"The Reality of sports today is that it is unsporting." How far do you agree with this view?
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In today's sporting world, the intense competition and pressure to win may lead to athletes demonstrating undesirable behaviour. This is especially so in international competition where each athletes are stressed out in performing well for their own nation. In such situation, one may not be able to cope with the intense pressure and give in to irrational behaviours. There are numerous cases in the tennis world. Roger Fedrer has being one of the best tennis player on the planet. More often than not, he too have given in to undesirable behaviours such as smashing the racket onto the ground after he have lost his match. Cases like this are definately a bad example to not only the sportsman but also the millions of sports loving children around the world. However, most athletes are aware of their obligation to the team and usually capable of self-governing their behaviours. Cases like rugby football match turning into a boxing competition is indeed rare cases. In most cases, sportsman are capable of controlling themselves event if they have lost the match. Golfer J.P. Hayes admitted for using a wrong ball for his tournament, because of this he was disqualified. This indeed shows how in many cases where integrity of the sportsman are strong enough to not only control their behaviours but also admit to his or her own fault even if it means a title or medal. The reality if sports today is that majority of the sportsman are still keeping up with sportsmanship and keeping the games a aspirational one.
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I feel that another rebuttal to this could be that the undesirable behaviour of smashing his racket could be becasue of his sporting nature, to better himself constantly. Because be losing the match, he feels that he has not done well enough. therefore, sports is still sporting
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