Olympics
Sports is about trying to overcome the other team and end up being victorious. As a result we have a number of different competitions that are well known around the world, one such notable event is the Olympics when countries from all around the world participate to be crowned as the champion country in the world. Sports run with a set of rules that participants have to stick to, failure to stick to them would result in unfair play that may cost you a game but also tarnish your reputation and also result in bad sportsmanship. Nowadays there are governing bodies that help keep track of sports and how they are played, they also tend to keep records of players. Over the past few centuries we had a lot more types of sports emerging resulting in more variety among sports nowadays.
Evolution of Sports
The meaning of sports is now larger than ever so what makes sports? Why are sports such a huge part of our lives, there’s plenty of reasons for the evolution of sports in the modern era. One such major reason in technological advancement which as caused sports to be safer and more welcoming to new players. Things have become more scientific where a player’s health is now well looked after, there’s les errors and keeping records have become an easier task. For instance, in Cricket we now have an array of different types of technological devices such as hotspot, Hawkeye do determine a wicket with ore accuracy. In short technology have made playing sports more effective and efficient. Another factor that makes sport is the media, the media has become such a huge part of any game that is played in fact without the media the impact of sports would be far less than what it is today.
Sports in Social Media
Every single day you would notice that the media has a separate section to cover sports, it’s been given a lot of recognition just as much as any other news. It has become a lot easier to keep track of your favorite team, get expert views, and much more with the influence of the media. It’s not just mainstream media, social media is also a reason for the growth of sports, there’s a large percentage of people with some sort of access to social media. Every team, league, and sports association has a social media account on sites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc… These profiles also include individual athletes who keep a very active profile and consist of large fanbases. Out of all, Twitter has the biggest impact as research showed that in 2013 50% of tweets regarding TV in the United States, a total of 492 million tweets were about sports events. Sports events compromised 12 of the top Most-Tweeted-About TV broadcasts during the year.
There’s a large number of forums, chat groups where people chat about sports. Sports have become an engraved part of a culture. Just as Mainstream media social media has become a powerful source for getting news, engaging in topical discussions, and empowering brands. The media has impacted the sports industry and this impact will only grow in the future. Sportsmanship is a key factor in defining sports. It defines the attitude that strives for fair play, it’s a way of showing respect towards your opponents and teammates, no matter what the result of the game is or how intense the situation gets. Over the years we have had numerous moments when the point of sportsmanship was completely thrown away by people where they disrespected the game such as taking illegal substances or match-fixing.
Sports Culture Today
The sporting culture today has placed greater importance on the idea of winning, forgetting sportsmanship, Moreover violence has also been very notable among athletes, coaches, and even fans. These are moments that destroy the sport. Sportsmanship help build the sport, it helps attract young people to play the sport the right way thus builds up a person’s character. In short, Sportsmanship refers to characteristics such as fairness, self-control, courage, and persistence. As Pierre de Coubertin mentioned “The most important thing….is not winning but taking part” Any sport would not be complete without the involvement of Spectators or fans. Fans that attend matches and support their team or athletes play a huge role just as much as the athletes, in most sports the spectators are considered the extra team member in a team, the collective strength of a fan base is sometimes underestimated in victory for a team. Both amateur and professional games attract spectators, both in person at stadiums of events and through social media.
Raw Emotions of Spectators
Raw emotions of spectators are common nowadays to be seen all over the world, the passion for a certain sport is thoroughly grounded in the hearts of spectators these days. In the US the championship game of the NFL and the Super Bowl are some of the most-watched television broadcasts. Politics also makes sports. Courtiers have politics to back up their team in terms of finance or any other needs. Politics are also involved in the creation of events such as the Olympics, such as Germany where they used the Olympics to give itself a peaceful image while it was actively preparing the war. Although in my opinion I strongly believe that the involvement of Politics has ruined sports to a certain degree with the amount of corruption in politics in some countries. The meaning of sports, the type of sports, and the way sports are played differ according to different cultures, certain cultures have ways that they play a sport in which may be completely different in another, a type of sport may not be accepted in one culture while it would be a regular sport in another. However, we bow to see the increasing amount of global sports that get people from all over the world varying from different cultures to join and compete together which I believe is a real bright future for sports.
