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Monday, July 19, 2010

Gracy. The reality of sports today is that it is unsporting. How far do you agree with this view?

Sports may be seen as increasingly unsporting when athletes, who are driven by desire to win, resort to dishonourable means such as taking physical enhancement drugs and bribery so that they will have an edge above the rest. They may choose to violate the rules of sports in order to obtain recognition and glory. Athletes commit bribery by making judges or referees of the game take their side such that they have a clear advantage compared to their opponent in winning. Similarly, taking physical enhancement drugs may allow them to have physical level that is higher than their usual standards. As an athlete will not be able to tell how well he will perform that day or if he will perform, taking such drugs to boost their performance will ensure that they perform well or exceedingly when competing. For example, at the expense of winning, Marion jones, a reknown athlete, took steroids at the sydney 2000 summer olympics. In conclusion, sports may be seen as increasingly unsporting as competitors no longer compete with their own genuine ability but with undesirable means by cheating.

1 comment:

  1. in my opinion, it was an example driven paragraph and you did not really convince me of your argument

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