Friday, December 4, 2009
Sport and Politics
The answer to this question on do people care more about sports than politics is no. Politics is in everything and literally is everywhere you look. Politics is a way in which people use information, propaganda and reasoning to take a stance on certain issues. We’ve discussed several times athletes making political stances or voicing how they feel about world and national issues. That’s a very dangerous area for athletes to dive into because the weight of their words could be so influential to a person that has no idea on the political issue the athlete addresses. Now I have a totally different opinion and feel sports is more significant than politics simply because politics is something that becomes so skewed. Lies, deceitfulness, and immoral things occur within politics on a daily basis. I turn to sports as an escapism from the troubles occurring around the world and use sports as a way to understand ideologies that shape my understanding on important aspects of life. For example, without reference to Tiger Woods’ new media story, I’ve been able to learn a lot from him, specifically the American Dream ideology. He has worked hard for what he’s earned and he truly is an icon for success in this world. Most of the time when I talk with friends in general conversation politics is not the first thing out of their mouths. So I think that politics is something people generally care about more than sports as a whole but I believe the generation I’m a part of may be tuning out politics and replacing it with things of interest sports, music, etc because its less controversial to some extent.
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I agree with your thought about sports as being an escape. I think many people, especially the college age group, turn to sports as a way to relax when they are stressed out. I also agree about our generation having more concern for sports instead of politics because at this point in our lives, politics don't play a huge role.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Seth in the fact that politics are everywhere and this may be the reason why sport is not as important as politics in our society. We may think that sport and politics as two separate entities but really there are so many politics within sport that it is hard to split them up. Therefore, politics still remains more important and influential that sports.
ReplyDeleteI agree that politics seem to be scewed and have lies. But i feel that in no way are they less important than sports. Political issues decide how our country is ran and what rights we have and dont have. Sports may be more popular but definately not more important.
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