Sporting Event Research Paper

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You had a great write up on your forum post. I answered the first question, but I hesitated to answer the second one. Sporting events are one of the biggest forms of entertainment in today society. That will continue to grow with the sport icons. Many young kids idolize the sports legions as they grow up, to do everything to emulate the sports icon/teams. When I was reading the textbook that I found a really interesting fact that sporting events will unite a town together even during a time of hardship. In many cases it can be one of the biggest news stories of the town.

In addition to you stereotypical response in part two. It was frowned upon for many years for women to be a part of any sporting team in any way shape or form except as

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