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Sports - Fair and Foul

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Fair and Foul : Examining Sports Paradoxes 
Sport is a major social activity through which culture is created and reinforced. Stanley Eitzen, a highly respected sport sociologist, argues sport is inherently contradictory

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=26748605 

 

 

 

 

 

Component  Expectation  Reality 
 Social Integration  Sport can unite social class and racial and ethnic groups Social Integration Reality 
 Fair Play  Sport can promote fair play by teaching the importance of following the rules Fair Play Reality  
 Physical Fitness  Sport can promote muscle strength, weight control, endurance, and co-ordination

 

Physical Fitness Reality
Academics  Sport can contribute  to higher education through scholarships Academic Reality 
Social Mobility  Sport allows athletes to attend college and receive an education Social Mobility Reality 

 

 

 

Sport and the Sociological Perspectives

 

 Perspective  Concept  Assumption

Functionalist

 
Sports provide a necessary function and serve as an agent of socialization  Functionalist  Assumption

Conflict 

 
  Have’s vs. Have nots

 

Conflict Assumption 

Symbolic Interactionalist

 

Sport can be attributed to wealth and status

 

 
Interactionlaist Assumption 

 

 

TOP 5 Inspiration Sports Stories

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=ycn-7488394

 

INDIAN LAX PLAYERS

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/10/sports/college-lacrosse-upended-by-albanys-native-american-stars.html?hp

 

http://www.nytimes.com/news/minute/2014/03/10/times-minute-details-for-flight-mh370/

 

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/fashion/celebrities-behaving-well.html?src=dayp

 

 

 

 


THE DEREK REDMOND STORY 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ9Lek6HMOw 

 

 

 

http://sportinsociety.blogspot.com/2008/08/power-of-sports-on-society.html

 

http://www.purdue.edu/differencemakers/sports.html

 

 

 

http://www.globalconversation.org/2010/12/16/care-sport-social-change

 

 

I found my flashlight and drove to the cemetery. As I drove through town I could hear everyone laughing and cheering in celebration, but as I got closer to the cemetery those sounds faded away and it got quieter and quieter. I didn't park at the gate because I was afraid of getting in trouble with the police for trespassing in the locked cemetery at night. I parked down a side street, walked back up, and looked around to make sure I was alone before climbing over the low stone wall. I switched on my flashlight and walked cautiously and quietly into the dark, still scared of getting caught. As I neared my father's grave, I paused to look around me and was astounded to see many twinkling lights silently weaving paths through the cemetery. I was not alone, not by any measure! There were dozens of us there, with our flashlights, quietly making our ways to deliver this momentous news to loved ones who were Red Sox fans during their lives. My dad was the one who took me to my first Sox game."

Thanks!

 

 

 

http://www.hbo.com/sports/sport-in-america-our-defining-stories#

 

Sport is a major social activity through which culture is created and reinforced. Stanley Eitzen,

a highly respected sport sociologist, argues sport is inherently contradictory

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/usa-hockeys-ignorant-misguided-response-to-uswnt-boycott-223917479.html

 

 

 

 

 

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