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The Olympics have not been the most environmentally friendly. with new construction projects to build sports facilities, and many of those structures later being destroyed or abandoned. leaving a large carbon footprint following the games.

During the lesson, we discussed how much government funding goes into sports every year, which was not a lot. However, we should increase this amount to provide more services to combat the obesity crisis in Canada. especially childhood obesity. Decreasing the cost of health care as a result

Looking at youth today, many children are not watching cartoons or TV like many of us did growing up. This is because it is on demand, no more waiting for the next episode to come out when you have similar content in the queue for your video. www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/rais...

fans in the stands can get very invested in the game, and this can turn violent when referees make calls that can effect the outcome of the game. and in this case, the outcome of the season. This is an extreme example of fans disagreeing with a bad call. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTQr...

2 Male cheerleaders join the Minnesota Vikings cheer squad and are met with backlash from fans. This is because they are a part of the dance team, where other teams have male cheerleaders on stunt/throwing teams. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxzt...

Athletes are told to shake it off or push through the pain. A great example of an athlete going against this norm happened in the conference final. Our MVP running back pulled himself from that game due to an ankle injury, which was limiting his abilities on the field. Putting a healthy player in.

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Billie Jean King played a huge role in bringing attention to women's recognition in sports. in 1973, she beat Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match with a clean sweep. 90 million people viewed the match.

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Willie O'Ree was the first black hockey player in history. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Oct 15 1935. he played professional hockey for 20 years, playing 45 games with the Boston Bruins. he was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame

As a chiropractor, I believe being fit and being physically active would help me set an example and connect better with my patients. Being able to set my working hours later on in my career will also give me time to stay active, as well as go to my children's sporting events.

More Professional sports teams should adopt these initiatives. It gives kids a taste of sports, and gives underprivileged kid someone to look up too even if the sport they can participate in are not the same.

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This blog offers coaching recommendations, as well as examples on how to make youth sports more enjoyable, keeping kids active and engaged in sports. It outlines the environment that a coach should create to both develop skills and keep the game fun.

This Article speaks to both the Interactionist theory and the Feminist theory. speaking of the under-representation of women in leadership in sports.
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I don't believe Esports is a sport. It is a competition against other people. It does take practice and training to win in competition, But it lacks the physical activity required to be a sport. Even though competitive gaming can raise heart rate.

Swimming is an interesting topic when debating leisure and sports. I believe if you are just swimming laps for fun are for training then that would be leisure, but then once you start racing other athletes then it becomes a sport. Are there other sports like this? Is it always a sport?

Sport is a competitive space where a group of people ranging from 2-100 participants are competing to win or beat the other team. Typically, these events are governed by a league or separate body setting out rules and guidelines to the game, and coming up if punishments if rule are broken