Names Logos And Flags

Crowds cheering. Fans insulting the other team’s fans. A family gathering to watch a game. Going to a game and having the opportunity of seeing it live. Soccer players doing bicycle kicks in midair, football players catching the football with one hand making it into a touchdown, baseball players hitting home runs, and basketball players dunking balls in the net in front of the face of their opponent. All these majestic, acrobatic maneuvers is what makes a sport so appealing to people and to all of the generations. Sports are able to cause a human being anger, desperation, anxiety, sadness, and happiness. One symbol can change your life. According to the article Names, Logos, Mascots, and Flags, a group’s symbol “serve two fundamental …show more content…
They show us to come together as one, to gain personal confidence and self-esteem, a great stress reliever, and has the ability for a team to become a small family. Before my years of my high school, I felt I didn’t belong in any social group. I was always “in” a social group, but I never managed to fit in. Although this kind of solitude didn’t affected me in the beginning, at the end I desperately wanted some sort of company. Although my middle school years weren’t all that great socially, upon entering high school, I had a drastic change in my life. Once I got involved in the soccer program I felt in the correct environment to be in. My teammates made me feel like I was part of a family. Whenever, someone made a mistake instead of laughing at one they would tell you, “Next time you’ll get it. Just keep practicing and trying.” I truly felt we were a small family. In our away games since we didn’t get too much of an audience to cheer us up, we acted as one. We celebrated with high fives and hugs when we scored and congratulated one another for the effort displayed on the field. Being in a sport or just enjoying a game with your peers, it could create a strong bond among one another. Sports unite people from different backgrounds. In sports, the color of your skin, your ethnic background, or your social status has a merely effect on what people think of you. One example of union is during the soccer World …show more content…
Everybody knows there is always a favorite for anything. Although some coaches don’t publicly say it to their teams whose are their favorite athlete/s, the team knows who his /her preferences are. Some coaches are biased when choosing who gets to play in the field. Biased coaches also pay more attention to some players than others. And not only that but they also find ways to bend the rules when one of their favorites gets into trouble. According to the article Lawyers, status, public backlash aid college athletes accused of crimes, some of the college coaches do anything to get their players out of crimes or charges. For example, according to the article, “On a Thursday morning in mid-December in 2010, just as the Oklahoma State men's basketball team was getting ready to practice, six police officers showed up at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater and approached coach Travis Ford. The officers had a search warrant and wanted to speak with some players, but especially Darrell Williams. Williams was under investigation for rape and sexual battery. He was in a film session, Ford told the officers -- they'd have to wait 10 minutes. So two officers waited, and 30 minutes later, Williams arrived. One of the officers wrote in a police report that Ford "was hesitant to do anything to assist us in locating the players and executing the warrants." Even though in high schools