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Sports: Destruction or Safety

        I. Practicing sports owns various recompenses and disadvantages that fall into many domains, two of them are economic and social.

      II.  A. To begin with, sports can be a good and a bad thing when it comes to the economy, for it might cause corruption on a hand and enhance the economy of a country on another.

1.       defining corruption in general

2.       showing how football is affected by corruption

3.       explaining how FIFA lies, and how it’s accused of corruption

4.       emphasizing on the importance of sports when it comes to the economy of the country

5.       explaining how sports developed the economy in both Germany and the United States

B.  Besides that, the social part of sports can be advantageous and disadvantageous, for it strengthens the friendship among people and, in contrast, gives birth to hooligans and barbarians.

    1. showing how the Yankee’s slogan affected people and brought them together

   2.  showing the relation between sports and social relationships

  3. defining hooliganism

  4. talking about the Russian and British incident in June 2016

III.     That is to say, that sport is both advantageous and disadvantageous based on the way it is practiced. Sports can something good or bad when it comes to both the domain of economy and the social one. It helps in enhancing the economy or GDP of a country while, on the contrary, encourages managers and governments to commit briberies and also causes corruption. Sports help in tightening the friendships and relationships among people, yet it also increases the rate of violence and raises hooligans and barbarians

 

Sports: Destruction or Safety

“Sports are like a roller-coaster, practicing them has its ups and downs.” This quotation alludes that the road that leads to failure is paved by practicing sports and while one is at it, he or she is going to put his or her blood, sweat and tears into any kind of sport one is practicing and do whatever it takes in order to achieve success even if he or she back the wrong horse. Pain is temporary, but victory is forever. Thereupon, one can definitely say that sports own many advantages and disadvantages. Practicing sports own various recompenses and disadvantages that fall into many domains, two of them are economic and social.

To begin with, sports can be a good and a bad thing when it comes to the economy, for it might cause corruption on a hand, and enhance the economy of a country on another. First of all, corruption in sports is the dishonest or illegal behavior done by a person or a group that has an iron fist in a velvet glove, and that group is most likely to be the government. Previous studies and researches proved that corruption takes place mostly in the domain of Sports. A good example of that is football. Football is the largest genre of sports nowadays. However, the Federation International of Football Associations (FIFA), the highest governing body in this type of sports, focuses and puts emphasis on playing fairly. That’s why it is assumed that football is always played honestly, but this is not quite true. Even FIFA is accused of corruption. In December 2015, FIFA president Sepp Blatter and Union of Europe of Football Association president Michel Platini were banned for 8 years from all football relating activities. They were banned because of charges for corruption and bribery, primarily due to the allocation of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Conversely, Sports enhances the economy a country. When huge sports events take place in a country, thousands and millions of people pay for tickets, snacks, maybe traveling ticket in order to see a game. An example of that is Germany. Germany is a country with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 52,574 US dollars per capita, collects a large part of its income from domestic tourism. The economy of the United States also increased by 0.2 % due to the money received from sports.

Besides that, the social part of sports can be advantageous and disadvantageous, for it strengthens friendship among people and, in contrast, gives birth to hooligans and barbarians. Sports strengthen and tighten the relationship among people as well as nations. As an illustration, the Yankees have various slogans that brought people and states in the US together. One of them was “YANA” which is “You Are Never Alone”. This slogan was established back in the nineties when this baseball team was born, people became fans of the New York Yankees one after the other. This quote brought New Yorkers and fans from all around the globe together to become a union and it also made them believe the non-American fans in the quote “United We Stand, Divided We Fall”. Also, when people find something in common among them, they feel like they have found their soul mate or best friend whom they can share common interests with. This shows how important sports are. Humans are spiders when spiders unite they can tie down a lion. Still, sports can also be disadvantageous when hooligans and barbarians practice the thing they call ‘supporting their team’. Sport is about the sport, not about division and hooligans who try to destroy the true meaning behind sports. Hooliganism is a worldwide issue that is supposed to be stopped immediately. It is an unlawful act in which can be classified into rioting and vandalism and much more. Glass bottles were shattered on the streets. Fans were bloodied.  Police screamed instructions, doing their best to gain control of a situation that was already uncontrollable. Back in June 2016, the streets of Marseilles became a war zone as a group of reported Russian Ultras fought with England supporters during Euro 2016. Both sides blamed the other. Russians claimed that England paid referees and the ones who were responsible for such event in order to win. The aftermath was horrifying. Some witnessed another two Russian kicking a 51-year-old England supporter leaving him unconscious. This shows how bad sports actually can be, and how hooligans make it even worse.

That is to say, that sport is both advantageous and disadvantageous based on the way it is practiced. Sports can be something good or bad when it comes to both the domain of economy and the social one. It helps in enhancing the economy or GDP of a country while, on the contrary, encourages managers and governments to commit briberies and also causes corruption. Sports help in tightening the friendships and relationships among people, yet it also increases the rate of violence and raises hooligans and barbarians. In brief, one should be aware while practicing any genre or type of sports and be a conscious being when it comes to how sports affect his or her personality positively or negatively. The domain of ‘Sport’ is something good if people make it so, and something very tragic and sad or violent if people want it to be so. Humans should unite and stop taking sides in order to destroy other sides because: “We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”