expects each individual to be like. Society may have negative, positive, or even neutral thoughts about each individual. Those thoughts or ideas can leave an impact on individuals, in which can influence them in their choices in life. Those ideas could urge them to do what they decided not to do because what they originally thought did not fit the norm. It will not only impact the individuals, but it may impact how others view them. Which in the end leads to the formation of stereotyping someone. Stereotyping an individual is similar to a nickname one might have. A nickname …show more content…
Mexico did not have anything to do with the creation of football. China started the game but were not the ones who emphasized the rules. The game started to move around to other countries and location during many centuries. It later reached Britain. The British were the ones who made the majority of rules and regulations of the sport (“History of Football - Britain, the home of Football”). The article, “History of Football- The Global Growth,” talks about the rules and regulations made a great impact on football. When the sport started to be part of the school activities. It led to the separation football into rugby and association of football because of how schools wanted to play and not play the sport. The students and other individuals who played association of football were constantly getting injured. The injuries impact the rules and items for the game. The new rules were starting to reduce pushing, shoving, and other aggressive movements towards an opposite opponent that were often accepted in football. The ball was made from a different material in order for it to not cause so much harm to the players that got contact with the ball. They started to get padding and other various materials in order to protect from order various injuries occurred during the game. The game started to improve and be a more ‘safer’ sport (“History of Football - The Global Growth”). Even though Mexico did not have something to do with football, they were influenced to partake in the

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