In Bob Ryan’s article “I Can Hardly Believe It’s Legal,” Ryan speaks about the violent characteristics the game of football has but still finds a way to entertain the American society. Even though Ryan manages to watch football, he doesn’t agree with the brutal, savagery rules the game has to offer. In “Derrick Gordon Finds his Freedom” written by Cyd Zeigler, he concentrates on sport stereotypes our society has laid upon our athletes. Derrick Gordon, an NCAA basketball player, went through a time of despair when he couldn’t face up to his family and friends about his sexuality. Besides the fact both articles concentrate on two separate issues, together they speculate the physical and mental injuries sports offer and how the values learned overweigh those conditions. The value of sports plays a huge role in the American society today, imparting those who play and watch positive but nonetheless significant morals to life.
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Astonished at how American society can be amused by such a sport, which Ryan argues that football only involves men running across a field, attacking one another fiercely in order to score a touchdown. “Perhaps you don’t think of football that way. But you should. Football is a barbaric game. In a more civilized, more genteel society, no one would even think of sanctioning such an activity” (14). Questioning himself about the society he lives in, Ryan believes that humanity isn’t civilized due to the fact that we are so caught up with this game that offers us nothing in return. The ideas Ryan presents builds him to appear close-minded, leaving out all the vital details that the game of football depicts. Which might intrigue others, considering Ryan in reality watches football every opportunity he
Astonished at how American society can be amused by such a sport, which Ryan argues that football only involves men running across a field, attacking one another fiercely in order to score a touchdown. “Perhaps you don’t think of football that way. But you should. Football is a barbaric game. In a more civilized, more genteel society, no one would even think of sanctioning such an activity” (14). Questioning himself about the society he lives in, Ryan believes that humanity isn’t civilized due to the fact that we are so caught up with this game that offers us nothing in return. The ideas Ryan presents builds him to appear close-minded, leaving out all the vital details that the game of football depicts. Which might intrigue others, considering Ryan in reality watches football every opportunity he