Writing – Pablo Gonzalez Acuña
¿How can sport benefit people?
The popularity of being an active person is rising lately due to the many benefits
it brings to our lives. However, it can also have some negative impacts.
Firstly, sports icons are usually known for being role models of hard work,
dedication and consistency, despite this fact, there are also some professionals
whose example should not be looked at as they are involved in serious
infractions, inside and outside the field, that could affect the young fans making
them believe some of that behavior is cool and copying it would be a good
decision.
Some examples of this actions are some racist comments, violent episodes or
anti-sportsmanship in the field.
Secondly, we all enjoy winning and doing well but in some cases, this can lead
to some unfortunate situations caused by an excess of competitivity. Often, we
can see someone so obsessed with winning that is willing to do whatever it
takes even if that means cheating, harming others or even worse things from
abusing of illegal substances to paying the game officials so they influence the
game into their favor. This also has an impart not only in athletes or
organizations but in the fans resulting in violent episodes.
To sum up, sport has brought many great and beautiful advantages to whoever
does it but we also need to be careful in order to avoid its counterparts such as
bringing into focus terrible role models or committing the error of falling into
excess of competitivity.