I. Introduction
A. Thesis statement: Despite the risks involved, sports—particularly dangerous ones—push us forward in unique ways, building our performance as long as we make dedicated efforts.
II. Injuries of all severity happen in sports. It is almost inevitable.
A. The casualties suffered from activity in sports are countless, and their causes have become innumerable, as well.
B. Athletes chance injury or even death when competing in sports, but do so consciously, except in the case of children; since children play for the temporary fun of it, they do not consider the long-term risks they take.
III. Sports have served as both a test of competence and a form of entertainment for a few millennia. Almost all have had some level of great risk. …show more content…
In his essay, "Why Parents Should Let Their Kids Play Dangerous Sports," law scholar Jeb Golinkin describes such entertainment, and notes, "the sports we love are killing the athletes we worship for playing them."
C. Statistically, the most popularly viewed and played sports were those involving competitive 'rough play' and risking physical harm for the entertainment of the viewers at the potential cost of the players.
IV. Some believe that league presidents should implement safer practices.
A. Although league presidents have required much protective sportswear into the major leagues, junior leagues have not integrated it, so parents have not always allowed their children to participate in such sports.
B. In her essay, "Would Football without Concussions Still Be Football?" writer and journalist Nina Burleigh provides the parents' reasoning, "More publicity about football and brain injuries is anecdotally causing more parents to keep their kids off the field."
V. Conclusion: "The doing is good. The standing-by-watching is bad."
A. Golinkin believes youth must learn from their mistakes by playing sports.
B. Burleigh is in favor of children playing sports, but holds that parents should take action to effectively push greater safety in the games for their children to play them without the high risk of brain
A. Thesis statement: Despite the risks involved, sports—particularly dangerous ones—push us forward in unique ways, building our performance as long as we make dedicated efforts.
II. Injuries of all severity happen in sports. It is almost inevitable.
A. The casualties suffered from activity in sports are countless, and their causes have become innumerable, as well.
B. Athletes chance injury or even death when competing in sports, but do so consciously, except in the case of children; since children play for the temporary fun of it, they do not consider the long-term risks they take.
III. Sports have served as both a test of competence and a form of entertainment for a few millennia. Almost all have had some level of great risk. …show more content…
In his essay, "Why Parents Should Let Their Kids Play Dangerous Sports," law scholar Jeb Golinkin describes such entertainment, and notes, "the sports we love are killing the athletes we worship for playing them."
C. Statistically, the most popularly viewed and played sports were those involving competitive 'rough play' and risking physical harm for the entertainment of the viewers at the potential cost of the players.
IV. Some believe that league presidents should implement safer practices.
A. Although league presidents have required much protective sportswear into the major leagues, junior leagues have not integrated it, so parents have not always allowed their children to participate in such sports.
B. In her essay, "Would Football without Concussions Still Be Football?" writer and journalist Nina Burleigh provides the parents' reasoning, "More publicity about football and brain injuries is anecdotally causing more parents to keep their kids off the field."
V. Conclusion: "The doing is good. The standing-by-watching is bad."
A. Golinkin believes youth must learn from their mistakes by playing sports.
B. Burleigh is in favor of children playing sports, but holds that parents should take action to effectively push greater safety in the games for their children to play them without the high risk of brain